HONG KONG (AP) — China 's Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday defended the country 's technological advancements as an opportunity for the world rather than a threat. Li also said the country 's heavy state subsidies were not the main reason for the rapid rise of its high-tech...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces struck a major natural gas processing plant and two key satellite communications centers in their latest nighttime attack on Russia, Ukraine 's General Staff said Wednesday. The operation was part of Ukraine 's aerial campaign targeting energy...
WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will check in face-to-face with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, visiting the volatile U.S. leader two weeks before the annual summit of the military alliance at a time when the Pentagon is reviewing the size of the U.S. military footprint...
PARIS (AP) — A positive case of Ebola virus has been identified in France in a patient traveling back from Congo, the French Ministry of Health said Wednesday. The individual, who has not been identified, returned from a humanitarian mission in one of the virus transmission zones in Congo and...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — To someone who is getting sucked out to sea by a rip current, "Don 't panic!" may be difficult to heed, even if that 's exactly what you should do. But lifeguards say to not only relax but flip over and float out of the danger. Rip currents are one of the coast 's...
A 17-year-old boy, mistaken for a thief, was robbed of his mobile phones by a man who joined barangay watchmen in chasing him in San Juan City on Tuesday, June 23. Authorities said the incident began when barangay watchmen saw the teenager running in Barangay Kabayanan. Believing he was involved in...
PARIS (AP) — France recorded its hottest day ever Tuesday as an early heat wave gripped Europe, prompting the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre museum to restrict visiting hours and disrupting school and transportation schedules in multiple countries. Punishing temperatures extended to the United...
TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.N. 's nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim U.S.-Iran to reach an end to the war. But an Iranian diplomat promptly rejected this, saying such a visit can only...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer that leader Kim Jong Un touts as a symbol of the country’s growing naval and nuclear capabilities, state media reported Wednesday, as Pyongyang seeks to expand its ability to project military power at sea. North...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s newest and most powerful of its three aircraft carriers sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the Taiwanese defense ministry said, a day after Taiwan began a five-day military exercise on responding to a Chinese attack. The Fujian carrier first sailed...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is considering relocating about 500 families living along Tuntong Creek in Barangay Manuyo Dos as part of a long-term solution to the persistent flooding problem in Las Piñas, Mayor April Aguilar said. Aguilar noted that DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon...
Members of the iconic Taiwanese group F4 together with Ashin have provided additional humanitarian support for victims of the Mindanao earthquake, donating P2.5 million to ongoing relief operations in the Philippines ahead of their upcoming concert. The GMA Kapuso Foundation confirmed the donation...
