Legendary musician Slash, considered one of the best guitar players of all time, will be coming back to Manila for a show in March next year. Slash, together with Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, will be holding the show, part of the The River Is Rising Tour 2024, on March 12 at the New...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis is improving after suffering from flu symptoms at the weekend, the Vatican said Monday, noting that the 86-year-old pontiff was postponing some appointments during his recovery. Pope Francis "The pope's condition is good and stable, he has no fever and his...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will pay his third wartime visit to the Middle East this week, a US official said Monday, just as mediators announced an extension of a truce in Gaza. (US Secretary of State Antony Blinken) Blinken will also head this week to Dubai to...
ROME, Italy - Italy's cabinet on Monday adopted a decree aimed at boosting renewables, improving the country's energy security and supporting energy-intensive businesses. "We want to unlock the great potential of our country, to make it a reference point on renewables," Ecological Transition...
SYDNEY, Australia - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with one witness saying the ground swayed "like you are on a boat". The epicentre was detected at an estimated depth of 12 kilometres (seven miles) at 8:46 am local...
DOHA, Qatar - A humanitarian pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas will extend by two days, mediator Qatar said Monday as an initial four-day truce in Gaza was set to expire. (Photo from AFP) "The State of Qatar announces that, as part of the ongoing mediation, an agreement has been...
SEOUL, South Korea -- The top diplomats of South Korea, Japan and China on Sunday reaffirmed the need to hold a trilateral summit at the "earliest" possible time, Seoul's foreign minister said following their first three-way meeting in more than four years. (L-R) Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia said Sunday it had downed Ukrainian drones over four regions, including Moscow, as well as two Ukrainian missiles over the Azov Sea headed for Russia. Moscow said the drone attacks hit border regions and regions close to Moscow, the day after Kyiv reported what it...
ATHENS, Greece -- A major rescue operation was under way on Sunday for 13 people missing after a Comoros-flagged cargo ship sank in gale-force winds off the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos. Medical staffs carry on a stretcher a survivor from the Comoros-flagged cargo ship that has sunk off the island...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A tanker linked to an Israel-affiliated company has been boarded off the coast of Yemen, the maritime security firm Ambrey said on Sunday following a series of incidents on the same shipping route. Ambrey said that "US naval forces are engaged in the situation" after...
SILKYARA TUNNEL, India -- India's military brought in specialised equipment Sunday as efforts to free 41 trapped workers entered a third week, with digging ongoing in three directions after repeated setbacks to the operation. The Indian air force said Sunday that they were "responding with...
TAKING THE LEAD IBF chairperson Pamela Louise Manalo Not a lot of events can get me to willingly leave my bed before 6:30 in the morning but the annual International Bazaar hosted by the International Bazaar Foundation (IBF) is one of the very few that can. Coordinated by the International Bazaar...
