DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by hitting more bridges, energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran...
Iranian strikes on Friday hit a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait, damaging one of the key sources of drinking water in the small desert nation. It 's the latest attack on essential infrastructure across the Middle East that have exposed extreme vulnerabilities in one of the...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Governments across Latin America are mobilizing firefighters, activating contingency plans and preparing water, energy and transportation systems as El Nino strengthens across the Pacific, raising concerns about drought, extreme heat, flooding and other climate-related...
CAVITE – Dasmariñas City Mayor Jennifer Austria Barzaga filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) for representative of Cavite 's 4th District on the last day of COC filing on Friday, July 17. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Barzaga joins four other aspirants seeking the...
BEIJING (AP) — A landslide Friday in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing buried residential buildings, forced more than 1,100 residents to evacuate and trapped an undetermined number of people, state media reported. State broadcaster CCTV said at least 10 people were rescued from the...
CAVITE – A woman who had just visited her husband at a Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility in Barangay Santiago, General Trias City, was shot to death on Thursday, July 16. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A identified the victim as alias Nadia, 33. Initial investigation...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) announced Friday, July 17, that it is nearing completion of its maintenance cleanup of the San Juan River, having removed more than 116,000 metric tons of waste and silt over the past 10 months to improve water flow and reduce flooding in San Juan, Manila, Mandaluyong,...
CHIBA (Jiji Press)--Police have arrested a former nurse for allegedly killing a male inpatient of a hospital in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, in January by mixing excrement in his intravenous drip. Apprehended by the Chiba prefectural police department Wednesday was Miyuki Furukawa, 51, from...
TOKYO (Jiji Press)--The majority of respondents to a Jiji Press poll held this month have expressed support for the Japanese government 's plan to sharply raise fees for residence procedures for foreign nationals. Support stood at 56.0 pct, far exceeding the 20.8 pct opposed to the plan,...
TOKYO (Jiji Press)--The Diet, Japan 's parliament, enacted a bill Friday to criminalize acts of damaging the Japanese national flag, despite concerns that it could infringe on freedom of thought and expression guaranteed by the Constitution. At a plenary meeting, the House of Councillors,...
SHANGHAI (AP) — Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday, while reiterating China’s objections to what he called the “overstretching” of national security concerns. Speaking at a conference in Shanghai, Xi...
A 30‑year‑old construction worker was shot dead while reportedly picking up his child outside an elementary school in Teresa, Rizal, on Thursday afternoon, July 16. The Teresa Municipal Police Station (MPS) said the victim was shot in the head by the suspect identified as “Carlo,” with...
