AUCKLAND (AFP) -- Staging the Women's World Cup will "wake up" New Zealand's passion for football, the co-hosts' coach Jitka Klimkova said on Wednesday's eve of the tournament. Football remains well behind rugby, cricket and other sports in popularity in New Zealand, which is jointly hosting the...
Craving for that coastal seafood and barbecue experience but don’t have the time to drive long hours? Chef Robby Goco brings the good-old surf and turf dining experience with ROB’S (Ribs, Oysters, and Bourbon Shack) in the city. Located on the second floor of Newport Mall in Pasay City, ROB’S...
Based on the pre-pandemic report of the Philippine Statistics Authority, in 2017, one in every 10 Filipinos ages 6 to 24 years is an out-of-school youth. In 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) released a study stating that the number of out-of-school youth in the...
BANGKOK, Thailand --Â Thailand's constitutional court suspended reformist Pita Limjaroenrat on Wednesday, in another blow to his hopes of becoming the nation's next leader after a stunning election win. The court issued its suspension just as Pita was sitting in parliament for another day of...
MANILA (AFP) -- In a country obsessed with beauty pageants, basketball and boxing, the Philippines women's team hope to ignite interest in football when they make the nation's World Cup debut this week. *This photo taken on March 14, shows Philippine women's football team member Hali Long during a...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -- Brazil said on Tuesday, July 18, it will change civil servants' work schedules so they can watch the national team play in the women's World Cup -- a concession until now reserved for the men's top-flight football tournament. The employees can start their work days later so...
LONDON (AFP) -- England players expressed "disappointment" on Tuesday, July 18, that talks with the Football Association (FA) over bonus payments and commercial structures would not be resolved before the start of the women's World Cup. In a statement from the team posted on social media by captain...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Britain's controversial plan to deter migrants without papers from landing on British shores was on Tuesday poised to become law, prompting criticism from the United Nations. The legislation would outlaw asylum claims by all arrivals via the Channel and other "illegal"...
Australian sailor Tim Shaddock speaks after arriving at the port of Manzanillo, Colima State, on July 18, 2023. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP) MANZANILLO, Mexico -- An Australian sailor rescued with his dog after more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean arrived in Mexico Tuesday declaring "I...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Former US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he expected to be charged over the January 6 attack on the US Capitol -- an indictment that would ramp up his legal woes as he makes another White House run. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential...
SEOUL, South Korea --Â A US soldier who served around two months in a South Korean jail on assault charges was believed to be in North Korean custody Wednesday after crossing the heavily fortified border without authorisation, officials said. The soldier -- identified by the US military as Travis...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The world should get ready to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as countries across the Northern Hemisphere reeled from soaring temperatures. Health authorities have sounded the alarm from North America to Europe and Asia, urging...
