BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally in June recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country 's drug-fueled violence died Monday. The family of Miguel Uribe Turbay said the politician died at a hospital in the capital,...
PARIS — A heat wave gripping parts of Europe sent temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (109.4 Fahrenheit) in southern France and the Western Balkans on Monday, fueling wildfires, triggering top-level weather alerts and forcing evacuations in several countries across what scientists warn is the...
BRUSSELS — Ukraine and its European backers on Monday sought talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in an effort to protect their security interests ahead of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has so far been excluded from...
An explosion Monday at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh has left dozens injured or trapped under the rubble, with emergency workers on site trying to rescue them, officials said. There are no confirmed fatalities at the Clairton Coke Works, said Abigail Gardner, director of communications for...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s deploying the National Guard across Washington and taking over the city’s police department in the hopes of reducing crime, even as the city’s mayor has noted that crime is falling in the nation’s capital. The Republican...
Some areas in Binangonan, Antipolo City and Baras in Rizal Province will have no water from August 12 to 15. There will be no water in some parts of Barangay Darangan in Binangonan from 10 p.m. on August 13, Wednesday until 4 a.m. on August 14, following the line maintenance activities of Manila...
Three suspected drug pushers landed in jail following their arrest in a buy-bust operation early Monday morning, Aug. 11, in Rodriguez, Rizal. The suspects, a certain Tati, 23, Taga, 42, and Yvonne, 27, were collared shortly after midnight in Barangay San Isidro, Rodriguez, by elements of the...
The city government of Parañaque announced that several areas in the city will experience a power outage due to the temporary removal and re-installation of facilities affected by the launching of the C5 Southlink Expressway project girder along Multinational Avenue in Barangay Moonwalk. The...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday, Aug. 11, called out the Discaya family after the discovery of their connection to multiple flood control projects disclosed by President Marcos in a press briefing in Malacañang. The President revealed major issues in the government’s flood control...
The city government of Pasay will offer “Libreng Sakay” (free rides) in celebration of the 65th birthday of Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano starting Tuesday, August 12. Rubiano said the free rides being offered, in coordination with Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation, will not only be for the...
The Las Piñas City Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) distributed fertilizers to residents as part of the city’s continued efforts to promote environmental sustainability and healthy living. The effort was conducted through the initiative of Mayor April Aguilar to encourage households to...
Four suspects robbed a Chinese national of an expensive watch and necklace in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig on Aug. 8. The Taguig police reported that the robbery happened on Forbes Town Road, 26th Street in BGC. The motorcycle-riding suspects took the 30-year-old victim’s Rolex watch...
