NEW DELHI, India– Google plans to manufacture its flagship Pixel 8 smartphone in India, CEO Sundar Pichai said Thursday, joining a growing list of global tech companies limiting their supply chains' dependence on China. Pichai's announcement follows US tech rival Apple's release last...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN WASHINGTON, United States– US President Joe Biden will give a rare Oval Office speech Thursday to try to get Americans behind the defense of Israel and Ukraine as the crises facing Washington's allies pile up. The 80-year-old, who is seeking a second term in 2024,...
BEIJING, China– China has formally arrested a Japanese man detained this year on espionage allegations, Tokyo's embassy in Beijing said on Thursday. "We can confirm that the Japanese national detained in March has been arrested," an embassy official said in a statement to AFP. China...
AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN TEL AVIV, Israel–US President Joe Biden will visit Israel Wednesday in a show of "ironclad" support as Washington tries to prevent the escalating war against Hamas in Gaza from spilling over into a wider Middle East conflict. The trip will come 12 days after the...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN NICOSIA, Cyprus–A first group of evacuees from Israel arrived in Cyprus on Tuesday aboard a US-chartered cruise ship as the island's authorities announced plans for a twice-daily ferry link for those wishing to leave. The 159 evacuees on board the Royal Caribbean...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN MOSCOW, Russia–The Kremlin said on Tuesday there was "no proof" North Korea was sending supplies of weapons to Russia, after Washington released images purportedly showing arms shipments from Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un travelled to Russia last month...
LGTBQ activist and petitioner for same sex-marriages Shivangi Sharma speaks with the media at the courtyard of India’s Supreme Court in New Delhi on October 17, 2023. India's top court ruled on October 17 it did not have the power to legalise same-sex marriages and said any reform to that...
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin attending a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister on the sidelines of the Third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Grigory SYSOYEV / POOL / AFP)...
WASHINGTON, United States - Any move by Israel to occupy the Gaza Strip again would be a "big mistake," US President Joe Biden said in an interview released on Sunday, as Israeli troops prepared for a ground invasion. US President Joe Biden (Photo from AFP) Israel, seeking vengeance for an attack...
AMMAN, Jordan - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was returning Monday to Israel after talks in six Arab states, hoping to coordinate efforts against Hamas while finding ways to alleviate Gaza's looming humanitarian crisis. This handout image provided by the UAE presidential court shows UAE's...
PARIS, France - France's president on Monday called for a "ruthless" government response to those with "terrorist ideologies", days after a teacher was stabbed to death in what he has called an act of "Islamist terror". People lay a bunch of flowers as they gather with local officials to pay...
QUITO, Ecuador - Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became Ecuador's youngest-ever president-elect, vowing to "restore peace" to a country ravaged by a bloody drug gang war. Ecuador's presidential candidate for the National Democratic Action...
