TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares skidded Monday after worries about Big Tech investments and rising odds for an interest rate hike gave U.S. stocks their worst day since October. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 4.2% to 63,804.77. The Japanese government revised the annualized economic growth...
The Parañaque City government recognized more than 300 members of the Lupon Tagapamayapa (Peace Committee) for their invaluable contributions to maintaining peace, order, and harmony in their respective barangays during a recognition program held on June 5. Mayor Edwin Olivarez emphasized that the...
More than 61,000 students in Malabon City returned to school on Monday, June 8, as Mayor Jeannie Sandoval led the opening of School Year 2026–2027 with flag-raising ceremonies and the distribution of hot meals to learners. Sandoval attended the first flag-raising ceremonies at Malabon Elementary...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Middle East is suddenly bracing for war again. Iran fired missiles at Israel late Sunday in the first such bombardment in the two months since a ceasefire. What happened? The truce in the Iran war that was reached in April has not spread to Lebanon, where Israel has been...
LONDON (AP) — The leaders of the U.K., Ukraine, France and Germany discussed the “urgent need” to ramp up production of weapons to combat Russia 's powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missiles in a meeting in London on Sunday. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted Ukrainian...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship went on a shooting rampage in several towns in central Israel on Sunday, killing a reservist and wounding five other people, according to Israeli police and the military. The attacker was killed by police. The attack came at a...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war. Iran’s state broadcaster confirmed the launches, and...
MREIJEH, Lebanon (AP) — Israel struck Beirut 's southern suburbs without warning on Sunday, days after a ceasefire agreement in Washington went into effect and despite a U.S. request not to attack Lebanon 's capital. Lebanon 's state-run national news agency said two people were...
CAIRO (AP) — Pakistan 's interior minister was in Tehran on Sunday in a fresh bid to restart negotiations between Iran and the U.S., as the American military said it shot down two more Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz that threatened international maritime traffic. The latest action...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday to discuss ongoing support for Ukraine. The U.K., France and Germany, the so-called E3 group of European nations,...
MADRID (AP) — Pope Leo XIV honored Spain 's centuries-old tradition of religious devotion on Sunday as a "school of faith" for today, as he presided over a Mass before a million people and a procession highlighting one of the most iconic expressions of Spanish popular piety: flower carpets. ...
A total of 235 elementary students received school supplies, shoes, and slippers from the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) under its “Isang Pulis, Isang Lapis, May Kuwaderno at Papel Pa” program ahead of the nationwide opening of classes on June 8. The distribution was conducted on...
