US welcomes Duterte’s decision to hold off VFA termination for a third time
Washington says the pact would contribute to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Taiwan offers deep thanks to G7 leaders
Taiwan’s foreign ministry expressed deep thanks for the first-ever mention of Taiwan in the declaration of a Group of Seven summit
Biden’s Cold War II
While America’s relations with China are in many ways different from the Cold War rivalry with the Soviet Union, echoes of that era are to be found in the message from the US…
Asean, China to resume South China Sea COC talk in July
Negotiations between Asean and China are set to resume, although both are not certain it will finish by the end of the year.
What’s behind the resurgence of Covid-19 ‘lab leak theory’ in America?
Questions on the origins of the virus centre on whether the virus emerged naturally or was bioengineered, and separately, whether it was leaked from a laboratory - specifically,…