BONN, Germany -- The head of the upcoming COP28 climate summit, who also is the chief executive of the UAE's national oil company, acknowledged Thursday that a reduction in the use of fossil fuels is inescapable. "The phase down of fossil fuels is inevitable," Sultan al-Jaber said on the sidelines...
PARIS, France -- People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for Covid-19 had a 40 percent lower risk of getting long Covid, a US-based study said Friday. The finding was hailed as a potential "landmark" in the fight against the still little-understood condition, which the World...
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan - At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded by a blast Thursday at a funeral service for an Afghan acting provincial governor assassinated by a suicide bomber earlier this week, the ministry of interior said. "The Ministry of Interior of the IEA condemns this...
KHERSON, Ukraine - Ukraine said Thursday that at least one civilian was killed in Russian shelling of the Kherson city centre, as the region deals with massive flooding from the destruction of a dam in Russian-held territory. "Due to targeted strikes by the occupiers during evacuations in the...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - The UN's health agency on Thursday declared an end to a nearly four-month epidemic of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, saying the disease, a cousin of Ebola, had caused 35 confirmed or suspected deaths. "The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ended...
ANNECY, France - A man armed with a knife stabbed four preschool children and injured two adults by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday in an attack that sent shock waves through the country. The suspect is a Syrian in his early 30s who was granted refugee status in Sweden in April, a...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain announced Thursday new sanctions against Belarus, its latest punishment for the eastern European country's support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and suppression of anti-government activists. London said the new curbs would hit Belarus exports that have...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez refuses to let any "distraction" get the better of the House of Representatives when it comes to its task of legislating solutions to the country’s problems. Romualdez had this to say Thursday, June 8 amid the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The World Bank's (WB) upgraded forecast on the Philippines' economic performance speaks positively about Filipinos' resilience, House Speaker Martin Romualdez said in a statement on Thursday, June 8. “This upgraded forecast reinforces the...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo has called on the public to recognize the urgency to protect the oceans and reaffirm the commitment to preserve it as he believed that the world could secure a future where the bounties of the oceans are accessible to all. In his message...
Gjystina Grisha, a "Burrnesha" (sworn virgin), sits in front of a fire in her home in the mountain village of Lepushe, 200 km from Tirana, on May 25, 2023. (ORSOLA MEMA / AFP) LEPUSHE, Albania -- For decades, Gjystina Grishaj chopped wood, drove tractors and tended livestock as the man of the house...
To commemorate World Milk Day last June 1, the National Dairy Authority (NDA) launched a press conference discussing intensified dairy programs to improve the milk industry of our country. The NDA envisions a 500% increase in dairy production over the next five years. This can be achieved through a...
