SINGAPORE -- The 22nd edition of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier defense and security summit, opened here on Friday amid geopolitical tensions.
This year's dialogue drew representatives from 47 countries, including 40 ministerial-level delegates, 20 chief of defense forces-level delegates, over 20 senior defense officials, and prominent academics, according to the Singapore Ministry of Defense. (Singapore-Shangri-La Dialogue)
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JAKARTA -- The number of casualties of landslides at a quarry in Indonesia's West Java province on Friday rose to at least 13, with several others missing, a rescuer said.
Meanwhile, five people are seriously injured and several others sustained minor wounds, according to Ade Dian Permana, head of the search and rescue office in West Java Province. (Indonesia-Landslide)
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MANILA -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has chosen Foreign Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro as the new foreign secretary, the country's Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has said.
A seasoned career diplomat, Lazaro, 66, will replace Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, who will be the country's permanent representative to the United Nations, Bersamin said in a recent press briefing. (Philippines-Foreign Secretary)
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HONG KONG -- The International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) serves as an important public good in the field of the rule of law for better global governance, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Friday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivered a speech at the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of the IOMed in Hong Kong. (HK-Wang Yi-IOMed) Enditem
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