SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea confirmed its first Covid-19 death on Friday, saying fever was spreading "explosively" nationwide and tens of thousands of people were being isolated after falling sick. The insular country only reported its first Covid cases Thursday, saying it was moving into...
Sun Life Philippines (Sun Life) paid about P6.5 billion in death and living benefits last year amid the prolonged pandemic. In a statement, Benedict Sison, Sun Life Philippines chief executive officer and country head said on Friday, May 13, that the payout of claims and maturities fulfilled the...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths has exceeded two million in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said on Thursday. The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the region has surpassed 218 million, and 2,003,081...
View of the ruins of the Saratoga Hotel, following an explosion on the eve, in Havana, on May 7, 2022. Rescuers combed through what remained of a luxury Havana hotel Saturday, as the death toll after a powerful blast due to a suspected gas leak climbed to 26, authorities said. YAMIL LAGE / AFP...
BEIJING, China -- Fifty-three people died in a building collapse in central China, authorities said Friday, announcing the end of the rescue mission in a disaster which has been blamed on illegal construction. The commercial building in Changsha city caved in last Friday, prompting over six days of...
BEIJING, China -- Chinese authorities raised the number of people confirmed dead in a building collapse to 26 on Thursday, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in and emergency workers launched a massive rescue operation to pull out survivors. The...
NEW DELHI, India -- India's federal government in its newly released the Civil Registration System (CRS) report 2020 has stated that the country recorded an increase of 6.2 percent in the death rate in the Covid-19 pandemic year. According to the report released on Tuesday in case of registered...
KIEV, Ukraine -- The death toll from a road accident in Ukraine's western Rivne region has risen to 26, the interior ministry said Wednesday. In a Telegram post, the ministry said 12 other people were injured in the Tuesday collision on the Kiev-Chop highway near the village of Sytne, where a...
People display placards and led lights during a vigil for Malaysian national Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, at Speakers corner in Singapore on April 25, 2022. Roslan RAHMAN / AFP SINGAPORE, Singapore – A mentally disabled Malaysian man...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The death toll from South Africa's worst floods in living memory was Thursday officially revised down to 435 after autopsies showed the figures included some who had been murdered or died from natural causes. A total toll of 448 deaths had been announced, with dozens...
Malacañang has offered sympathy over the death of Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago “Chito” Sta. Romana and paid tribute to his contributions in strengthening the Philippine-China ties. Ambassador Jose Santiago Sta. Romana (Photo from Chito Sta. Romana Facebook page) "Nagdadalamhati...
Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago "Chito" Sta. Romana has passed away, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Tuesday, April 19. Ambassador Jose Santiago 'Chito' Sta. Romana (Photo from Chito Sta. Romana Facebook page) "It is with the inconsolable grief of the Secretary and...
