LONDON, United Kingdom - Nine people including seven children were injured, some believed critically, on Thursday when a car collided with a primary school building in southwest London. Police said they were not treating the incident at the private Study Prep girls' school in Wimbledon, as...
PARIS, France - French MPs on Thursday called on the government to ban video-sharing platform TikTok unless it clarifies its links to China, days after the government blamed social media for fuelling recent riots. A Senate commission of inquiry set up to probe TikTok's handling of data and...
VIENNA, Austria - The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine is on high alert with Kyiv and Moscow this week accusing each other of planning a covert attack. The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has repeatedly warned of the risks...
The injury bug continues to bite Gilas Pilipinas even during its trip in Europe. *Scottie Thompson is reduced to spectator in the Gilas training due to a hand fracture (SBP photo)* The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas through its Facebook page on Thursday, July 6, announced that Scottie Thompson...
Mass attendees on Sunday, July 23, which will be observed as World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, will receive a plenary indulgence. World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly (Catholic Grandparents Association) The Vatican said Pope Francis granted the indulgence following the request of...
*"It's the music that brings us together", said John Oates from the famous 80's rock and roll duo Hall & Oates.* Music is a powerful medium that can cut across language barriers and bring people together.  It is so universal that people from different countries, of different...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has had surgery on his left knee, the team confirmed on Wednesday, July 5, leaving the basketball star's participation for Greece in August's FIBA World Cup in doubt. *Giannis Antetokounmpo. (AFP)* "He had a routine surgery on his left...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands-Â A record-breaking summer storm hammered the Netherlands and Germany on Wednesday, killing two people and throwing international air and rail travel into chaos. Storm Poly packed howling winds of up to 146 km/h (90 mph), toppling trees and forcing the cancellation of 400...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A woman missing for more than a week was found alive, having been stuck in the mud in a state park for at least several days, US police in Massachusetts said Tuesday. Emma Tetewsky, 31, was found in a swamp-like area in Borderland State Park after hikers heard her cries...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden called again Tuesday for stricter gun control measures while denouncing a wave of shootings that overshadowed Independence Day. Five people were killed and four wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia Monday night, police said. Another shooting...
PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron met with hundreds of French officials on Tuesday to begin exploring the "deeper reasons" for the country's plunge into riots after a police officer killed a teenager at a traffic stop. The meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris with more than 300...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Moscow said Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory would "not be possible" without US and NATO help, escalating its rhetoric after reporting it had downed five drones near the capital on Tuesday. Ukraine meanwhile accused Russia of planning "dangerous provocations" at the...
