World War II Filipino veteran Porfirio Gabeatan Laguitan passed away on March 2, less than a month after turning 100. Laguitan, a resident of Taguig, was born in Pozzorubio, Pangasinan on Feb. 10, 1924. During the World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, he became an informer for the...
WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden warned Tuesday of a "very, very dangerous" situation without a Gaza ceasefire deal by Ramadan, adding that it was up to Hamas to accept a deal as talks continue in Cairo. As the US military made its second airdrop of aid to Gaza, Biden also told...
PARIS, France - Heatwaves and floods inflict greater economic pain on rural women than men because climate change intensifies existing inequalities, the United Nations' food and farming agency said on Tuesday. Scientists say the effects of rising temperatures are already being felt most acutely by...
ROME, Italy - The UN's food agency on Tuesday said that its aid convoy had been turned away by Israeli forces at a checkpoint to northern Gaza, after which it was looted by "desperate people". The World Food Programme said the 14-truck food convoy waited at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, inside...
WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden invited the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to attend his State of the Union speech on Thursday but she cannot attend, the White House said. TOPSHOT - Mourners visit the grave of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States on Tuesday encouraged reclusive North Korea to open its borders to humanitarian workers and ease some of the world's strictest Covid-era restrictions. Germany and Britain have reportedly sent inspection teams to see embassies in Pyongyang shuttered...
NEW YORK, United states - US prosecutors unveiled new criminal charges against Senator Robert Menendez on Tuesday, alleging he has sought to obstruct justice as investigators probe him for graft involving Middle Eastern countries. Menendez already faced corruption-related charges, which he has...
WASHINGTON, United States - Polls began closing Tuesday on the biggest day of the year for US presidential primaries, with Donald Trump expected to cement his hold on the Republican nomination and set up a rematch with President Joe Biden in November. "Super Tuesday" decides Republican and...
LONDON (AFP) -- Britain is in the running to host the 2029 world athletics championships, UK Athletics chief executive Jack Buckner said on Monday, March 4. Sweden's Armand Duplantis (AFP/File photo) London staged the event in 2017, while Glasgow hosted the world indoor championships last weekend....
San Francisco, United States - Former top executives of Twitter sued Elon Musk on Monday saying he has failed to pay them nearly $130 million after the billionaire took over the social media company and dismissed them. Elon Musk departs following a meeting in the office of US House Speaker...
Washington, United States - The US Supreme Court on Monday removed a potential hurdle to Donald Trump's bid to recapture the White House, unanimously dismissing a state court ruling that could have barred him from the ballot for engaging in insurrection. Former US President and 2024...
Montreal, Canada - Pope Francis has tasked a retired judge with investigating allegations that a Canadian cardinal, who is a close advisor to the pontiff, sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the 1980s, according to letters seen by AFP Monday. Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, the 66-year-old...
