News AFP NewsASEAN may be forced to choose between US, China: Cambodia PM's son
Southeast Asian nations may soon have to "choose sides" between the US and China in their ongoing trade war, the political heir to Cambodia's strongman ruler Hun Sen warned Wednesday in rare public comments. Impoverished Cambodia has become an unlikely staging ground for geopolitical influence
News AFP NewsUN envoy in Yemen for 'sternest' talks as famine stalks
The UN Yemen envoy faced his "sternest test" on Wednesday as he flew into the rebel-held capital Sanaa for talks on averting all-out fighting for the lifeline port of Hodeida and widespread famine. Under heavy Western pressure, the government and its Saudi-led military backers have largely
News AFP NewsMacron advised to return looted African art treasures
Experts appointed by President Emmanuel Macron will advise him on Friday to allow the return of thousands of African artworks held in French museums, a radical shift in policy which could put pressure on other former colonial powers. Calls have been growing in Africa for the restitution of their cultural
News AFP NewsDe-moo-cracy: Swiss farmer's quest to save cow horns goes to vote
Concern over the cruelty of removing a cow's horns had not been one of Switzerland's most pressing political issues. "It's the cow that's important, not me," the farmer, in his 70s, told AFP at his home in Perrefitte, a municipality in the heart of the Jura mountain range.
News AFP NewsDays from summit, May takes Brexit battle to Brussels
Theresa May will briefly escape the Westminster bear pit to bring her Brexit battle to Brussels on Wednesday, just four days before the divorce deal is to be signed. After enduring another parliamentary grilling at prime minister's questions in London, the British leader will cross the Channel to
News AFP NewsInterpol picks S.Korea's Kim as president over Russian rival
Interpol announced Wednesday that Kim Jong-yang of South Korea had been chosen as its new president, beating a Russian official whose candidacy had unnerved Western nations. The US-backed Kim, acting president of the global police body, was picked at a meeting of delegates from member nations in Dubai
News UNTV NewsDENR to investigate structures directly disposing wastewater to sea in El Nido
PALAWAN ISLAND, Philippines - Environment Undersecretary Jonas Leones is convinced that there is a clear violation of the Clean Water Act based on UNTV’s exclusive report on an area in Barangays Buenas Suerte and Masagana in El Nido. The aerial shot of the area captured the murky water coming from a
