Five Philippine universities, led by the University of the Philippines (UP), are ranked among the top universities in the world in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings for 2025. Based on the latest rankings released on Wednesday, June 5, UP has risen to 336, a...
PH1 World Developers (PH1WD), the real estate development arm of engineering and infrastructure conglomerate Megawide Construction Corporation, is investing P5.5 billion to develop a residential condominium project in Pasig City. In a statement, the firm said it has broken ground for its newest...
Four other Filipinos including James Aranas dispatched their respective first-round opponents while former champion Carlo Biado crashed out early in the 2024 World Pool Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, June 4. Aranas, who won the 2023 World Cup of Pool crown with Johann Chua, flexed...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would sanction the International Criminal Court for requesting arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, front, attends a wreath-laying ceremony...
Hungry Palestinian children scramble to get a container of food. (AP) JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — An independent group of experts warned Tuesday that it's possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza but that the war between Israel and Hamas and restrictions on humanitarian access have...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order that barred the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal. Former...
PHOENIX (AP) — The first heat wave of the season is bringing triple-digit temperatures earlier than usual to much of the U.S. Southwest, where forecasters warned residents Tuesday to brace for dangerously hot conditions. Las Vegas Raiders running back Zamir White wipes sweat from his face during...
The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year's surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. A woman is silhouetted against the setting sun as triple-digit heat indexes continue in the Midwest, Aug. 20, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The...
Four Filipinos led by multiple Southeast Asian Games medalist Johann Chua toppled their respective rivals on Monday, June 3, to jumpstart their title campaigns in the 2024 World Pool Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Johann Chua opens his campaign in style with a dramatic first-round win over...
BERLIN (AP) — Brigitte Bierlein, the former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court who became the country’s first female chancellor in an interim government in 2019, has died. She was 74. Austria's Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein, center, arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of the heroism and determination he showed treating troops under...
JERUSALEM (AP) — At the start of its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israel set an ambitious goal: destroy Hamas. At the time, the Biden administration committed to the objective, giving Israel considerable stocks of weaponry and voicing its support. Black smoke rises from an Israeli...
