Telesforo Trinidad A future guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy will be named in honor of a Filipino sailor who rescued two crew members when their ship caught fire more than a century ago. US Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro announced on Thursday that its 139th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer will be named USS Telesforo Trinidad after Fireman Second … [Read more...] about US Navy warship to be named after sole Pinoy Medal of Honor awardee
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Biden heads to Japan after warning on North Korea threat
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (centre L) and US President Joe Biden arrive for a state dinner at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on May 21, 2022. (AFP) SEOUL, South Korea – President Joe Biden flies Sunday to Japan for the second leg of a trip intended to reinforce US leadership across Asia in the face of a rising China and dangerously unpredictable, … [Read more...] about Biden heads to Japan after warning on North Korea threat
Biden greets Kim, but says US ‘prepared’ for North Korea weapons test
US President Joe Biden (2nd L), accompanied by South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol (L), tours the Air Operations Center’s Combat Operations Floor at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on May 22, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) SEOUL — Before President Joe Biden left South Korea for Japan Sunday, he offered a brief message to Kim Jong Un, whose nuclear saber-rattling has risked … [Read more...] about Biden greets Kim, but says US ‘prepared’ for North Korea weapons test