WASHINGTON, United States– The astronaut Frank Rubio broke the record for the longest in orbit mission by an American, spending more than 355 days aboard the International Space Station. "In some ways, it's been an incredible challenge. But in other ways, it's been an incredible...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo sits in the carriage of a high-speed railway train on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Indonesia, Sept. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Qin) JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a ride Wednesday on the Jakarta-Bandung...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference held ahead of the high-level week of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Xie E) UNITED NATIONS -- It is in the interest of everybody to have a...
British scientist Ian Wilmut, who died at the age of 79, and Dolly, the sheep he helped clone © / AFP/File PARIS, France– The British scientist who led the team that created Dolly the sheep, a breakthrough in cloning, has died at the age of 79, his former university said on Monday....
A flooded house is seen in Crystal River, Florida, on August 31, 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Between January and August, the United States was struck by a record-breaking 23 weather and climate disasters where losses exceeded $1 billion in each case, official data showed on...
(Photo by Frederic J. BROWN-AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) WASHINGTON, United States– The United States on Monday approved Covid vaccines with formulations that more closely target currently circulating variants, as infections are once more on the rise. The new approvals relate to updated...
AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN SAO PAULO, Brazil– Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro checked into the hospital Monday to undergo two surgeries stemming from a stabbing attack that nearly claimed his life in 2018. Bolsonaro, 68, is scheduled to undergo the operations Tuesday at the private...
SEOUL, South Korea– North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was travelling to Russia by armoured train early Tuesday to meet President Vladimir Putin, Pyongyang reported, with face-to-face talks potentially focused on weapon sales. Experts suggest Putin is seeking artillery shells and antitank...
MANILA, Philippines–Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted Tuesday of her final tax evasion charge, in the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison. Ressa smiled as the judge delivered the verdict in the years-long case, an AFP...
TOKYO, Japan– Parts of Japan have been deluged by their heaviest daily rains since records began, officials said Saturday, with reports of more than 100 landslides after a tropical storm. Mobara city in Chiba prefecture, which borders the capital Tokyo, recorded 392 millimetres of rain...
This photograph taken and released by Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on September 9, 2023, shows Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal (R) shaking hands with Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (L) during their meeting in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine / AFP)...
BANGKOK, Thailand– Scientists have developed human embryo-like structures without using sperm, an egg or fertilisation, offering hope for research on miscarriage and birth defects but also raising fresh ethical concerns. Earlier this year, several labs around the world released...
