Screengrab from Dadula's Facebook live/MANILA BULLETIN The 46-year-old female employer in Hong Kong who was caught on camera strangling her Filipina domestic helper was arrested, April Dadula's mother confirmed. In a Facebook live video that went viral on Aug. 18, the 28-year-old Overseas Filipina...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's divisive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned to the kingdom Tuesday, after 15 years in exile and hours before parliament votes for a new prime minister. Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (AFP) The billionaire landed in a private jet at Bangkok's...
Cambodia's Prime Minister-designate Hun Manet (C) arrives to attend a parliamentary meeting at the National Assembly building in Phnom Penh on August 22, 2023. (AFP) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia's parliament on Tuesday elected long-time ruler Hun Sen's eldest son as the new prime...
TOKYO, Japan -- The release of wastewater from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific will begin on Thursday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced, despite opposition from fishermen and protests by China. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (AFP) Japan insists the...
BEIJING, China– A North Korean-owned passenger plane was on the way to the Chinese capital on Tuesday, multiple tracking websites showed. It is state airline Air Koryo's first commercial flight since early 2020, after North Korea shut its borders in response to the Covid-19 pandemic....
PARIS, France– Millions of people in France sweated through a late summer heatwave on Monday, with record temperatures expected in the wine-growing Rhone valley region and a forest fire blazing in the southeast. Temperatures are expected to peak on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the most...
This picture taken on March 25, 2019, shows exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra being interviewed by Agence France-presse in Hong Kong. Thailand's divisive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is set to return to the kingdom from exile on Tuesday, threatening fresh instability on the...
WASHINGTON, United States– The United States on Monday became the first country to approve a vaccine for pregnant women that prevents severe disease caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in their babies. The Pfizer shot, which was already approved for use in older adults, has now...
TOKYO, Japan– North Korea has informed Japan it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days, the Japanese government said Tuesday, less than three months after a failed effort saw a military satellite plunge into the sea. The office of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a statement...
ATLANTA, United States– Donald Trump said he will turn himself in on Thursday in Georgia to face racketeering and other charges stemming from his bid to overturn the 2020 election. Writing on his platform Truth Social on Monday, Trump said that that day he would be "ARRESTED by a...
] SEOUL, South Korea– The North Korean military said Friday it scrambled warplanes this week in response to what it described as an intrusion by a US spy plane. The US aircraft flew into airspace above North Korea's economic zone in waters east of the country on Thursday morning, a...
WASHINGTON, United States– Several Chinese manufacturers of solar panels have been shipping their products through third countries including Thailand and Vietnam to circumvent US tariffs, the Commerce Department announced Friday. "Commerce found that five companies were attempting to...
