TOKYO (AP) — Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing , who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93. FILE - Shigemi Fukahori is interviewed at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on July 29, 2020....
Will TikTok be banned this month? That’s the pressing question keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision that could upend their livelihoods. The fate of the popular app will be decided by the Supreme Court, which will hear arguments on Jan. 10 over a law...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will again call on allies to boost its air defenses at this week's meeting in Germany, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes over later this month with a vow to end the almost three-year war quickly. In this photo taken...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces killed a member of the Palestinian security services in the occupied West Bank whom they accused of being a militant. Tearful Palestinians on Sunday meanwhile laid to rest six people killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip the day before , including a teenager....
In a concerted effort to manage fireworks-related injuries (FWRI), public and private hospitals, along with Rural Health Units (RHUs) in Bulacan, have actively attended to the needs of 164 affected individuals during the holiday season. The Bulacan Medical Center in the City of Malolos, where some...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) estimated that there would be around 170,000 to 200,000 passengers in ports on Sunday, the final weekend before the return of most of the workers and students back to their work or classes. “Based on the statistics last year, we expect around 170,000 to 200,000...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will deploy thousands of their personnel to secure this year's Traslacion procession during the Feast of Jesus Nazareno on Thursday, Jan. 9. Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, PNP chief, said policemen from Metro Manila...
Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares has warned citizens against using fake persons with disabilities (PWD) IDs after individuals were allegedly caught presenting falsified documents at a local mall to claim benefits intended for PWDs. The fake PWD IDs used by a family from Barangay Dalig, Antipolo....
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday. Pope Francis gestures during an audience with Catholic associations of teachers and students' parents in the Paul VI...
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed a second time. FILE - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer attends a press conference in Vienna on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader, File)...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people, including at least two children, on Saturday in Gaza, hospital staff said, while a new effort at ceasefire talks was underway in Qatar after nearly 15 months of war . Mourners carry the body of a Palestinian killed in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel, U.S. officials say, as the American ally presses forward with its war against Hamas in Gaza . FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks after meeting with the foreign ministers of...
