Krishnah Gravidez (Instagram) The Philippines will have to wait another year for a chance to win the Miss World crown. This is after Krishnah Gravidez of the Philippines finished in the Top 8 of the Miss World 2025 pageant in India on May 31. Krishnah and Miss Thailand were narrowed down to two...
Miss World Philippines 2025 Krishnah Gravidez (Instagram) The quest for Krishnah Gravidez of the Philippines to win Miss World 2025 continued as she entered the Top 20 of the prestigious pageant at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, on May 31. The complete list of Top 20...
NEW CASTLE, Delaware (AP) – Former President Joe Biden delivered the first remarks since he announced he had an aggressive form of prostate cancer Friday, speaking in a steady voice during a somber Memorial Day gathering and later smiling and saying he 's “feeling good.” Biden spoke at...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump bid farewell to Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Friday, providing a cordial conclusion to a tumultuous tenure for the billionaire entrepreneur. Musk is leaving his position spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency, and he 'll be...
SINGAPORE (AP) – US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic pressure from China, while insisting that they also contribute more to their own defense. He said Washington will bolster...
Scientists say four billion people, about half the world 's population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025. The extreme heat caused illness, death, crop losses, and strained energy and health care systems,...
HONG KONG (AP) – Dozens of countries joined China on Friday in establishing an international mediation-based dispute resolution group. Representatives of more than 30 other countries, from Pakistan and Indonesia to Belarus and Cuba, signed the Convention on the Establishment of the International...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska man who was pinned face down in an icy creek by a 700-pound (318-kilogram) boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with only minor injuries, thanks in part to his wife 's quick thinking and lots of luck. Kell Morris ' wife held his head above...
Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House said Thursday. US President Donald Trump 's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, expressed optimism earlier this week about brokering an agreement to halt the Israel-Hamas war and return more of the hostages...
NEW YORK (AP) – Elon Musk is leaving Washington after a short but turbulent stint in government and getting back to his numerous businesses, each with their own set of issues for the billionaire to address. Start with his electric car company Tesla. While how much Musk accomplished in his role as...
The World Bank Group (WBG) has imposed a 4.5-year debarment on L.S.D. Construction & Supplies, a construction firm in the Philippines, for “collusive, fraudulent, and corrupt practices” linked to the Philippine rural development project (PRDP). In a May 28 statement posted on its website, the...
The Philippines is scheduled to borrow a total of $7.85 billion, or over ₱437 billion, from the Washington-based World Bank in the next two years under their new six-year lending program aimed at supporting the climb to upper-middle-income country (UMIC) status. The country partnership framework...
