Despite delays, the Metro Manila flood control project being funded by loans from the Washington-based World Bank Group (WBG) and the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has so far benefitted over half a million residents in flood-prone areas. “To date, more than 600,000 people...
By Jinggoy I. Salvador Stockbridge American International School in Davao City recently announced its official recognition as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, becoming the first and only authorized IB World School in Mindanao. This milestone marks a significant leap forward for...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena Thursday to Anthony Bernal, a senior aide to former first lady Jill Biden, as part of their rapidly expanding investigation into former President Joe Biden 's mental fitness while in office. The subpoena signed...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Thursday called for even greater efforts to help meet Ukraine 's pressing military needs, and expressed support for the country 's quest to join their ranks, but they made little headway with new sanctions against Russia. At a summit in...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of high Renaissance artistry. A decade-long project to...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike hit a street in central Gaza on Thursday where witnesses said a crowd of people was getting bags of flour from a Palestinian police unit that had confiscated the goods from gangs looting aid convoys. Hospital officials said 18 people were killed....
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks — plains of streaked gray stone on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Quebec. But researchers disagree...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon leaders laid out new details Thursday about military tactics and explosives to bolster their argument that U.S. attacks had destroyed key Iranian nuclear facilities, but little more emerged on how far back the bombing had set Tehran 's atomic program. In a rare...
JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump 's call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the American leader into one of Israel 's most heated debates, unnerving some in its political class just days after they unanimously praised his...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators emerged from a classified briefing Thursday with sharply diverging assessments of President Donald Trump 's bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites, with Republicans calling the mission a clear success and Democrats expressing deep skepticism. CIA Director John...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military announced Wednesday that seven Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip when a Palestinian militant attached a bomb to their armored vehicle in an attack the previous day. It was one of the deadliest incidents for the army in Gaza in months,...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked. The 32 leaders endorsed a final summit statement saying:...
