Husband, wife who underwent deradicalization program behind bombing of Philippines cathedral: police
An Indonesian husband and wife who had taken part in a government-sponsored deradicalization program are believed to be the masterminds of a suicide bombing of a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines earlier this year that killed more than 20 people. Police said Tuesday they believe Rullie Rian Zeke and his wife, Ulfah Handayani Saleh, detonated two bombs minutes […]
Jollibee acquires US firm Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf for $350M
A Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf store in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei. INQUIRER.net FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – Homegrown fast-food giant Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) has bagged its biggest multinational acquisition to date with a US$350-million deal to take over American specialty coffee and tea brand The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL). The […]
Top Pentagon official: China a threat to ‘our way of life in the United States’
by Joel Gehrke| July 20, 2019 05:19 PMWestern strategists still underestimate the threat posed by China’s emergence as a worldwide power, according to a top Pentagon official. “The top of the list is China in terms of [being] the one country, the largest country, with the ability to change our way of life in the United […]
Abe says he will seek ‘flexible’ discussions on constitutional revision
July 22 05:40 pm JST 36 CommentsTOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he is prepared to be more flexible in any future discussions in parliament on revising Japan’s Constitution, a day after pro-amendment forces failed to retain in an upper house election their two-thirds majority needed to initiate the process. “Although we have provided a […]
A New Red Scare Is Reshaping Washington
WASHINGTON — In a ballroom across from the Capitol building, an unlikely group of military hawks, populist crusaders, Chinese Muslim freedom fighters and followers of the Falun Gong has been meeting to warn anyone who will listen that China poses an existential threat to the United States that will not end until the Communist Party […]
Peter Thiel’s unfounded claim about Chinese spies at Google is scary rhetoric that should remind us of what Asia bashing can lead to in the US
The suggestion by two prominent tech figures that Google and Silicon Valley are crawling with Chinese spies comes at a time of rising xenophobia. A similar wave hit the US 40 years ago when Japanese carmakers were outselling US companies. That led to mass layoffs and toxic anti-Japanese sentiment that led to the beating death of a […]
Hong Kong protests grow violent as masked assailants attack demonstrators, passengers at subway station
Dozens of people were injured at a subway station in Hong Kong on Sunday when a mob of masked assailants attacked protesters and passengers in a dramatic escalation of violence amid ongoing protests in the Chinese territory. The sudden assault came after police fired tear gas at those who failed to disband after a massive march by demonstrators still fighting a proposed extradition bill and calling for electoral reforms […]
This is my neighbourhood: Hindu priest becomes target of racist attack in New York City
HIGHLIGHTS The incident happened near Shiv Shakti Peeth in Glen Oaks in New York Police arrested 52-year-old Sergio Gouveia in connection with the attack Eyewitnesses said the attacker screamed things like, “this is my neighborhood,” during the assault A Hindu priest was attacked by a 52-year-old man while he was walking down the street in […]
Chinese embassy slams US think tank’s report on ‘influence operations’ by China in Singapore
SINGAPORE — China’s embassy in Singapore has slammed a recent report published by a United States think tank that highlights China’s “influence operations” in Singapore, calling it “lies” and groundless allegations “distorted from truth”. In a Friday (19 July) statement posted on Facebook in both English and Mandarin, an embassy spokesperson decried the report as […]
China Signs Secret Deal for Naval Outpost in Cambodia, WSJ Says
Pact assures China use of a section of an existing navy base Paper cites U.S. sources as saying two sides have entered pact China has signed a secret deal with Cambodia giving its military exclusive rights to use part of a navy base in the Gulf of Thailand, the Wall Street Journal reported citing unnamed […]