MIAMI (AFP) -- The 2026 World Cup final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey, organizers FIFA announced on Sunday, Feb. 4. FIFA president Gianni Infantino (AFP) The New York bid held off a strong challenge from Dallas to secure the July 19 game, the culmination of the expanded...
SEOUL, South Korea - Russia's deputy foreign minister Andrey Rudenko visited South Korea to discuss the Ukrainian war and bilateral ties, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday, as the two countries trade increasingly heated rhetoric over the nuclear-armed North. This handout picture taken and...
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile - Wildfires blazing across Chile have killed at least 51 people, leaving bodies in the street and homes gutted, with flames continuing to spread on Sunday and the toll expected to rise. TOPSHOT - Aerial view of the forest fire that affects the hills of the city of Viña...
Financial constraints brought by expensive medication, experts said, are among the primary reasons why Filipino cancer patients continue to struggle to complete their treatment. Photo from Unsplash Recognizing the urgent need to help Filipino cancer patients overcome treatment hurdles brought...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday, Feb. 4, commemorated the World Cancer Day and expressed her commitment to “stand united” with the global effort to address the “devastating illness” that caused millions of lives worldwide. (Photo courtesy of KMI TAMAN DESA Medical Centre)...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States and Britain struck dozens of targets in Yemen on Saturday in response to repeated attacks on shipping by Iran-backed Huthi rebels that have disrupted global trade and put lives at risk. The joint air raids in Yemen come a day after a separate wave of...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Sunday the death toll from a Ukrainian strike on a bakery in the occupied eastern city of Lysychansk climbed to 28 people, including a child. This grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on February 3, 2024, shows rescuers clearing...
ROME, Italy - A convoy of tractors was poised Saturday to descend on Rome as farmers' protests caused disruptions across Europe, though they wound down in France following government concessions. Farmers have expressed anger at what they say are excessively restrictive regulations on agriculture...
BERLIN, Germany - Tens of thousands of people attended rallies across Germany against the far-right AfD party on Saturday, the latest wave of such protests over the past three weeks. Nearly 150,000 people turned out in Berlin according to police, some forming a human chain in front of parliament....
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the "terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world" and the rise in anti-Semitism since the war in Gaza erupted on October 7. "We, Catholics, are very concerned about the terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday, Feb. 3, described the Philippines as a “shining example” of unity amidst differences in faith for the World Interfaith Harmony Week. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page) The celebration,...
Moscow, Russia - Russia has created more than half a million new jobs in its defense sector to meet soaring demand on the battlefield, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a...
