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Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., right, welcomes UAE Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and other senior Emirati officials during a meeting at Malacanan Palace in Manila. (WAM)
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Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. welcomes UAE Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and other senior Emirati officials during a meeting at Malacanan Palace in Manila. (WAM)
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UAE Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, left, with Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and the first lady Louise Araneta-Marcos at Malacanan Palace in Manila. (WAM)
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Updated 05 June 2024
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Philippine president receives UAE’s chief envoy in Manila

Philippine president receives UAE’s chief envoy in Manila
Updated 05 June 2024
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MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday received UAE Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and other senior Emirati officials during a meeting at Malacanan Palace in Manila.

During their meeting, part of Sheikh Abdullah’s working visit to Southeast Asian nations, the two officials exchanged wishes for the continued prosperity of their countries.

Marcos and Sheikh Abdullah also discussed bilateral relations and ways to boost cooperation, particularly on trade and investment, as both countries look forward to the 50th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties.

The UAE hosts the largest overseas Filipino community, with about 1 million expatriates as of last estimate, a number that is expected to increase further as the Gulf country looks to employ more qualified Filipino healthcare professionals through a planned government-to-government hiring system.

Sheikh Abdullah expressed his appreciation for the role of the Filipino community in supporting the UAE’s development plans in various sectors.

The meeting was attended by Mohammed Obaid Al-Qataam Al-Zaabi, the UAE ambassador to the Philippines, and Saeed Mubarak Al-Hajri, assistant minister for economic and trade affairs.

Topics: Philippines UAE Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan

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MOSCOW: Russian forces have captured the town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s defense ministry said on Monday, in a key advance after months of steady gains in the area.
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  • Polls show Liberals will badly lose to the Conservatives in an election that must be held by late October
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, The Globe and Mail reported on Sunday, citing three sources.
The sources told the Globe and Mail that they don’t know definitely when Trudeau will announce his plans to leave but said they expect it will happen before a key national caucus meeting on Wednesday.
The Canadian prime minister’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
It remains unclear whether Trudeau will leave immediately or stay on as prime minister until a new leader is selected, the report added.
Trudeau took over as Liberal leader in 2013 when the party was in deep trouble and had been reduced to third place in the House of Commons for the first time.
Trudeau’s departure would leave the party without a permanent head at a time when polls show the Liberals will badly lose to the Conservatives in an election that must be held by late October.
His resignation is likely to spur fresh calls for a quick election to put in place a government able to deal with the administration of President-elect Donald Trump for the next four years.
The prime minister has discussed with Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc whether he would be willing to step in as interim leader and prime minister, one source told the newspaper, adding that this would be unworkable if LeBlanc plans to run for the leadership.

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South Korea’s military says North Korea fired missile into eastern sea

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired missile into eastern sea
  • The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was fired from an area near Pyongyang
  • Seoul denounces the launch as a provocation that poses a serious threat on the Korean Peninsula
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SEOUL: North Korea on Monday fired a ballistic missile that flew 1,100 kilometers before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea’s military said, extending its heightened weapons testing activities into 2025 weeks before Donald Trump returns as US president.
The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was fired from an area near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and that the launch preparations were detected in advance by the US and South Korean militaries. It denounced the launch as a provocation that poses a serious threat to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
The joint chiefs said the military was strengthening its surveillance and defense posture in preparation for possible additional launches and sharing information on the missile with the United States and Japan.
The launch came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul for talks with South Korean allies over the North Korean nuclear threat and other issues.
Blinken’s visit comes amid political turmoil in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law decree and subsequent impeachment by parliament last month, which experts say puts the country at a disadvantage in getting a steady footing with Trump ahead of his return to the White House.
In a year-end political conference, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-US policy and criticized the Biden administration’s efforts to strengthen security cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo, which he described as a “nuclear military bloc for aggression.”
North Korean state media did not specify Kim’s policy plans or mention any specific comments about Trump. During his first term, Trump met Kim three times for talks on the North’s nuclear program.
Many experts, however, say a quick resumption of Kim-Trump summitry is unlikely as Trump would first focus on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. North Korea’s support for Russia’s war against Ukraine also poses a challenge to efforts to revive diplomacy, experts say.
Before his presidency faltered over the ill-conceived power grab, Yoon worked closely with US President Joe Biden to expand joint military exercises, update nuclear deterrence strategies and strengthen trilateral security cooperation with Tokyo.

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More than 260 Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia

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  • The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar
  • Latest group of refugees arrived on a beach in the region’s town of West Peureulak
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: More than 260 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, arrived in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Aceh after floating at sea for days, an official said Monday.
The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.
An East Aceh official, Iskandar – who like many Indonesians goes by one name – said this latest group of refugees arrived on a beach in the region’s town of West Peureulak on Sunday night around 10:25 p.m. local time (1525 GMT Sunday).
“There are 264 of them – 117 men and 147 women,” Iskandar said Monday, adding that in the group, around 30 were children.
He said they had initially been on two boats, one of which had sunk off the coast while the second managed to move closer to shore.
They could then walk to the shore when the tide was low, he said.
“They told me they were rejected in Malaysia,” Iskandar said, adding that the local government has not decided where to move the Rohingya refugees.
Rohingya arrivals in Indonesia tend to follow a cyclical pattern, slowing during the stormy months and picking back up when sea conditions calm down.
In November, more than 100 refugees were rescued after their boat sank off the coast of East Aceh.
In October, 152 Rohingya refugees were finally brought ashore after being anchored for days off the coast of South Aceh district while officials decided whether to let them land.
Indonesia is not a signatory to the UN refugee convention and says it cannot be compelled to take in refugees from Myanmar, calling instead on neighboring countries to share the burden and resettle the Rohingya who arrive on its shores.
Many Acehnese, who have memories of decades of bloody conflict themselves, are sympathetic to the plight of their fellow Muslims.
But others say their patience has been tested, claiming the Rohingya consume scarce resources and occasionally come into conflict with locals.

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Up to 300 Afghans arrive in Philippines for US visa processing

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Up to 300 Afghans arrive in Philippines for US visa processing

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  • The Afghans could stay for no more than 59 days and would be ‘confined to their billet facility’ except for embassy interviews
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MANILA: Up to 300 Afghans arrived in the Philippines on Monday on temporary stays while being processed for US resettlement, Philippine and US officials said.
The Philippines and the United States signed an agreement last July allowing possibly hundreds of Afghans to stay in Manila while their US Special Immigrant visas were being processed.
This was despite domestic opposition in the Catholic-majority country over security and other concerns.
“The DFA issued the appropriate Philippine entry visa to these applicants in line with current rules and regulations,” Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Teresita Daza said in a statement.
“All applicants completed extensive security vetting by Philippines national security agencies.”
A US State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, would not be specific about the number involved other than to say “up to 300.”
Under the deal, the US government will shoulder the cost of the Afghans’ stays in Manila, including food, housing, medical care, security and transportation, the Philippine DFA statement said.
The Afghans will stay at a facility operated by the US State Department’s Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts, an earlier US Embassy statement said.
Daza had previously said the Afghans could stay for no more than 59 days and would be “confined to their billet facility” except for embassy interviews.
The applicants all underwent medical screening in Afghanistan.
Tens of thousands of Afghans fled their country in the chaotic evacuation of August 2021 as US and allied forces pulled out to end Washington’s longest war, launched after the attacks on September 11, 2001.
Many of those who had worked with the ousted Western-backed government arrived in the United States seeking resettlement under a special immigrant visa program, but thousands were also left behind or in third countries, waiting for their visas to be processed.

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