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Foreign News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
James Hookway is a foreign news editor at The Wall Street Journal.
The Telegraph on MSN3h
Alton's City Band kept German tradition alive with elaborate uniforms
In 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci. In 1859, ground was ...
University of the Philippines7h
Particles Unknown
The Higgs, Dark Matter, and how the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics puts UP at the forefront of describing reality itself In 2012, a team at the European Organization for Nuclear ...
East Asia Forum13h
The Philippines navigates shifting political currents in the South China Sea
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and current President Marcos Jr’s differing South China Sea strategies reveal the ...
Pope Francis’s death mourned by fans across southeast Asia where he transformed status of Church
Millions of faithful across Southeast Asia are mourning the death of Pope Francis, who left an indelible mark on Catholics in ...
Rest of World3d
When the world connected on Skype
At its peak, Skype had about 300 million users around the world. But it was a product of the desktop era, and as users went ...
24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes
Check out 24 of the world’s must unusual landscapes — from the hellish Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan to the “snow ...
US general says allied forces can repel Asia aggression as Philippines combat drills open
Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces have opened annual combat drills that will include simulating the defense of ...
Map Shows US Putting Missiles at China's Choke Point
The U.S. Marine Corps' Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, will conduct simulated fires missions in the Luzon Strait.
North Country Public Radio7d
Boonville World War II POW remains identified 80 years later
Harland Hennessey fought in the battle for the Bataan Peninsula against Japanese forces in 1942 and was captured.
Manila Standard9d
Speaker: WPS on Google Maps a ‘moral victory’
Speaker Martin Romualdez on Tuesday said the recognition of the West Philippine Sea label by Google Maps was a “simple yet ...
Opinion
Manila Standard9dOpinion
Telling it like it is
A navigation app’s use of “West Philippine Sea” to refer to waters off the west coast of the country should leave no more room for doubt that this part of ...