OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — King Charles III said Canada is facing unprecedented challenges in a world that 's never been more dangerous as he opened the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday with a speech widely viewed as a show of support in the face of annexation threats by US President Donald Trump....
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong 's first locally born giant pandas have finally been named and introduced as Jia Jia and De De. The names of the cubs, affectionately known as "Elder Sister" and "Little Brother," were announced Tuesday in a ceremony at Ocean Park, the theme park housing them,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked federal agencies Tuesday to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, intensifying the president 's clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion...
The Las Piñas Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) distributed 12 cellphones with SIM cards to 11 station fire engines and one ambulance to further boost their fire and emergency response capabilities. Las Pinas BFP fire marshall Supt. Josephus Alburo said the distribution of cellular phones was made...
MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Chaos erupted on the second day of aid operations by a new U.S.-backed group in Gaza as desperate Palestinians overwhelmed a center distributing food on Tuesday, breaking through fences. Nearby Israeli troops fired warning shots, sending people fleeing in panic. An AP...
CAIRO (AP) — A new cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 172 people and sickened more than 2,500 over the past week, authorities said Tuesday as a leading medical group warned that the country 's existing health facilities were unable to cope with the surge of patients. The bulk of the cases...
BEIJING (AP) — A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China ’s eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring 19, according to local emergency management authorities. Another six people were missing. It was not immediately clear what caused...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women — a move immediately questioned by several public health experts. In a 58-second video posted on the social media site...
A 43-year-old car dealer yielded over P2 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation launched by the Antipolo Police Station and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) early Wednesday morning, May 28. Police identified the suspect as "Unyo," a resident of Barangay San Roque, Antipolo...
Three individuals wanted for the brutal killing of a 45-year-old construction worker over missing gamecocks surrendered to police on May 26, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. The suspects, identified as "Rojim,; "Jojo," and "Tony," were listed as the No. 2 most wanted persons at...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced that Pasay City scored the highest basic literacy rate of 96.2 percent among the highly urbanized cities in the Philippines for the year 2024. Based on PSA 's 2024 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) report, basic...
San Juan City has achieved the highest functional literacy rate among highly urbanized cities in the country in 2024, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority 's (PSA) 2024 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), Mayor Francis Zamora announced. The PSA explained...
