BEIJING (AP) — Landslides and flooding have killed more than 150 people around China in the past two months as torrential rainstorms batter the region. The search was ongoing Monday for victims of a flood and mudslide in a mountainous Tibetan area in Sichuan province that left nine people...
PARIS (AP) — They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France's government barred them from getting anywhere close. French authorities are making unprecedentedly broad use of discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to keep...
PARIS (AP) — Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine River Monday morning as the mixed relay event got underway after organizers said the bacteria levels in the long-polluted Paris waterway were at acceptable levels. Athletes dive into the water for the start of the mixed relay triathlon at...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held an urgent meeting with ministers and top law enforcement officials on Monday as he seeks to end days of street violence and attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers, which he has described as thuggery. Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir...
A total of 100 Malabueño couples got married in “Kasalang Bayan” on Sunday, August 4, at Malabon Sports Complex. Mayor Jeannie Sandoval officiated the wedding with the theme: Kasalang Bayan 2024: Kakampi Habambuhay. (Malabon City gov't PIO) “Ang kasal ay isang seremonya kung saan...
The Makati City local government announced on Monday, August 5, that it has already expanded and improved the benefits of the city's public school teachers regardless if they are residents or not. Mayor Abby Binay “We deeply value our public school teachers in Makati and their role in shaping the...
Commuters and motorists experienced heavy traffic on Monday, August 5, when transport groups launched the “Unity Walk” to oppose the Senate resolution calling for the suspension of the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) or the Public Transport...
To accommodate more students this school year 2024-2025, Malolos City Mayor Christian Natividad led the inauguration of three additional classrooms at Calero Elementary School (CES) on August 1. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by Malolos City Vice Mayor Miguel Alberto T. Bautista, with...
Three individuals suffered from oxygen deprivation after a fire hit a tower along Chino Roces Street in Barangay Pio Del Pilar, Makati City on Monday, August 5, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. According to the BFP, the blaze started at the 29th floor of the Burgundy Tower at around 5:40...
Manila City Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan congratulated 2024 Outstanding Manileño awardee Carlos Edriel Yulo after taking home the gold medal in the men’s gymnastics floor exercise at the 2024 Paris Olympics 2024 on Saturday night, Aug. 3. "Our hearts leaped in...
LONDON (AP) — Police warned Sunday that efforts to deal with the violence that has erupted across towns and cities in recent days in the wake of a stabbing rampage at a dance class that left three girls dead and several wounded means that other crimes may not be investigated fully. Rubble lies at...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Dozens have been killed and hundreds injured as renewed protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the government to resign as the prime minister accused them of “sabotage” and cut off mobile internet in a bid to quell the unrest. A rickshaw puller...
