This handout image released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 24, 2023 shows the booking photo of former US President Donald Trump. Former US president Donald Trump was photographed for a police mug shot after his arrest on August 24 at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia, multiple US...
Former US President Donald Trump (Photo from AFP) Donald Trump said he will turn himself in to authorities in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday to be booked on criminal charges over his efforts to reverse his 2020 election defeat— the fourth time the former US president will surrender in a...
Photo from Bloomberg / MANILA BULLETIN China will stop all seafood imports from Japan, escalating tensions between the two nations as Japan begins a contentious release of treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. The move to “comprehensively” pause purchases of...
A general view of flags of (From L to R) South Africa, Brazil, Russia, India and China during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the "historic"...
Portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin (L) and Dmitry Utkin (R), a shadowy figure who managed Wagner's operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, are seen at the makeshift memorial in front of the PMC Wagner office in Novosibirsk, on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir NIKOLAYEV /...
Photo from Manila Police District (MPD)/MANILA BULLETIN A vintage mortar bomb was recovered from a construction site in Malate, Manila on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 24. The Manila Police District Explosive and Canine Unit said the unexploded 81-millimeter illum mortar bomb was...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine on Thursday said it flew its flag on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula overnight after conducting a "special joint operation" there with its Navy as the country celebrates Independence Day. (Photo from AFP) Kyiv has repeatedly said it aims to take back Crimea, which...
OSLO, Norway - Norway will become the third country to donate F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv to bolster its Soviet-era air force, three Norwegian media reported Thursday, without citing any sources. (Photo from AFP) Neither the number of planes nor the delivery date were announced, as Ukraine...
PARIS, France - Top science publisher Springer Nature said it has withdrawn a study that presented misleading conclusions on climate change impacts after an investigation prompted by an AFP inquiry. (Photo from AFP) AFP reported in September 2022 on concerns over the peer-reviewed study by...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan announced Thursday it will loosen restrictions on Chinese business and group travellers in a step towards resuming tourism exchanges with China. Beijing suspended individual tourism permits to Taiwan in 2019 in a sign of worsening relations under Taiwanese President...
BEIJING, China - Seafood sellers in Beijing expressed consternation Thursday over Japan's gradual release of wastewater from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. (Photo from AFP) Hours before the release began, a store manager named Wang Jinglong in one of the Chinese...
The Makati City local government on Thursday, Aug. 24, denied allegations that it is taking back the laptops it provided to teachers working in 14 "Embo" public schools that are affected in the territorial rift between the city and Taguig. "Patuloy na magagamit ng mga guro ang mga laptop na bigay...
