CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government plans to resume negotiations with the U.S. government this week, President Nicolás Maduro announced Monday, less than a month before a highly anticipated presidential election in which he and his party are facing their toughest challenge in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecution would make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election. President Joe...
Following Jeff Cheng’s sudden resignation as the Filipinas’ team manager, Freddy Gonzalez has personally announced his temporary appointment for the role with the women’s program as his top priority. Freddy Gonzalez (PFF) The 46-year-old official is up for another task on...
The hurdle to climb to upper-middle income status under the World Bank's classification became even harder, such that the Philippines remained the only Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) founding member languishing as lower-middle income. The latest data released by the Washington-based...
The World Bank has appointed a new country director for the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam, effective July 1. Zafer Mustafaoglu, a Turkish national, will oversee the World Bank's program in these countries to advance its policy dialogues with government officials, civil society,...
As the Philippines enjoys among the lowest remittance fees, this year's growth of money sent back home by Filipinos working and living overseas will rebound to outpace last year's slowdown, according to the World Bank. In its Migration and Development Brief 40 titled "Remittances Slowed in 2023,...
JAMMU, India (AP) — The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the...
BERLIN (AP) — Storms in southern Switzerland caused a landslide that left two people dead and one missing, and a bridge over a small river collapsed, police said Sunday. Storms and heavy rain affected southern and western Switzerland on Saturday and overnight, with the worst-hit areas in the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks across eastern Ukraine killed at least 11 people Saturday, while rescuers in the city of Dnipro dug through rubble after a Russian strike ripped through a nine-story residential building, leaving one dead, officials said. The attacks came as Russia...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Humanitarian workers have started moving tons of aid that piled up at a U.S.-built pier off the Gaza coast to warehouses in the besieged Palestinian territory, the United Nations said Saturday, an important step as Washington considers whether to resume pier operations after...
NEW YORK (AP) — An officer in upstate New York fatally shot a 13-year-old who was running with a "realistic appearing firearm," authorities said Saturday. Police investigate the scene of Friday nights shooting in Utica, N.Y., early Saturday, June 29, 2024. An officer shot and killed a teen...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months. Mourners carry the coffins of Hezbollah fighters...
