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Marcel Woo | Apr 14, 2014 06:14 AM EDT
For the first time since 2008, the Chinese capital Beijing joins the top 10 most globally influential cities, surpassing Singapore, Brussels, Seoul and Washington DC, based on the 2014 AT Kearney Global Cities Index (GCI) released on Monday. read more
Desiree Q. Sison | Apr 14, 2014 04:07 AM EDT
Top global scientists are at their wits' end on how to make world leaders realize that the Earth is on the brink of a climate catastrophe if they do not cooperate in cutting down their gas emissions before mid-century. read more
Arthur Dominic Villasanta | Apr 13, 2014 11:24 PM EDT
The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), the lead ship in a class of US Navy guided missile destroyers that will be armed with game-changing electromagnetic "railguns," was christened at the Bath Iron Works in Maine, USA last April 12. read more
Dean M. Bernardo | Apr 11, 2014 07:05 AM EDT
The Pittsburgh District Attorney's office charged Hribal with 21 counts of aggravated assault and four counts of attempted homicide for a knife attack at his school that wounded 21 people. read more
Hao Ren | Apr 11, 2014 03:40 AM EDT
China will support initiatives that will strengthen maritime cooperation in the South China Sea but will resist any provocation that destabilizes peace. This was the position of China on the contested waters as laid out by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the on-going Boao forum. read more
Desiree Q. Sison | Apr 10, 2014 09:48 AM EDT
A month's cost of the search for Malaysia Airlines MH370 has reached at least US$44 million, and could run into hundreds of millions as the multi-nation search continues. read more
Dean M. Bernardo | Apr 10, 2014 10:03 AM EDT
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel winds up his high-profile and often tense three-day tour of China with a formal meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. read more
Dean M. Bernardo | Apr 09, 2014 02:04 AM EDT
The envisioned goal to loosen the tense relations between the United States and Chinese military turned sour when U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Chinese counterpart, General Chang Wanquan, ended with unresolved issues and acidic relations. read more
Hao Ren | Apr 08, 2014 11:39 PM EDT
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and visiting Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong pledged to establish transport connections between the two countries during a meeting in Sanya in Hainan province. read more
Winona Cueva | Apr 08, 2014 08:48 AM EDT
Muffled cries served as a backdrop to the solemn candlelight vigil that commemorated the one month anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. read more
Marcel Woo | Apr 08, 2014 08:46 AM EDT
The arrival of two pandas from China in Belgium has popularized panda-themed Macarons that are now selling like hotcakes in Belgium, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday. read more
Marcel Woo | Apr 08, 2014 08:42 AM EDT
A deadly virus that has killed over four million pigs has prompted China to suspend its importation of live hogs from the United States, the Livestock Exporters Association of the USA announced. read more
Dean M. Bernardo | Apr 07, 2014 11:35 PM EDT
United States States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gets a rare and personal tour of China's first-ever training aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. read more
Desiree Q. Sison | Apr 07, 2014 09:13 AM EDT
The Australian ship Ocean Shield, with its US Navy towed pinger locator, has detected two pulse signals similar to what comes out of aircraft black boxes and which search teams consider as the "most promising lead yet" in the month-long hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines MH370. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
