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    China says US has 'no right' to interfere in South China Sea

    China said Tuesday the United States had "no right" to interfere in the South China Sea, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington stood by its commitments to defend the Philippines against armed attack in the disputed waterway. "The United States is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to interfere in maritime issues that are between China and the Philippines," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular press conference in Beijing. Blinken is in the...

  • China says US has 'no right' to interfere in South China Sea

    BEIJING: China said Tuesday the United States had "no right" to interfere in the South China Sea, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington stood by its commitments to defend the Philippines against armed attack in the disputed waterway."The United States is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to interfere in maritime issues that are between China and the Philippines," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular press conference in Beijing.Blinken is in...

  • ‘Zoey 101’ Alum Alexa Nikolas Responds to Dan Schneider’s Apology and Says “It’s Pretty Scary Looking Back”

    The former Nickelodeon actress spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about her experience working for Schneider when she was 13 on the kids series.

  • Angel Di Maria's family receive death threats as Argentina star is warned 'not to come back to Rosario' after former Man United and Real Madrid star admitted he would like to end his career back at his boyhood club

    Angel Di Maria's family received a threat from an unknown source on Monday. It comes after Di Maria announced his intentions to play for Rosario again. 'I had a scar on my brain.. but I wanted to play': JAY BOTHROYD'S incredible interview on playing with epilepsy. Listen to the

  • Australian Dollar depreciates amid improved US Dollar, US GDP Annualized awaited

    Australian Dollar turns tepid amid a risk aversion sentiment on Thursday. Australia’s Retail Sales (MoM) increased by 0.3%, against the expected 0.4% and 1.1% prior. US Dollar corrects ahead of US GDP Annualized data due on Thursday. The Australian Dollar (AUD) loses ground on Thursday as risk aversion prevails on Thursday. Challenges persisted for the AUD/USD pair due to softer Consumer Inflation Expectations and Retail Sales figures from Australia. These factors heightened expectations of the...

  • us china cyberespionage: US, UK accuse China of cyberespionage that hit millions of people

    US and British officials on Monday filed charges, imposed sanctions, and accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that allegedly hit millions of people including lawmakers, academics and journalists, and companies including defense contractors. Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic nicknamed the hacking group Advanced Persistent Threat 31 or "APT31", calling it an arm of China's Ministry of State Security. Officials reeled off a laundry list of targets: White House staffers, US...

  • The Joke’s On Us It’s April Fool’s Day!

    Get your joke book out and plan your pratfalls and pranks because April 1st, better known as April Fool’s Day, is the time once a year to celebrate by playing good-spirited tricks on friends and family. Funny enough, despite its worldwide popularity, this holiday has a long history but mysterious origins. One of the earliest possible explanations goes all the way back to 1508 when French Poet Eloy d’Amerval referred to a “poisson d’avril,” or “April Fool.” Although, translated, this […]

  • Netanyahu pushes back against U.S. criticism

    The White House says Israel's Prime Minister Benajamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a delegation to Washington in coming days to hear U.S. warnings against Israel’s invasion of Rafah, Gaza's most densely populated city.

  • US condemns China’s latest aggression in WPS

    The Philippines reported on Saturday that the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) blocked and damaged a Filipino supply boat with water cannons while it was on its way to Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal), causing injuries to personnel onboard.

  • IS group is a threat to us all, UN Secretary-General says

    The Islamic State group is a “very serious threat to us all”, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. “We firmly condemn, we consider absolutely intolerable the attack that took place in Moscow,” he said. “And we encourage all countries to co-operate with each other in order to make sure that ISIS will not have …

  • TechScape: Is the US calling time on Apple’s smartphone domination?

    The tech giant fights regulators on both sides of the Atlantic, as the US government launches a grab-bag of accusations. Plus, Elon Musk’s bad day in court• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereApple’s problems have gone transatlantic. Even as it squabbles with the EU over the Digital Markets Act and nervously eyes the UK’s passage of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers bill, the company’s biggest fight is now back at home, after the US...

  • Marcos Warns on China Threat, Says He's 'Not Poking the Bear'

    Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the threat to his nation