Washington, United States - Eight months ahead of the US presidential election, the campaign moves from the parties' nominating contests to the trench warfare of what promises to be one of the longest, most brutal head-to-head showdowns in memory. US President Joe Biden speaks during a...
Sydney, Australia - One man has died and 29 workers have been rescued after a gold mine collapsed in the Australian state of Victoria, police and union officials said Thursday. Emergency services rushed to the Ballarat Gold Mine at Mount Clear on Wednesday evening after reports of "a rockfall"...
Milwaukee, United States - President Joe Biden needled "loser" Donald Trump Wednesday, in his first battleground campaign stop since the two rivals secured their parties' nominations for what promises to be one of the most rancorous elections in US history. US President Joe Biden walks to...
Bangkok, Thailand - Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited a Bangkok temple Thursday, an AFP reporter saw, in his first public appearance since being freed early from a jail sentence for graft and abuse of power. Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (L)...
London, United Kingdom - The UK government on Thursday unveiled a new definition of extremism, as church leaders warned it risked disproportionately affecting Muslim communities. Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talks with Ahmad Al Dubayan, Director General of the London Central Mosque,...
The local government of Pulilan, in partnership with the "Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ Parish" in Barangay Sto. Cristo, has opened one of Bulacan’s biggest Lenten events in the province -- the “Korona at Pako” exhibit. El Descendimiento de Pulilan depicting Christ’s Descent from...
The Caloocan City North Medical Center (CCNMC) has released its updated Out-Patient Department (OPD) schedule on Tuesday, March 12. According to a social media post of Mayor Dale “Along” Malapitan, some services like general medicine, pediatrics, Ob-gyne, and dental will allow walk-in...
Tokyo, Japan - A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded seconds after launch on Wednesday, in a spectacular failure for the start-up's bid to put a satellite into orbit. Tokyo-based Space One's 18-metre (60-foot) Kairos rocket blasted off in the coastal Wakayama region of western Japan,...
Paris, France - The eldest son of French World War II Resistance leader and first postwar president Charles de Gaulle has died aged 102, his family said Wednesday. Philippe de Gaulle heeded his father's call to join Free French forces in the fight against Nazism in World War II and...
Sanhe, China - A huge suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in northern China killed two people and injured 26 more on Wednesday, state media reported, causing severe damage to buildings. The blast occurred just before 8:00 am (0000 GMT), state broadcaster CCTV said, in a residential area in...
Brussels, Belgium - The European Union said Wednesday it was sending humanitarian aid worth 20 million euros ($21.8 million) to Haiti after gang violence plunged the Caribbean country into renewed chaos. "An unprecedented level of gang violence is dramatically increasing humanitarian...
Moscow, Russia - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lauded Moscow's nuclear arsenal and warned that he was ready to deploy the weapons if Russia's sovereignty was threatened. The Kremlin has touted its nuclear prowess throughout its two-year offensive in Ukraine, last month warning Western...
