STATE OF EMERGENCY -- Members of the Armed Forces patrol a street during an operation to protect civil security in Quito, on January 10, 2024. Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa gave orders on Tuesday to "neutralize" criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as bandits...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN MOSCOW, Russia– Dozens of schoolchildren were evacuated from the Russian border city of Belgorod on Wednesday following a spate of deadly Ukrainian shelling attacks, the region's governor said. Some 300 residents had already left Belgorod, the biggest evacuation from...
Residents line up to apply for disaster relief certificates in the town of Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, on January 10, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. The 7.5-magnitude jolt on New Year's Day and its powerful aftershocks...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN GENEVA, Switzerland–Morocco's ambassador in Geneva was elected Wednesday to become the president of the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2024 in a rare secret ballot among member states. Omar Zniber won 30 votes, in a contest with South Africa's ambassador Mxolisi...
Parts of dog meat are seen in a refrigerator at a dog meat restaurant in Daegu on January 10, 2024. South Korea's parliament on January 9, passed a bill banning breeding, slaughtering and selling dogs for their meat, a traditional practice that activists have called an embarrassment for the...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN WASHINGTON, United States– Republicans prepared Wednesday to launch efforts to impeach Joe Biden's immigration chief and target the US president's son for prosecution, in a major escalation of election-year hostilities with the White House. Party strategists see the...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN BEIJING, China– China on Wednesday accused Taiwan's ruling party of "creating panic" after the island's authorities issued a national emergency alert over a satellite launch by Beijing. Phones across Taiwan blared with a "presidential alert" Tuesday afternoon, around...
Photo taken on Sept. 7, 2023 shows a flood-effected area in Karditsa, Thessaly region, Greece. (Xinhua) BERLIN, Germany -- Natural disasters caused worldwide losses of around US$250 billion in 2023, German reinsurer Munich Re said in its annual report on Tuesday. Thunderstorms in North...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A leading ally of French President Emmanuel Macron warned Tuesday that Europe risks becoming "ungovernable" as far-right parties threaten to make major gains at EU elections in June. "The risk of an ungovernable Europe is pretty real," Stephane Sejourne, who heads...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill banning breeding, slaughtering and selling dogs for their meat, a traditional practice that activists have called an embarrassment for the country. Dog meat has long been a part of South Korean cuisine, and at one point up...
BAKU, Azerbaijan - A late-night blaze at a maternity clinic in Azerbaijan has left four infants dead, officials said Tuesday, as the Caucasus country's authoritarian leader vowed to personally oversee an investigation into the fire. Rescuers working at night hauled out patients in incubators...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union's competition regulator said Tuesday it was looking into Microsoft's investment into ChatGPT developer OpenAI to see if it merits further investigation under the bloc's merger rules. German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck (R)...
