WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday wrote to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar, calling on them to press Hamas for a hostage deal with Israel , according to a senior administration official, one day after Biden called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to redouble efforts to reach a...
DUNDALK, Md. — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore , as cranes, ships and diving crews work to reopen one of the nation's main shipping lanes. Aboard Marine One, circling...
NEW YORK (AP) — An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors. The U.S. Geological Survey said over 42 million people might have felt...
Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan said on Thursday, April 4, that there is no need to declare a pertussis outbreak in Manila after confirming eight cases of whooping cough in the city. During her social media address, The Capital Report, Lacuna-Pangan said that there were only eight confirmed cases over 11...
Around 30 families are temporarily staying at a basketball court in Barangay 753 after a fire destroyed houses at Arellano Avenue, San Andres, Manila on Friday morning, April 5. Photo from Quiapo Alliance Fire and Rescue Volunteer Brigade Inc. /MANILA BULLETIN The Bureau of Fire Protection...
BACOLOD CITY – Two casual government employees in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental have been terminated for allegedly posting false and misleading information on social media about the unofficial celebrity performers for the forthcoming 35th Ugyonan Festival. THE town of E.B. Magalona in Negros...
LEUVEN, Belgium (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the measures the Israeli government has announced to expand the flow of aid into Gaza are welcome but may not be enough to meet the Biden administration's demands for dramatic improvements in humanitarian...
HUYE, Rwanda (AP) — The diggers' hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn silence. Children practise fencing game, on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda,...
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan's biggest earthquake in 25 years, which has left at least 12 dead. Workers begin demolition of collapsed building, two days after a powerful earthquake struck the city, in...
When the Russian barrage hit the Ukrainian power plant, a worker named Taras was manning the control panel — a crucial task that required him to stay as the air-raid siren blared and his colleagues ran for safety. Workers clear the rubble after a Russian missile attack at DTEK's power plant in...
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel declared war against Hamas last October, it stood unified at home and enjoyed broad backing from around the world following an unprecedented attack by the Islamic militant group. FILE - Israelis take cover from the incoming rocket fire from the Gaza Strip in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a “threat to democracy.” Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him “unfit to be president.” And former Vice President Mike Pence has declined to endorse him, citing “profound differences.” FILE -...
