WASHINGTON (AP) — Many doctors and scientists were reeling Monday after President Donald Trump went on TV to insist that pregnant women should never take Tylenol and revive debunked theories about vaccines and autism. Trump went beyond his own Food and Drug Administration 's more modest...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Explosive drones targeting a suspected gang leader killed at least eight children inside a slum in Haiti 's capital and seriously wounded six others, relatives and activists told The Associated Press on Monday, as they blamed police for the attack. The explosions...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A jury in New Zealand on Tuesday found a woman guilty of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases for years before they were discovered. The verdict meant the jury at the High Court in Auckland rejected a defense of insanity made by lawyers...
The World Bank has downgraded the implementation progress of the loan-funded Philippines Digital Infrastructure Project due to delayed budget cover. In a Sept. 22 implementation status and results report, the World Bank assigned a “moderately satisfactory” overall implementation progress rating...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian man on death row for trafficking heroin is to be executed this week in Singapore, anti-death penalty activists said Monday, renewing calls for a halt to capital punishment in the city-state. If the execution goes through, Datchinamurthy Kataiah, 39, will...
BERKELEY, Calif. — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 rocked the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday, waking up many people, with more 24,000 saying they felt it, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was just east-southeast of Berkeley, the survey said. It happened...
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year under the last remaining nuclear pact with the United States that expires in February, and he urged Washington to follow suit. Putin declared that the termination of the 2010...
The Marcos Jr. administration will borrow $650 million, or over ₱37 billion, from the World Bank next year to sustain the conditional cash transfers for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and ensure that its youth beneficiaries land jobs. According to a Sept. 20 project information...
FIUMICINO, Italy — Dog owners often face a dilemma before traveling: leave your beloved pet with a sitter or at a kennel? Both require quite some planning and logistics, which can be stressful and time-consuming for fur parents. Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport has sought to streamline...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he still has good memories of U.S. President Donald Trump and urged Washington to drop its demand the North surrender its nukes as a precondition for resuming long-stalled diplomacy. Speaking to Pyongyang’s rubber-stamp parliament on...
TORONTO — Canada recognized a Palestinian state on Sunday, despite opposition from the U.S, with the hope it paves the way for peace based on two states living side by side. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on the social platform X that Canada had recognized a Palestinian state. Britain and...
TOKYO — Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ’s ruling party opened official campaigning Monday to find his replacement who can restore political stability and voter support for the beleaguered Liberal Democrats. Five candidates are vying for the Liberal Democratic Party 's top...
