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'The face of defeat': S. China Sea scholar urges PH to raise arbitral win before UN

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 01:31 PM

South China Sea scholar and BBC journalist Bill Hayton said international law is on the Philippine side, citing statements by 28 European Union states and the G7. Read more »

Locsin defends alleged Palace memo rejecting loans from anti-drug war nations

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 01:29 PM

The country's top diplomat on Sunday defended a reported Palace order for the halt of negotiations on loans and grants from countries that backed an Iceland-led UN investigation into government's war on drugs. Read more »

Lawmakers: Rejecting loans from gov’ts backing ‘drug war’ probe a mistake

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 12:18 AM

Lawmakers slammed Duterte's purported order to reject negotiations of loans and grants from countries that backed a UN resolution seeking a comprehensive report on the Philippines' drug war. Read more »

'Millions' protest in youth-led global climate strike

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 21 02:41 PM

Masses of children skipped school to join a global strike against climate change that teen activist Greta Thunberg said was "only the beginning," ahead of a United Nations youth summit she will participate in Saturday.   Read more »

Schoolchildren throng streets in vast global climate strike

Peter Hutchison with AFP bureaus around the world, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 21 05:33 AM

NEW YORK, United States—Huge numbers of children skipped school Friday to join a global strike against climate change that teen activist Greta Thunberg hopes will mark a turning point in persuading leaders to act against environmental disaster. Read more »

Memo says Duterte ordered shunning of loans, grants from backers of UN drug war probe; Palace denies report

Karen Lema, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 22 12:22 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed all departments and state-run firms to halt negotiations and agreements on grants and loans from countries that have backed a UN investigation into his bloody war on drugs. Read more »

Used and abused, oceans key to fighting climate change

Amélie Bottolier-Depois and Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 05:24 PM

Humanity must heal oceans made sick by climate change and pollution to protect marine life and to save itself, experts warned days before the release of a major UN report. Read more »

Climate change takes toll on oceans, ice: UN report

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 01:55 PM

Humanity should brace for blowback from oceans and frozen zones increasingly addled by climate change, a major UN report will warn. Read more »

‘Futile’ to raise PH, China maritime dispute before UN: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 01:08 PM

Malacañang dismissed Wednesday the call of the Philippines former top diplomat Albert del Rosario to raise Manila’s legal victory against Beijing over the South China Sea as world leaders gather at the 74th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Read more »

Dating 'Junior MasterChef' finalist, paparangalan ng UN

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 12:42 AM

Tutulak siya at iba pang Pinoy youth leaders sa New York para sa UN Youth Climate Summit. Read more »

'We are losing the race' on climate catastrophe, warns UN chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 07:45 AM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday the world was "losing the race" to avert climate disaster, but that greenhouse gas reduction targets were not out of reach yet. Read more »

UN experts urge probe of Rohingya killings in Bangladesh

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 05:49 PM

UN human rights experts have raised new concerns about the treatment of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh following a deadly backlash over the killing of a ruling party official. Read more »

Del Rosario urges PH gov't to raise arbitral win to 74th UN General Assembly

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 12:38 AM

MANILA—The country's former top diplomat urged the Duterte government anew to bring up the Philippines' legal victory against China over the South China Sea as world leaders gather at the 74th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Tuesday. Read more »

N. Korea demands security guarantees for nuclear talks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 06:06 PM

Negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington have been gridlocked since a second summit between the North's leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in February ended without a deal. Read more »

N.Korea's Kim invited Trump to Pyongyang in new letter

Reuters
Posted at Sep 16 11:07 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources. Read more »

Filipina teen to represent children across the globe at UN event

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 01:37 PM

An upcoming event in Geneva, Switzerland is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Zcyrel Barola, a 17-year-old child leader from Sorsogon, was chosen as one of the three advisors to talk about children's rights at the prestigious gathering. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 11, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 12:48 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos  Read more »

North Korea tests super-large multiple rocket launcher

KCNA via Reuters
Updated as of Sep 11 12:01 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the testing of a super-large multiple rocket launcher in North Korea, in this undated photo released on September 10, 2019 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Read more »

North Korea again tests 'super-large' rocket launcher: KCNA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 07:47 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised a fresh test of a "super-large multiple rocket launcher" system, state media said Wednesday -- the latest in a series of provocations by Pyongyang. Read more »

World tourism numbers up 4 pct in first half of 2019: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 07:41 AM

International tourist arrivals rose by 4.0 percent in the first half of 2019, but trade tensions and Brexit uncertainty could hinder growth, the UN World Tourism Organization said Monday.  Read more »