The Philippine women’s national football team got a glimpse of what’s ahead in their 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup debut after falling to world No. 3 Sweden, 5-1, in their closed-door friendly match on Monday, July 17 in New Zealand. There is no detailed account from the Philippine Football...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's president vowed Monday to "completely overhaul" the country's approach to extreme weather from climate change, after at least 39 people were killed by recent flooding and landslides during monsoon rains. Rescue workers waded through thick mud as they drained a...
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was discharged from hospital on Sunday with a heart monitor implanted under his skin, a day after he was hospitalized for dehydration. The 73-year-old prime minister was kept overnight under observation at Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv,...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine on Sunday said fighting had "intensified" on the eastern front as Russian President Vladimir Putin deemed Kyiv's counteroffensive a failure. Putin is yet to decide if Russia will renew the grain deal -- expiring late Monday -- that allowed the resumption of Ukrainian exports...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country had enough cluster munition to answer if Ukraine was to use the weapons, in an interview published Sunday. Ukraine started receiving cluster weapons from the United States, a move that sparked concerns due to the long-term risk...
BEIJING, China --Â US climate envoy John Kerry held four hours of talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday, reviving stalled diplomacy on reducing planet-warming emissions. Climate talks between the two biggest greenhouse gas emitters came to a halt last year after Nancy Pelosi,...
NANNING, China -- The 2023 China-ASEAN International Forum on Innovation and Cooperation for Sustainable Development concluded Saturday in the tourist city of Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The three-day forum attracted participants from China and ASEAN member states, as...
GANDHINAGAR, India -- Redoubling support for war-stricken Ukraine is the "single best" way to aid the global economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, along with boosting emerging economies and tackling debt distress. Yellen, speaking on the sidelines of a G20 finance minister summit...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Long viewed as the most formidable challenger to Donald Trump in the Republican US presidential nominating contest, Ron DeSantis boasts a record of ultra-conservative legislative wins and a pile of campaign cash. Yet the self-styled tip of the spear in what he says is...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The liberal frontrunner to become Thailand's next prime minister said Saturday he would withdraw his candidacy if parliament did not endorse him next week, after military-appointed lawmakers foiled his first attempt. Pita Limjaroenrat's Move Forward Party (MFP) won the most...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The United Arab Emirates and India vowed on Saturday to make this year's COP28 conference in Dubai a success, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to the Gulf state. The oil-rich UAE will host the COP28 United Nations climate talks in November and...
KYIV, Ukraine -- South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged Saturday to "expand the scale" of his country's humanitarian and non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine, in his first visit to the war-torn country. The world's ninth-largest arms exporter, South Korea has a long-standing policy to...
