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HONG KONG, China — Asian markets fell Monday as Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the US presidential race fuelled fresh uncertainty, while traders appeared to be unmoved by China's decision to cut interest rates in a bid to boost the country's stuttering economy.
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden's decision Sunday to withdraw from the presidential race at such a late date -- just over 100 days until the November 5 election -- is unprecedented in modern US electoral history.
REHOBOTH BEACH, United States — Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a stunning move that upends an already extraordinary 2024 race for the White House.
Whether she shows up or not at the State of the Nation Address today, Vice President Sara Duterte has become a focus of attention in President Marcos’ third SONA.
Vietnam filed on July 18 a claim with the United Nations (UN) for an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the South China Sea. Actually, Vietnam was just following the lead taken a month ago by the Philippines, which first initiated this. The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry announced their submission that seeks also to reaffirm Vietnam’s sovereign claims over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos spread out in the South China Sea (SCS).
When that rifle bullet grazed Donald Trump’s ear last week, I’m sure I wasn’t alone in having an equally nasty thought whiz through my brain – and I’ll put this as delicately as I can: would it be un-Christian to wish misfortune on Satan and his minions? And less delicately, why does a God who allows bombs to drop on innocent children in Ukraine and Gaza spare a man who seems the very embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins – pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth to those who’ve forgotten – and who will most certainly destroy as much of humanity as we know it before he mercifully expires?
Washington, United States — Donald Trump's former physician said Saturday that the Republican presidential candidate sustained a two-centimeter (almost one inch) gunshot wound during last week's attempted assassination, but that his ear is starting to heal.
MILWAUKEE — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised Thursday to bring an end to raging international crises and restore American prestige on the world stage, saying he could “stop wars with a telephone call,” including if any breaks out in the Philippines.