WASHINGTON, United States—Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO in the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of tortuous diplomacy. TOPSHOT - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken receives the NATO...
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Istanbul on Friday for talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the war against Russia and Black Sea navigation, the Turkish presidency said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky The two leaders will meet at...
PARIS, France—President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said France would not rule out any option to support Ukraine two years into Russia's invasion, leaders of several major French political parties said. This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on...
TOKYO, Japan–Around 900 luxury watches worth almost $13 million are missing in Japan after a site renting them out folded and its owner fled to Dubai, local media reported. The owners of the Rolexes and other pricey timepieces earned monthly deposit fees by loaning them to...
AFP/Manila Bulletin WASHINGTON, United States– US President Joe Biden faces one of the most critical moments of his political career Thursday, with a State of the Union speech aimed at convincing skeptical voters the 81-year-old is fit to beat Donald Trump in November's election. The...
AFP/Manila Bulletin TOKYO, Japan– Google on Thursday launched a new cybersecurity hub in Japan, aimed at helping to upgrade defences in the Asia-Pacific. The region faces a growing cyber threat from a range of actors, including criminal gangs looking for big payouts and state-backed...
Mourners visit the grave of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the Borisovo cemetery in Moscow on March 6, 2024. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) PARIS, France– Even in death, Alexei Navalny has defied the Kremlin as tens of thousands of Russians queued to mourn the...
NEW DRAINAGE SYSTEM -- Governor Daniel R. Fernando and Vice Gov. Alexis C. Castro unveil the marker of the 987.60 linear meter drainage system funded by the 2022 Seal of Good Local Governance Incentive Fund of the Provincial Government of Bulacan along Brgy. Santol, Balagtas, Bulacan on Tuesday,...
Donald Trump (AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- Donald Trump won primary elections in Virginia and North Carolina, US networks predicted as results began to come in from the 15 "Super Tuesday" states in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. The former president, who is...
This photograph taken on October 5, 2020, shows logos of US social networks Facebook and Instagram on the screens of a tablet and a smartphone in Toulouse, south-western France. Meta on Narch 5, 2024, said that it was looking into widespread outages of its Facebook, Instagram and Threads platforms...
Live video of Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen above delegates during the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2024. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) BEIJING, China–China's economic troubles are far from over and...
Leslie Adadow walks down Michigan Ave. holding placards before an interfaith prayer vigil for Aaron Bushnell outside the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Michigan on March 3, 2024. Former US airman Aaron Bushnell died on February 26, 2024 after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli...
