The fallout from storm damage to a North Carolina factory that makes critical hospital supplies will be felt broadly and could linger, experts say. Debris is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Flooding triggered by Hurricane...
NEW YORK (AP) — Solar storms may cause faint northern lights across fringes of the northern United States over the weekend as forecasters monitor for possible disruptions to power and communications. This photo provided by NASA, taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows a solar flare,...
Amid the celebration of this year’s World Teachers' Day (WTD), Filipino educators on Saturday, Oct. 5, called on the government to urgently address the “systemic challenges” they have been facing for years. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – In a busy Tel Aviv entertainment district, diners spill into outdoor seating and clink glasses as music fills the air. There's laughter, there's life. But all around the patrons, staring down from lampposts and shop windows, are pictures of hostages held in Gaza,...
CHILGOK, South Korea (AP) – Wearing an oversized bucket hat, silver chains, and a black Miu Miu shirt, 82-year-old Park Jeom-sun gesticulates, her voice rising and falling with staccato lines about growing chili peppers, cucumbers, and eggplants. Park, nicknamed Suni, was flanked by seven...
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognized when Nobel Prize announcements begin next week under a shroud of violence. Mats Larsson, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, standing at left, speaks during the announcement of the...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Benny Briolly beamed as she strode through the concrete favela alleyway in a snow-white dress, volunteers proudly waving campaign flags emblazoned with her face. Benny Briolly, a transgender woman running for city council, poses for a photo during a campaign event with...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to western North Carolina, a shiny stainless steel tanker truck in downtown Asheville attracted residents carrying 5-gallon containers, milk jugs and buckets to fill with what has become a desperately scare resource...
WASHINGTON (AP) — After 1,080 days as president, Joe Biden on Friday decided to pop in and take questions in the White House briefing room for the first time, striding in with a grin after a strong monthly jobs report and the temporary settlement of a strike by ports workers . President Joe...
BANGKOK (AP) — Flooding in northern Thailand forced many residents of the city of Chiang Mai and its outskirts to seek safety on higher ground on Friday, with members of the animal world under similar threat. This photo provided by the Elephant Nature Park shows three of the roughly 100 elephants...
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country. A part of the Negro River is dry at...
From left to right: Miro Quimbo, Shoyo, Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Facebook) The just-concluded 2025 national budget deliberations were very stressful for Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo, being the senior vice...
