President Marcos’ chief economic manager said the proposed $60-million Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) threshold program is expected to secure United States (US) congressional approval by August, with the grant supporting the country’s reform efforts and opening the door to larger funding from...
The United States Embassy in the Philippines has warned Filipino visa applicants about scammers who claim they can guarantee approval, reminding the public that US visas are issued only after a proper evaluation by consular officers. In an advisory posted on its official social media pages, the...
Former NCT member Mark Lee is facing criticism from fans and netizens after photos surfaced showing him wearing a shirt featuring the Confederate flag, a symbol widely associated with slavery, racism, and white supremacy in the United States. The controversy erupted after a magician uploaded photos...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate for the first time approved a war powers resolution Tuesday seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran, as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump 's efforts to resolve a conflict that the administration launched on its own and now needs Congress to...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. and Iran were in dispute Tuesday over whether Tehran had agreed to allow U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites. As officials negotiated over how to permanently end the war in Iran, a separate plan emerged to break the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance say their interim deal to end the war with Iran will deliver a financial windfall to American farmers. But the Iranians deny it. And in the absence of more details, sanctions experts are flummoxed over exactly how billions...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100. He died on Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell. “To me he was my husband, who shaped my life from our very first date in 1984,”...
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Wyndham Clark couldn 't remember being in a darker place. He was publicly reviled for a moment of petulance when he smashed a locker at Oakmont after missing the cut in the U.S. Open last year. His game, his reputation, he felt it all was slipping away. Sunday, June...
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran 's nuclear program, build out the fragile interim deal to end the war in Iran and keep the Strait of Hormuz open. The...
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Not even Shinnecock Hills and its strongest test of the week in the U.S. Open could match the toughness of Wyndham Clark on Saturday, June 20. Clark had a collection of par saves around the turn as Scottie Scheffler was making a move and poured it on with a 3-wood to 4...
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — U.S. and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel 's attacks in Lebanon and warned that little might be...
SOUTHAMPTON, New York (AP) — Scottie Scheffler gritted and grinned his way into contention at the U.S. Open on Friday, June 19, bouncing back from a 2-over start at Shinnecock Hills with a classic Scheffler round: calm, patient and close to perfect. Scheffler 's 2-under 68 put him at even...
