NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic headline the initial list of 16 teams entered into the U.S. Open mixed doubles championship. The tournament was overhauled last year, with a $1 million prize going to the winners, in an effort to get top...
Liza Soberano has opened up about the uncertainty she faced after leaving the Philippines to pursue a career in the United States, revealing that she feared the move would cost her both her career and the people closest to her. The actress said those emotions were still fresh when she auditioned...
CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran paused their attacks for a second straight day Sunday, as efforts continued to bring them back to negotiations on an interim ceasefire deal largely undermined by recent exchanges of fire. It was not clear why the U.S. has paused after targeting Iranian...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing, while diplomatic efforts have pushed forward to try to avert a return to all-out war. But it remains to be seen whether the U.S. and Iran are at an inflection point in a...
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen 's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in an escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United States and Iran vie for...
CEBU CITY – A group of exporters in Cebu expressed concern over the imposition of an additional 12.5 percent tariff by the United States on Philippine exports. The Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philexport)-Cebu chapter supported calls for the Philippine government to engage with the Office...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Bahrain activated its sirens early Friday, warning residents to shelter from detected fire hours after the U.S. military said it had wrapped up its 13th night of strikes against Iran. The Gulf states have come under frequent fire over the past week as the U.S. and Iran exchange...
The peso sank to a fresh record low against the United States (US) dollar on Friday, weighed down by escalating import burdens, global energy cost pressures, and persistent demand for foreign currency. The local currency closed at ₱61.847 per US dollar on July 24, according to official data from...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the Trump administration is poised to help end the “senseless war” in Ukraine but acknowledged there is no quick path to a deal, saying diplomacy will require sustained effort and new ideas. Rubio, who held...
The country’s exports to the United States (US) are now subject to a higher 12.5-percent tariff after the Trump administration determined that the Philippines has failed to prevent the entry of goods produced with forced labor. In a notice on Friday morning, July 24 (Philippine time), the Office...
President Marcos and US President Donald Trump held a phone conversation Thursday evening, July 23, discussing the current global economic and security situation, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. According to the PCO, the phone call stemmed from President Marcos ' meeting...
The Philippines expects the United States (US) to consider exempting its imports from the threat of a 12.5-percent tariff following the creation of an inter-agency body tasked with probing the alleged importation of goods produced with forced labor. “It should be,” Department of Trade and...
