WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden declared Thursday the United States would avoid a disastrous credit default even as lawmakers went on a 10-day break without a deal on raising the nation's borrowing limit to keep paying the bills. There are seven days until June 1 -- the earliest...
Elmer Stewart Rhodes, III. Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was dealt an 18 year prison sentence on May 25, 2023, for seditious conspiracy in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, the toughest penalty given yet over the January 6 assault. (Collin County Sheriff's Office / AFP)...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine on Thursday said it would open more embassies in Africa and stage a summit with leaders from the continent, where Russia is also carrying out a diplomatic offensive. "We have recently adopted our first African strategy and intensified our political dialogue with many...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Net migration in the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022, official figures showed on Thursday, heaping pressure on the government, which has pledged to cut dependency on foreign labour. Responding to the figures, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described legal immigration...
MOSCOW, Russia - The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Thursday his troops had started transferring their positions in the flashpoint eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut to the Russian military.  Japan said it had scrambled fighter jets after detecting Russian "intelligence...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea said Thursday it had successfully launched its homegrown Nuri rocket and placed working satellites into orbit, hailing a key step forward for the country's burgeoning space programme. It was the third launch of the Nuri, which successfully put test satellites...
Three people, including two police officers, were killed on Thursday in a shooting and stabbing attack in the central region of Nagano, Japanese media said. A male suspect was holed up inside a building after the incident, according to public broadcaster NHK and other major outlets. Police did not...
This video capture from James Reynolds' Twitter page @EarthUncutTV shows the damage caused by high winds and precipitation a day after Typhoon Mawar passed over Tumon Bay, Guam, May 25, 2023. (James REYNOLDS / AFP) LOS ANGELES, United States -- Typhoon Mawar was moving away from Guam on Thursday,...
Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) MOSCOW, Russia -- When Turks head to the polls on Sunday to decide a historic presidential election, the Kremlin will be hoping they give long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan a convincing victory, observers say. The winner will...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang shake hands before their talks in Beijing on May 24, 2023. (Alexander Astafyev / SPUTNIK / AFP) BEIJING, China -- Russia's prime minister hailed "unprecedented" relations with China despite "sensational pressure" from the West on...
(Bloomberg photo / MANILA BULLETIN) After more than three years, the global Covid emergency is officially over. Yet it’s still killing at least one person every four minutes and questions on how to deal with the virus remain unanswered, putting vulnerable people and under-vaccinated countries at...
View of the school dormitory that caught fire and left at least 19 people dead in Mahdia, Guyana on May 22, 2023. (Keno GEORGE / AFP) GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The weekend school dormitory blaze that killed 19 minors in central Guyana was started by a disgruntled pupil angry at having her mobile phone...
