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Food Diplomacy: France

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 05:44 AM

French Ambassador to the Philippines Nicolas Galey and his wife Camelia sit down with Annalisa Burgos to discuss relations between Paris and Manila. Read more »

Enjoying homemade food from Sri Lanka with its ambassador to PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 01:36 PM

Annalisa Burgos sits down with Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Philippines Aruni Ranaraja to discuss Sri Lanka's bilateral ties with the Philippines, China's economic influence, and the beauty of Sri Lankan culture over cups of tea and home made Sri Lankan food. Read more »

Moon landing: S. Korean leader arrives in Pyongyang for summit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 10:07 AM

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with Kim Jong Un as he seeks to reboot stalled denuclearization talks between North Korea and the United States.   Read more »

Moon flies to Pyongyang for third inter-Korean summit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 06:57 AM

South Korean President Moon Jae-in flies to Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with Kim Jong Un as he seeks to rekindle stalled denuclearization talks between North Korea and the United States. Read more »

Food Diplomacy: Singapore

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 06:31 AM

Singapore's ambassador to the Philippines, Kok Li Peng, welcomes Annalisa Burgos to her home where they discuss trade and labor migration over the Southeast Asian city-states signature dishes. Read more »

Duterte: 'Nothing earthshaking' in meeting with US envoy

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 07:51 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday refused to reveal what he and United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim discussed during their meeting in Malacañang on Wednesday. Read more »

Authentic South African dishes over trade talks with the country's envoy to PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 12:41 PM

Annalisa Burgos gets to taste South African dishes while speaking with Ambassador Martin Slabber about South Africa's 25 years of bilateral ties with the Philippines. They also talked about similarities between the two countries, including rich biodiversity and withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Read more »

Maduro looks to China to bolster Venezuela's collapsing economy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 09:07 AM

Maduro's government has massively devalued the national currency as part of a raft of measures intended to halt the economy's free-fall into hyperinflation. Read more »

After months of tensions, US and Germany talk trade

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 07:15 AM

Top economic advisors to US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel -- whose relations have been strained at best for months -- met Wednesday at the White House to boost trade ties. Read more »

North Korea's Kim asks Trump for another meeting in new letter

Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Sep 11 06:55 AM

US President Donald Trump received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asking for a second meeting and the White House is already looking at scheduling one, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Monday.   Read more »

Trump salutes Kim for N.Korean parade without nuclear missiles

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 07:05 AM

US President Donald Trump saluted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday for holding a massive military parade "without the customary display of nuclear missiles" to celebrate his country's 70th anniversary.  Read more »

North Korea to hold military parade to mark 70th anniversary

Sebastien Berger, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 08:42 AM

Hundreds of trucks carrying thousands of troops lined a Pyongyang riverbank in the pale light of dawn early Sunday, as nuclear-armed North Korea prepared to celebrate its birthday with a huge show of military strength. Read more »

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo in Manila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 12:43 PM

Annalisa Burgos celebrates Cinco De Mayo with Mexican Ambassador to the Philippines Gerardo Lozano at BGC, where they get to visit Mexican bars and restaurants while talking about culture, history, and others. Read more »

Two Koreas agree to hold September summit in Pyongyang: Seoul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 12:08 PM

Kim Jong Un will meet the South's President Moon Jae-in at a summit in Pyongyang in September to discuss nuclear disarmament, Seoul said Thursday. Read more »

PH-Israel connection: A lookback on decades of friendship, ties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 09:58 PM

MANILA - Israel and the Philippines have a long history of cooperation and diplomatic ties, which started during World War 2. Read more »

China blocks Australian state broadcaster's website

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 03:16 PM

It comes a year after the Australian Broadcasting Corporation began running a Chinese-language service. Read more »

Duterte lauds treatment of Filipinos in Israel

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 08:49 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded the treatment being accorded to Filipinos in Israel which he said was “far better” than what was being given to their fellows in neighboring Middle Eastern countries. Read more »

‘I am sorry’: Duterte apologizes to Obama

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 09 11:10 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has apologized to former United States Barack Obama, whom he had called “son of a w*****.”   Read more »

China's 'Silk Road' project runs into debt jam

Julien Girault, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 03:50 PM

China's massive and expanding "Belt and Road" trade infrastructure project is running into speed bumps as some countries begin to grumble about being buried under Chinese debt. Read more »

EU urges US to reconsider 'regrettable' decision on UN Palestinian agency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 08:02 AM

The European Union on Saturday urged the United States to reconsider "its regrettable decision" to halt funding for the United Nations relief and works agency for Palestinian refugees. Read more »