MOSCOW, Russia - The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Thursday his troops had started transferring their positions in the flashpoint eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut to the Russian military.  Japan said it had scrambled fighter jets after detecting Russian "intelligence...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea said Thursday it had successfully launched its homegrown Nuri rocket and placed working satellites into orbit, hailing a key step forward for the country's burgeoning space programme. It was the third launch of the Nuri, which successfully put test satellites...
Three people, including two police officers, were killed on Thursday in a shooting and stabbing attack in the central region of Nagano, Japanese media said. A male suspect was holed up inside a building after the incident, according to public broadcaster NHK and other major outlets. Police did not...
This video capture from James Reynolds' Twitter page @EarthUncutTV shows the damage caused by high winds and precipitation a day after Typhoon Mawar passed over Tumon Bay, Guam, May 25, 2023. (James REYNOLDS / AFP) LOS ANGELES, United States -- Typhoon Mawar was moving away from Guam on Thursday,...
Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) MOSCOW, Russia -- When Turks head to the polls on Sunday to decide a historic presidential election, the Kremlin will be hoping they give long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan a convincing victory, observers say. The winner will...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang shake hands before their talks in Beijing on May 24, 2023. (Alexander Astafyev / SPUTNIK / AFP) BEIJING, China -- Russia's prime minister hailed "unprecedented" relations with China despite "sensational pressure" from the West on...
(Bloomberg photo / MANILA BULLETIN) After more than three years, the global Covid emergency is officially over. Yet it’s still killing at least one person every four minutes and questions on how to deal with the virus remain unanswered, putting vulnerable people and under-vaccinated countries at...
View of the school dormitory that caught fire and left at least 19 people dead in Mahdia, Guyana on May 22, 2023. (Keno GEORGE / AFP) GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The weekend school dormitory blaze that killed 19 minors in central Guyana was started by a disgruntled pupil angry at having her mobile phone...
(Photo from Chinese Embassy in the United States of America website / MANILA BULLETIN) NEW YORK, United States -- China's new ambassador to the United States has arrived in the country, vowing to shoulder the "heavy responsibility" of a superpower relationship that is "facing severe challenges"....
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during an event on his nationwide book tour at Adventure Outdoors, the largest gun store in the country, on March 30, 2023 in Smyrna, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to launch his 2024...
GENEVA, Switzerland - Protesters on the tarmac at Geneva airport briefly disrupted air traffic Tuesday before operations were gradually resumed, the airport said, as dozens of climate activists blocked a nearby business jet convention. "Due to the incursion of people on the tarmac, the air...
STRASBOURG, France - Europe's top court on Tuesday ruled that Romania is violating the rights of same-sex couples by refusing to legally recognise their unions, dealing a further blow to the socially conservative country. In Romania, an EU member since 2007, homosexuality was decriminalised...
