Students with painted faces surround a replica of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in Chennai on August 22, 2023. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed that the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3, which means "Mooncraft" in Sanskrit, had "successfully separated" from the propulsion...
Former US President Donald Trump. AFP / MANILA BULLETIN MILWAUKEE, United States -- The Republican White House hopefuls prepared to do battle in the first debate of the 2024 primary contest on Wednesday -- with Donald Trump set to upstage his rivals despite his decision not to show up. Five...
From top left: former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie; Vivek Ramaswamy; former US Vice President Mike Pence; and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. From top bottom: former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley; former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson; North Dakota governor Doug Burgum; and US Senator...
This file picture taken on January 20, 2023 shows the storage tanks for contaminated water at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) TOKYO, Japan -- The final preparations to discharge waste water...
This handout photograph, taken and released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on August 22, 2023, shows (L-R) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden will urge reforms to the IMF and World Bank that will better serve developing country needs at the G20 summit in New Delhi next month, the White House said Tuesday. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the two need to...
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters after landing at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport on August 22, 2023. Thaksin Shinawatra bowed in homage to the Thai king's portrait as he returned to the kingdom Tuesday after 15 years in exile, before being led away by officials to...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Six children are among the eight people who have been trapped all day Tuesday in a cable car dangling over a deep valley in Pakistan, with military helicopters hovering nearby ahead of a possible rescue attempt. The children were using the chairlift to get to school when a...
ALEXANDROUPOLI, Greece - Eighteen suspected migrants were found dead Tuesday in a Greece forest fire near the Turkish border as scores of firefighters battled to contain the second deadly wave of blazes to hit the country in a month. Fire department spokesman Yiannis Artopios said the victims...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will have greater control over how they view content, Meta said on Tuesday, as platforms take steps to meet imminent stricter European Union rules. Under a landmark EU law, digital giants will be forced to more aggressively police...
ATHENS, Greece - The leaders of 11 countries of the Balkan region and eastern Europe signed a joint declaration in support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine during a summit in Athens on Tuesday. Under the Athens Declaration, signed in the presence of Ukraine's President Volodymyr...
TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government will decide on Tuesday about the release of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, the government minister in charge said. Around 1.34 million tonnes of water, equivalent to more than 500 Olympic swimming pools, have accumulated...
