LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is making a statement about his future as expectation grows he will announce a resignation timetable. A lectern has been erected outside 10 Downing St., the customary site for major political announcements. Expectation is building that U.K....
DILI, East Timor (AP) — Francisco Guterres, a former president of East Timor and a leading figure in the country’s independence movement, has died. He was 71. Guterres, widely known by his nom de guerre “Lu Olo,” died on Sunday at Prince Court Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia and Canada signed a $1.75 billion export agreement on Monday to build an Australian-designed long-range radar system in Canada. Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and Canadian Secretary of State (Defense Procurement) Stephen Fuhr signed the...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said in a statement late Sunday, as tracing those who had been in contact with patients remains a major challenge. A total of 100 people have recovered in the...
AMSTERDAM (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, currently on a state visit to the Netherlands, planted a cherry tree at a park near Amsterdam on Friday. At a monument in the Cherry Blossom Park for the victims of the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami that mainly...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion tore through Qatar 's key natural gas export terminal Sunday night as workers tried to resume operations there after Iran bombed it during the war, causing a fire that hurt at least 54 people as another 18 were still missing hours later. The...
For nearly a decade, Kapuso actress and youth advocate Bianca Umali has used her voice and platform to champion causes that uplift vulnerable Filipino children. Through community visits, child sponsorship campaigns, education initiatives, and efforts to end violence against children, she has...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Mohamed Salah scored the go-ahead goal and Egypt went on to defeat New Zealand, 3-1, on Sunday night, June 21, and secure its first-ever World Cup win. Salah celebrated his 68th international goal by pumping his fist before he was mobbed by his teammates in the...
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) — High-level negotiations in Switzerland seeking a permanent end to the Iran war ended early Monday, with lower-level talks planned for the rest of the week as Iran and the United States agreed to create a “de-confliction cell” to address the fighting in Lebanon....
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Iran 's World Cup has been tumultuous off the field, and its play on the pitch still hasn 't produced a victory. Yet Team Melli 's dream of advancing to a World Cup knockout round for the first time is still very much alive, thanks to an afternoon of...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Deeply divided Colombians voted for their next president in a runoff Sunday that pitted a progressive against a conservative outsider, both of whom tapped into fears of a renewed internal conflict. The options before voters were business owner and lawyer Abelardo de la...
