Four Filipinos led by multiple Southeast Asian Games medalist Johann Chua toppled their respective rivals on Monday, June 3, to jumpstart their title campaigns in the 2024 World Pool Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Johann Chua opens his campaign in style with a dramatic first-round win over...
BERLIN (AP) — Brigitte Bierlein, the former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court who became the country’s first female chancellor in an interim government in 2019, has died. She was 74. Austria's Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein, center, arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of the heroism and determination he showed treating troops under...
JERUSALEM (AP) — At the start of its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israel set an ambitious goal: destroy Hamas. At the time, the Biden administration committed to the objective, giving Israel considerable stocks of weaponry and voicing its support. Black smoke rises from an Israeli...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 at ports of entry, with the border reopening only...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. Vehicles enter at the main security gate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary — the Angola Prison, the largest high-security...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in many parts of the island nation, leaving at least 10 people dead and six others missing, officials said. The education ministry announced that the reopening of schools would depend on...
BERLIN (AP) — The death toll in floods across a large part of southern Germany rose to two on Monday as the body of a missing woman was found. Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the flooded region and officials warned that water levels could rise further in some areas. A car washed away by...
The stars of the Korean TV show “Running Man” will be coming back to Manila for a show in July. In a AI-created video, “Running Man” stars Yoo Jae-suk, Song Ji-hyo, Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Jee Seok-jin and Yang Se-chan are inviting Filipino fans to the “Run 2 U: Running Man Live in...
K-pop star IU attracted a huge crowd as she held her HEREH World Tour Concert on June 1 at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan. The singer and actress became the first Korean solo artist to hold a concert at the Philippine Arena, which Guinness World Records declared as the largest mixed-use indoor...
PH1 World Developers (PH1WD), the real estate arm of Megawide Construction Corp. (Megawide), has started construction of a P1.5-billion mid-rise condominium development in Imus City, Cavite. The project is under the government’s “Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Housing (4PH) Program” and...
MEXICO CITY — Mexicans will likely choose the first female president in the country’s history Sunday between a former academic who promises to further the current leader’s populist policies and an ex-senator and tech entrepreneur who pledges to up the fight against deadly drug cartels....
