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Weekly top 10 hot news (Jan.28—Feb.3)

EverySaturday,AsiaPacificDailywillprovideyouwitharun-downofthelatesthotnews.Thisweek,thefollowinghotnewsyoushouldknow:Top1|DPRKcancelsjointculturaleventwithS.Ko

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President Donald Trump: FBI bosses 'politicise' investigations

DonaldTrumphasaccusedbossesattheFBIandJusticeDepartmentof'politicising'investigationsinfavouroftheDemocrats.Itcomesashewassettoapprovethereleaseofacontroversial

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Chinese presidential envoy to attend Winter Olympics opening ceremony

SeniorChineseofficialHanZhengwillattendtheopeningceremonyofthePyeongChangWinterOlympicGamesonFebruary9asaspecialrepresentativeofChinesePresidentXiJinpingandatth

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Trump announces presidential delegation to PyeongChang

VicePresidentMikePencewillleadanofficialUSdelegationtoattendtheopeningceremonyandeventsofthePyeongChangOlympicWinterGamesinSouthKorea,PresidentDonaldTrumpannoun

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APD Review | Trump’s State of the Union: more showmanship than substance

ByYangDingduWhenU.S.PresidentDonaldTrumpsoproudlytalkedabout“beautiful,cleancoal”inhisStateoftheUnionAddressWednesday,senatorsandcongressmenroseupandgaveabigrou

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Trump reiterates "America First" but softening tone at Davos forum

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrumpdeliveredaclosely-watchedclosingspeechattheWorldEconomicForumonFridayafternoon,reiteratingthe"AmericaFirst"policybuttoningdownhisrhetori

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Chinese ambassador to US: China not interested in hegemony

Chinaisnotinterestedindominatingtheworld,buthopestopromoteitstieswiththeUnitedStatesintheprocessof"problemsolving,"China'sAmbassadortotheUnitedStatesCuiTiankaih

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Palestinians reject visit of US VP Pence, seek new peace mediator

USVicePresidentMikePenceendedaMiddleEasttripwithatwo-dayvisittoIsraelduringwhichhemadeaspeechthatangeredPalestinians.USVicePresidentMikePencePencemetIsraelioffi

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Turkey kills at least 260 Kurdish militias in Syria offensive: Military

Atleast260membersofKurdishPeople'sProtectionUnits(YPG)werekilledafterTurkeylaunchedanattackinSyria'sAfrindistrictovertheweekend,theTurkisharmysaidonTuesday.The"

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IOC says DPRK, ROK to march together at PyeongChang Olympics ceremony

IOCPresidentThomasBachSaturdayannouncedthatadelegationfromtheNationalOlympicCommittee(NOC)oftheDemocraticPeople’sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)wouldparticipateattheOlymp

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Putin praises 'mature politician' Kim Jong Un

RussianPresidentVladimirPutinonThursdaypraisedKimJongUn,leaderoftheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)asa"maturepolitician"withaformidablearsenal,butalsourg

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7 things to watch: Macron, Erdogan seek détente after year of tensions

Anintriguingmeetinglikelytoexposetensions–aswellasconsensus–willtakeplaceinParisonFridaybetweentwoworldleaderswithambitiousaimsontheglobalstage.FrenchPresidentE

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Palestinian leaders say won't be 'blackmailed' after Trump threat

PalestinianleaderssaidWednesdaytheywillnotbe"blackmailed"afterUSPresidentDonaldTrumpthreatenedtocutaidworthmorethan$300millionannually,hislatestprovocativemovet

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Russia, Turkey prefer 'hand in hand approach'

“Don’tforgetAleppo!Don’tforgetSyria!”,therelationshipbetweenRussiaandTurkeywerefacedwithbleedingtestin2016,withthesloganbeingshoutedandtheRussianambassadorAndre

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Weekly top 10 hot news (Dec.09-Dec.15)

EverySaturday,AsiaPacificDailywillprovideyouwitharun-downofthelatesthotnews.Thisweek,thefollowinghotnewsyoushouldknow:Top1|IraqdeclaresliberationofallIraqilands

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Philippine Congress approves Martial law to be enforced for a full year

ByAPDwriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,Dec.13(APD)–LawmakersfromboththePhilippineSenateandtheHouseofRepresentativesinjointsessionapprovedPresidentRodrigoRoaDuterte’sreque

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Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria

PresidentVladimirPutinonMondayorderedthewithdrawalofRussiantroopsfromSyria.HemadethestatementduringasurprisevisittoKhmeimimAirBaseinLatakiaProvince,Syria,whereh