Ashish Valentine
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250 appearances
36 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 22 Aug
Ashish Valentine’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which sits on top of a geologically unstable region in the Pacific Ocean called the Ring of Fire.
Many of these quakes occur without much incident, but a few can turn deadly.
The earthquake also caused damage to homes in parts of neighboring Indonesia over 100 miles away.
Neighboring countries, including Japan, have issued tsunami warnings.
The Philippines' President Bongbong Marcos said the national government's coordinating the disaster response and will address Mindanao's needs.
For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
According to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, Xi Jinping told Trump the Taiwan issue could bring the US and China into conflict if it's mishandled.
China claims the self-ruled island as its own territory and has not ruled out the use of force to take it.
Responding to public concerns Trump may strike a deal with Xi to lower U.S.
support for Taiwan, the leader of Taiwan's ruling party legislative caucus, Zhuang Juixiong, said it's better that the two large elephants, the U.S.
and China, sit down and talk rather than fight.
He emphasized support for Taiwan in the U.S.
is bipartisan, and based on laws like the Taiwan Relations Act, which compels the U.S.
to help Taiwan defend itself.
For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
Only 12 countries have formal diplomatic relationships with Taiwan, and China's been ramping up pressure on them to distance themselves from the self-ruled island.
President Lai Ching-de was due to visit Eswatini a week ago to celebrate the 40th anniversary of King Mswati III's accession to the throne.
But on the eve of his departure, the presidential office announced the trip was put on hold because three East African countries, under pressure from China, denied President Lai's plane permission to pass through their airspace.
Shortly after he stepped off the plane, President Lai told reporters the friendship between Taiwan and Eswatini would not be shaken by China's efforts.
For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
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