The Senate adopted on Tuesday, Feb. 6, a resolution commending the FIBA Local Organizing Committee (LOC), the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) as well as the private sector, and all government agencies and instrumentalities for the successful hosting of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup....
K-pop boy band ENHYPEN finished their “Fate” world tour with a grand and spectacular show in the Philippines. ENHYPEN (엔하이픈) held the “Fate” concert on Feb. 3 at the New Clark City Stadium in Capas, Tarlac, about more than 100 km from Manila. The show pulled out all the stops...
Moscow, Russia - The Russian ambassador to France was summoned to the French foreign ministry on Monday over the deaths of two French aid workers last week in Ukraine, Moscow said. Tensions have risen between Moscow and Paris in recent days, with the Russian government blasting...
Kyiv, Ukraine - A senior official with Ukraine's intelligence agency has been fired after revelations that investigative journalists had been wiretapped, a source at the agency told AFP on Monday. The move comes after several instances of intimidation of Ukrainian investigative journalists...
London, United Kingdom - King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, sparking a flood of support from around the world. Britain's King Charles III wearing the Imperial state Crown, waves from the Buckingham Palace balcony after...
Sydney, Australia - Australia has told China of its "outrage" over a suspended death sentence handed to Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday. A Chinese paramilitary police officer (L) stands guard outside the Australian embassy in Beijing...
London, United Kingdom - Britain and France on Tuesday host 35 nations alongside business and technology firm leaders at an inaugural conference in London to tackle "hackers for hire" and the market for cyber attack tools. Representatives from firms including Apple, BAE Systems, Google and...
MIAMI (AFP) -- The 2026 World Cup final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey, organizers FIFA announced on Sunday, Feb. 4. FIFA president Gianni Infantino (AFP) The New York bid held off a strong challenge from Dallas to secure the July 19 game, the culmination of the expanded...
SEOUL, South Korea - Russia's deputy foreign minister Andrey Rudenko visited South Korea to discuss the Ukrainian war and bilateral ties, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday, as the two countries trade increasingly heated rhetoric over the nuclear-armed North. This handout picture taken and...
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile - Wildfires blazing across Chile have killed at least 51 people, leaving bodies in the street and homes gutted, with flames continuing to spread on Sunday and the toll expected to rise. TOPSHOT - Aerial view of the forest fire that affects the hills of the city of Viña...
Financial constraints brought by expensive medication, experts said, are among the primary reasons why Filipino cancer patients continue to struggle to complete their treatment. Photo from Unsplash Recognizing the urgent need to help Filipino cancer patients overcome treatment hurdles brought...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday, Feb. 4, commemorated the World Cancer Day and expressed her commitment to “stand united” with the global effort to address the “devastating illness” that caused millions of lives worldwide. (Photo courtesy of KMI TAMAN DESA Medical Centre)...
