Tag Archives: Southeast Asia

Trump left the Southeast Asia Summit for the third year in a row

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – President Donald Trump left the summit with his Southeast Asian allies for the third year in a row on Saturday, as rival China prepares to increase its influence in the region with comprehensive free trade deals. National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said Trump regrets being unable …

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Remote learning begins in the virus-affected Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Grade school and high school students in the Philippines began classes from home on Monday after a coronavirus epidemic forced remote-learning on an education system already struggling to fund schools. Distance education has been a rational nightmare for a long-time poverty-stricken Southeast Asian country that lacks …

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