YANGON, Myanmar - The death toll from a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote part of Myanmar has hit at least 31, with eight people still missing, rescuers said Wednesday. The disaster struck on Sunday outside northern Kachin's Hpakant township, after torrential rain and floods ravaged...
SYDNEY, Australia - A man in Australia who sent his faeces and urine to Hollywood actors Leonardo Di Caprio and Jared Leto was sentenced on Wednesday to a two-year good-behaviour bond. Veronica Grey sent parcels from post offices around the state of Western Australia in February, a court in the...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Wednesday the first cargo ship to use new Black Sea shipping lanes had exited a southern port despite threats from Russia that its navy could target vessels leaving the country. Kyiv announced the maritime corridors for civilian vessels last week after Russia exited an...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia's FSB security service said Wednesday it had "eliminated" a group of four Ukrainian fighters who tried to cross into Russia's western Bryansk region from northern Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. The announcement came a day after Moscow said it had prevented...
To welcome the world’s biggest basketball tournament, Smart has transformed the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Ball into a giant basketball with a hoop, considered as one of the most awe-inspiring, larger-than-life basketball tributes the country has ever seen. The MOA Ball is the latest installation from...
Metro Manila and Bulacan residents are up for a four-day long weekend after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. suspended classes in public schools at all levels and work in the government in Metro Manila and Bulacan on Aug. 25, 2023, for the opening ceremonies of the FIBA Basketball World...
Aftermath of the wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo from AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) KAHULUI, United States -- The number of people known to have died in the horrific wildfire that levelled a Hawaiian town topped 100 Tuesday, the state's governor said, as a makeshift morgue was expanded to deal...
SYDNEY (AFP) -- Captain Millie Bright says England thrives in big games and will not be intimidated by the Sydney crowd when it face Australia in their Women's World Cup semifinal on Wednesday, Aug. 16. England's team captain Millie Bright. (AFP) England has been in this position before, in 2015...
This photograph taken in Moscow on August 15, 2023, shows the logo of a new Russian digital ruble displaying on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia launched the test phase of a digital ruble on Tuesday, in a bid to limit the impact of international...
OSLO, Norway -- Oil producer Norway's sovereign wealth fund earned 131 billion euros in the first half of the year, the country's central bank said on Tuesday. The performance, lifted by the financial markets, represented a return of 10 percent and helped boost the fund's value to 15,299 billion...
LOS ANGELES , United States -- A California judge charged with drunkenly killing his wife with a gun he kept in an ankle holster allegedly texted a colleague after the shooting to say "I won't be in tomorrow. I will be in custody," a court heard Tuesday. Judge Jeffrey Ferguson had dozens of guns...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States said Tuesday that Russia would be violating UN resolutions if it reaches an arms deal with North Korea, after the two countries' leaders called for greater cooperation. "Any kind of security cooperation or arms deal between North Korea and Russia would...
