On Monday, August 21, 2017, our nation will be treated to a total eclipse of the sun. The eclipse will be visible — weather permitting — across all of North America. The whole continent will experience a partial eclipse lasting two to three hours. Halfway through the event, anyone within a 60 to 70 mile-wide […]
WHITE HOUSE — Australia announced Tuesday it has temporarily suspended airstrikes by its forces in Syria. The move comes days after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Syrian jet, and Syrian ally Russia responded by threatening to treat planes from a U.S.-led coalition operating in the skies over Syria as targets. Australia is part of […]
TAIPEI — Annual exercises held by the Philippine and U.S. navies are skipping the South China Sea this year as the Southeast Asian nation’s leader takes another step toward a stronger political and economic relationship with China, the sea’s most ambitious claimant. The “Balikatan” military exercises May 8-19 include a disaster drill off Aurora province on […]
China is calling for restraint in the standoff over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, one day after North Korea complained the United States is pushing the region closer to nuclear war. Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a phone call Wednesday with Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte, urged all parties in the standoff to use restraint […]