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TOKYO, Japan (The Adobo Chronicles, Tokyo Bureau) - Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a stunning announcement. Beginning in 2024, the Olympics will include a new sport: knitting! Initially, Olympic knitting will include three divisions: Bonnet Division, Classic Sweater Division, and the Table Runner Division. Medals will be awarded to athletes who could finish…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Feeling more and more dejected and frustrated with his losing legal battles to invalidate the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential elections, Donald Trump today issued an Executive Order that rescinds his appointment of three Supreme Court justices — Neil McGill Gorsuch, Brett Michal Kavanaugh and Amy…

Donald Trump is not taking his loss in the 2020 Presidential elections sitting down. He is planning a comeback…

WASHINGTON D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - After weeks of claiming he won the November 3 U.S. Presidential elections, Donald Trump has finally conceited. Not that he wasn’t before. Trump has fired his own key officials, tried to summon state elections officials who belong to the Republican party, promises to avail of his presidential…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) - As the entire country of America is in a somber mood because Thanksgiving cannot be celebrated in the same tradition citizens are used to due to the coronavirus pandemic, The New York Times heralded a surprise fact about President-elect Joe Biden. In a headline…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) - Minutes after U,S. President Donald Trump walked out on Lesley Stahl, CBS announced it was renaming its news magazine show “60 MINUTES” to “37 MINUTES” Trump abruptly ended the interview 37 minutes or so into the taping after he accused Stahl of “asking tough…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Surging coronavirus cases in many areas of the United States may make it unwise to hold large family gatherings at Thanksgiving this year, particularly if elderly relatives or out-of-state travel are involved, Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, told “CBS Evening News” on Wednesday. “You may have…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - He’s called it the ‘China virus,’ downplayed its impact on Americans, and refused to acknowledge or endorse health protocols surrounding this pandemic that has so far killed over 200,000 Americans. Over the weekend, the coronavirus has tested positive for Donald Trump. Is change coming to The White…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Donald Trump has made it clear in some of his public statements that he will refuse to recognize the results of November’s U.S. Presidential elections if he loses. This means, of course, that Trump will not vacate The While House even when his term expires in January. But…

WASHINGTON, D.C, (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - The White House has announced that Air Force One, the plane used by the president of the United States, will be renamed Pegasus, after the mythical winged divine horse which is one of the most recognized creatures in Greek mythology. Why the change of heart? Well, The Adobo Chronicles learned that…

THE VATICAN (The Adobo Chronicles, Rome Bureau) - Pope Francis has already publicly apologized for violating a woman at The Vatican a couple of days ago.  The incident where the Pope slapped the hand of a woman pilgrim after she grabbed his hand was caught on video and has gone super viral. But Vatican officials are…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) -President Donald Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2020 that establishes a U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces—despite the Outer Space Treaty designating space as a global commons to be used for peaceful purposes. Trump signed the NDAA flanked by…

DONALD TRUMP has been impeached by the  Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives. It doesn’t mean much other than being seen as the shaming of a President.  He remains in the White House unless he is removed from office and prevented from holding Federal positions through a conviction by the Senate. But a Senate conviction is unlikely.  It…

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - In a rare show of unity and non-partisanship, Philippine Senators unanimously approved a resolution demanding that the U.S. government immediately release all prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. As of latest available information resulting from a Google search, about 40 detainees remain at the U.S.-leased detention center in Cuba.  Many of…

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) - It is being reported on social media that Bono and U2 were booed by members of the audience during a concert held last weekend at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.  The reason? Bono dedicated the song, “Ultra Violet” to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and flashed her face on…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - President Donald Trump has suggested sending the US Army over the border into Mexico to “wage war” on drug cartels in a typically bombastic tweet. The US President said his country stood “ready, willing & able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively” if his Mexican…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - "Enough is enough!" With these words, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously to move its headquarters out of New York and into New Zealand. The unprecedented move was prompted by the most recent mass shootings in the United States which have put the number to…

BERKELEY, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - One of the most liberal cities in the U.S. of A. is getting rid of the pronouns “he” and “she.” In a move that tops all gender-neutral initiatives, the City of Berkeley is now asking its citizens to start referring to people as “it. Talk about equality…

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte knows that no one is above the law, so he voluntarily paid a P100,000 fine for violating a law he signed three months ago. The law is the ‘Anti-bastos’ law which imposes stiffer penalties on a range of acts from catcalling, sexist slurs, stalking and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Beauty lies in the beholder, and U.S. President Donald Trump is a beholder of beauty.  After all, he used to own the Miss Universe Organization the world’s premium international beauty pageant. Now, Trump appears to be employing some beauty pageant diplomacy in his nomination for the next U.S.…