SYDNEY, Australia - Australia could be a testing ground for US hypersonic and other long-range precision weapons under the AUKUS pact, a top Pentagon official told AFP on Wednesday. US Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said Australia's contribution to the three-way AUKUS agreement, which...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan's second-oldest museum has raised $3.4 million through crowdfunding after reportedly being denied additional financial support to cover soaring utility bills to preserve its collection of animal and plant specimens. More than 30,000 people have donated a total of 480...
MOSCOW, Russia - An explosion at a Russian factory outside the capital Moscow on Wednesday has injured at least 52 people, the region's governor said. Officials in the city of Sergiyev Posad, some 35 miles (56 km) north-east of the capital, said the blast occurred at a plant that produced...
MOSCOW, Russia - Moscow accused Poland and Finland of threatening its security on Wednesday and vowed a response to multiplying "threats" on Russia's western frontier from NATO members. Poland, Ukraine's staunch ally and neighbour, has strengthened security on its border with Belarus after...
MADRID, Spain - Temperatures are expected to hit 44 degrees Centigrade (111 Fahrenheit) in Spain and Portugal on Wednesday as the two countries boil under their third heatwave of the summer. With huge forest fires raging across southern Portugal for the fifth successive day, Spain's weather...
AUCKLAND (AFP) -- The World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has showcased the strides made in women's football on the field in recent years -- while exposing the lack of woman coaches at all levels of the sport. England's coach Sarina Wiegman-Glotzbach looks on during the Australia and New Zealand...
It may have been short-lived, but the partnership between Alen Stajcic and the Philippine women's national football team has now become an important piece in the country's sporting history. The Australian mentor, who has decided to move back to Australia to call the shots for pro men's football...
Filipinas goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel and the rest of the team are looking forward to their Asian Games call-up following a promising World Cup debut. The job for the Philippine women's national football team this year is not even nearly over yet as it eyes to win the Asiad this September in...
What would happen if two of today’s most sought-after Filipino music artists came together to create a song? Wonder no more because popstar royalty and P-pop group SB19 dropped their first-ever collaboration song, "Ace your world.” This powerful collab song that encourages listeners to be brave...
ADELAIDE (AFP) -- France issued a Women's World Cup warning on Tuesday, Aug. 8, to set up a tasty quarterfinal clash against Australia, with Colombia joining them in the last eight and facing England. France's forward Kadidiatou Diani celebrates after scoring during the Australia and New Zealand...
TURKU, Finland -- With cruise bookings seeing a resurgence after the Covid pandemic caused luxury liners to mothball, a Finnish shipyard is putting the final touches on what will be the world's largest cruise ship. Royal Caribbean's luxurious new vessel Icon of the Seas is nearing completion in the...
TOKYO, Japan -- Airlines cancelled several hundred flights and authorities issued warnings Wednesday as tropical storm Khanun barrelled off Japan's southern coast towards South Korea. The storm, which has been downgraded from typhoon status, has already prompted South Korea to begin the evacuation...
