DILI, East Timor (AP) — Francisco Guterres, a former president of East Timor and a leading figure in the country’s independence movement, has died. He was 71. Guterres, widely known by his nom de guerre “Lu Olo,” died on Sunday at Prince Court Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia and Canada signed a $1.75 billion export agreement on Monday to build an Australian-designed long-range radar system in Canada. Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and Canadian Secretary of State (Defense Procurement) Stephen Fuhr signed the...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said in a statement late Sunday, as tracing those who had been in contact with patients remains a major challenge. A total of 100 people have recovered in the...
Hundreds of students gathered at the gate of Parañaque National High School–Main on Dr. Arcadio Santos Avenue in Barangay San Dionisio on Monday, June 22, to condemn a male teacher allegedly involved in a viral video showing inappropriate conduct with a student inside a classroom. The students...
Vice President Sara Duterte said political attacks against the Office of the Vice President (OVP) did not prevent the agency from delivering services to Filipinos as it launched the 2026 PASIDUNGOG recognition program on Monday, June 22. The week-long virtual event honors individuals,...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro has branded as "fake news" the reports that the House prosecution panel has been outclassed by Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team in the ongoing impeachment pre-trial proceedings. “That is not true. I charge it to fake...
AMSTERDAM (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, currently on a state visit to the Netherlands, planted a cherry tree at a park near Amsterdam on Friday. At a monument in the Cherry Blossom Park for the victims of the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami that mainly...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion tore through Qatar 's key natural gas export terminal Sunday night as workers tried to resume operations there after Iran bombed it during the war, causing a fire that hurt at least 54 people as another 18 were still missing hours later. The...
A 26-year-old bus conductor was arrested early Sunday morning, June 21, in Parañaque City after allegedly attempting to evade police while carrying a firearm. Police Col. Nicolas Pinon, Parañaque City Police chief, identified the suspect as “Rick,” who was apprehended at around 1:30 a.m. on...
A suspected criminal gang leader who had allegedly been evading authorities for two years was finally arrested in Parañaque City on Saturday, June 20. The suspect, identified only as Ranille, 42, and tagged by police as the No. 6 Most Wanted Person at the station level, was apprehended at around...
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) — High-level negotiations in Switzerland seeking a permanent end to the Iran war ended early Monday, with lower-level talks planned for the rest of the week as Iran and the United States agreed to create a “de-confliction cell” to address the fighting in Lebanon....
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Iran 's World Cup has been tumultuous off the field, and its play on the pitch still hasn 't produced a victory. Yet Team Melli 's dream of advancing to a World Cup knockout round for the first time is still very much alive, thanks to an afternoon of...
