Members of the Tengger sub-ethnic group carries a goat for offering on the active Mount Bromo volcano as part of the Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, East Java province on June 5, 2023. (Juni Kriswanto / AFP) PROBOLINGGO, Indonesia -- Thousands of Hindu worshippers scaled an active Indonesian...
This handout photograph taken on June 5, 2023 and released by the Indian Ministry of Defence shows India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (R) and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) during their meeting in New Delhi. (Indian Ministry of Defence / AFP) NEW DELHI, India -- The United States and...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US officials said Monday there were no survivors from the Virginia crash of a small plane carrying four people, a day after the unresponsive aircraft prompted the scrambling of fighter jets from Washington. The Cessna Citation slammed into mountainous terrain Sunday...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for more than a century when he testifies this week against a tabloid newspaper publisher. Harry, 38, is expected to take the witness stand at London's High Court in a trial considering...
In line with the celebration of the Philippine Environment Month this June, as well as the World Environment Day on Monday, June 5, Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles called on the government's 1.8 million workforce to promote environmental conservation and sustainability as...
A passenger looks out from a carriage of a long-distance train as it runs on the newly restored track at the accident site of a recent three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 5, 2023. (Punit PARANJPE /...
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) SYDNEY, Australia -- New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ardern, 42,...
The Philippine women’s football team may be newcomers in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, but it has already earned a form of respect from its foes ahead of the global football meet this July. In an interview with FIFA+, former German football player Inka Grings, who was appointed as the head coach...
The human environment is choking with plastic pollution. Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda emphasized this reality as she expressed hope for realizing the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution by the end of 2024. Today, the Philippines joins the observance of World Environment Day...
WASHINGTON, United States - Even when the disease is caught early, breast cancer recurrence is relatively commonplace -- and for survivors, the prospect can be daunting. A drug developed by Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis reduced this risk by a quarter in a large group of early-stage...
WASHINGTON, United States - A top White House official on Friday will offer to maintain current nuclear weapons limits with Russia, while making the case for putting rising power China at the center of future arms control efforts. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will deliver a speech...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan's warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce. Witnesses reported artillery fire around the state television building in the capital's...
