GENEVA, Switzerland- More than 400 people have been killed and over 3,500 others hurt in the fighting in Sudan, the World Health Organization said Friday. "Four hundred and thirteen people have died and 3,551 people have been injured ... that we know of," WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told...
MANILA, Philippines- Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was due to arrive in Manila Friday to try to boost ties with the Philippines, which is staging its largest-ever military exercises with the United States. Philippine officials said Qin is set to meet President Ferdinand Marcos on Saturday after...
SHANGHAI, China – Criticizing China over Taiwan will have dangerous consequences, Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Friday, as he insisted Beijing is a "growing force for peace and justice."...
WASHINGTON, United States – President Joe Biden will welcome Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to the White House on May 1 in a sign of a warming bond between the two nations amid US tensions with China over Taiwan. Biden will reaffirm Washington’s "ironclad commitment to the...
WARSAW GHETTO ANNIVERSARY - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L), Polish President Andrzej Duda (C), and Israel's President Isaac Herzog leave after laying wreaths at The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes during commemorations of the 80th  anniversary of the start of the...
(https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/CHILDREN_PHOTO_6f3e3ce413/CHILDREN_PHOTO_6f3e3ce413.jfif) Photo credit: UNICEF/UN0579231/Htet UNITED NATIONS – Some 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of...
BANGKOK, Thailand – Sweltering under a blistering sun, people across South and Southeast Asia have been taking cover beneath any shelter they can find as they pray for cooling rains with record temperatures hitting the region. Bangladesh saw its highest temperature for almost...
OTTAWA, Canada - A third of Canada's public servants set up pickets at hundreds of sites across the country Wednesday demanding cost-of-living raises and telework flexibility in one of the largest strikes in the nation's history. After months of negotiating with Prime Minister...
BEIJING, China- Chinese authorities said on Wednesday they had detained a dozen people over a hospital fire in Beijing that left at least 29 dead and forced desperate survivors to jump out of windows to escape. The blaze, which broke out on Tuesday afternoon at the Changfeng...
BOSTON, United States - Robert Kennedy Jr, a noted anti-vaccine advocate whose uncle "JFK" was the 35th US president, formally announced his own White House bid on Wednesday. The 69-year-old outsider intends to compete for the Democratic Party's nomination against...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The UN has formally expressed its "concern" to the United States after press reports revealed surveillance of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's communications, his spokesman said Tuesday, denouncing actions "inconsistent with (US)...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Thousands of residents fled from Sudan's capital where witnesses reported bodies in the streets and embassies said more than 270 civilians had been killed in battles between the army and paramilitaries by Thursday, with no end in sight. "Life in Khartoum is impossible if this...
