AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN SAO PAULO, Brazil– Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro checked into the hospital Monday to undergo two surgeries stemming from a stabbing attack that nearly claimed his life in 2018. Bolsonaro, 68, is scheduled to undergo the operations Tuesday at the private...
SEOUL, South Korea– North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was travelling to Russia by armoured train early Tuesday to meet President Vladimir Putin, Pyongyang reported, with face-to-face talks potentially focused on weapon sales. Experts suggest Putin is seeking artillery shells and antitank...
MANILA, Philippines–Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted Tuesday of her final tax evasion charge, in the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison. Ressa smiled as the judge delivered the verdict in the years-long case, an AFP...
TOKYO, Japan– Parts of Japan have been deluged by their heaviest daily rains since records began, officials said Saturday, with reports of more than 100 landslides after a tropical storm. Mobara city in Chiba prefecture, which borders the capital Tokyo, recorded 392 millimetres of rain...
This photograph taken and released by Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on September 9, 2023, shows Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal (R) shaking hands with Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (L) during their meeting in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine / AFP)...
BANGKOK, Thailand– Scientists have developed human embryo-like structures without using sperm, an egg or fertilisation, offering hope for research on miscarriage and birth defects but also raising fresh ethical concerns. Earlier this year, several labs around the world released...
TOPSHOT - This handout image released by NASA on September 6, 2023, shows 'Comet Nishimura' at an undisclosed location in space. Comet Nishimura, discovered less than a month ago, is currently heading towards the Sun and will shine at its maximum during the weekend, offering a spectacle visible...
New York, United States– A New York judge on Wednesday again found Donald Trump liable for defamation against writer E. Jean Carroll, who has accused the US ex-president of rape, in a decision opening the door for damages to be awarded. Trump, the leading Republican candidate for the...
KYIV, Ukraine– US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $1 billion of aid during a surprise visit Wednesday to Ukraine which suffered a Russian strike that killed at least 17 people at a market in the east. The attack, which President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as...
This photograph taken on August 22, 2023, shows burnt sunflowers in a field during a heat wave in the suburbs of Puy Saint Martin village, southeastern France, on August 22, 2023, where the temperature reached 43°centigrade. (AFP) PARIS, France -- 2023 is likely to be the...
A file picture taken on September 18, 1984 showing Rock star Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the rock group "Queen", during a concert at the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy (POPB). Thousands of items belonging to the charismatic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, from manuscripts of his band's...
AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO, United States– Google on Wednesday said it will mandate that political advertisements on its platforms disclose when images and audio have been altered or created using tools such as artificial intelligence (AI). The change to Google's ad policy is to...
