KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone slammed into an apartment building in eastern Ukraine early Saturday while many were sleeping, killing four people — three in Dnipro and one in Kharkiv — and wounding 12 others, Ukrainian authorities reported. The attack in Dnipro, Ukraine 's...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer signed a deal to purchase development-stage obesity drugmaker Metsera Inc., winning a bidding war against Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker behind weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy. Metsera, based in New York, has no products on the...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, Gaza health officials said Saturday, as both sides completed the latest exchange of bodies under the terms of the tenuous ceasefire. The latest jump in deaths occurred as more bodies are...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul have ended without agreement, with the sides trading blame for the breakdown in negotiations aimed at easing border tensions and upholding a fragile ceasefire, officials said Saturday. Tensions have escalated in recent...
All types of watercraft are banned to travel to and from Talim Island while the province is under the threat of Storm Uwan. In its Sea Travel advisory, the Philippine Coast Guard said the movement of all types of watercraft in the waters of Laguna Lake within Rizal Province has been suspended...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto Rubiano ordered the team of emergency and response teams to prepare for the threat of Severe Tropical Storm Uwan. Rubiano said the team started to roll down billboard tarpaulins around the city to prevent being blown by strong winds, which may pose a danger. She said...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Saturday, Nov. 8, that evacuation centers in the city are now ready in case they are needed, as the city prepares for the expected impact of Typhoon Uwan. Sotto added that the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Incident Management Team (IMT) have also been...
Metro Manila Council (MMC) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Saturday, Nov. 8, that all Metro Manila Local Government Units (LGUs) have been conducting preparations ahead of Typhoon Uwan, including mobilizing rescue vehicles and equipment and pre-positioning food boxes and...
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) – UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky. The crash Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including...
The city government of Parañaque announced that the City Treasurer 's Office is offering discounts to real property owners who will pay their taxes in advance. Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said that the treasurer’s office is also giving tax amnesty to delinquent taxpayers. Olivarez...
The Parañaque City Building Officials (CBO) advised building owners and residents to prepare and implement necessary measures for possible effects of Severe Tropical Storm Uwan. The CBO called on establishment owners on Friday to roll down tarpaulins and switch off LED signs that may cause...
Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano led a pre-disaster meeting with the Pasay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRMC) to put in place the necessary response to possible effects of Severe Tropical Storm Uwan. Rubiano ordered the City Engineering Office and the Pasay City Environment and...
