San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Tuesday, June 17, officially launched the city 's Do-It-Yourself Water Catchment System Contest aimed at promoting water conservation and environmental sustainability among San Juaneños. The contest, which is part of the 18th Cityhood Anniversary...
Aside from strengthening governance to build investors’ confidence in developing countries like the Philippines, the Washington-based World Bank Group (WBG), the world’s largest development bank, said these economies should also increase job opportunities for women as local branches of foreign...
The Philippines climbed one spot in this year’s edition of the World Competitiveness Ranking by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD), on the back of strong economic performance, while still being among the worst performers in the Asia-Pacific region. The...
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — When U.S. President Donald Trump last came to Canada for a Group of Seven summit, the enduring image was of him seated with his arms folded defiantly as then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel stared daggers at him. If there is a shared mission at this year’s G7 summit,...
BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) — The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge. Vance Boelter was...
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Navin Chaudhary had just begun eating his meal when a loud bang startled him. He turned back to see a massive fire taking over the dining area where he and other trainee doctors had assembled for lunch. The blaze approaching him, he rushed toward a window and jumped. From...
VIENNA (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Monday that there is a possibility of both radiological and chemical contamination within Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz following Israeli strikes, although radiation levels outside the complex are presently...
One person was killed and 13 others wounded Sunday in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia 's Tatarstan region, local authorities said. Regional Gov. Rustam Minnikhanov said the drone was destroyed, but falling debris ignited a fire and struck a vehicle manufacturing plant in the Yelabuga...
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed early Sunday in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing seven people on board, officials said. The chopper was flying to Guptkashi, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, from Kedarnath temple town, when it...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more were wounded on Sunday in the latest shooting near Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution points in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials. Witnesses blamed the Israeli military, which did not...
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India 's worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests, days after the Air India flight crashed and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Sunday. The...
BANFF, Alberta (AP) — Leaders of some of the world 's biggest economic powers will arrive in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Seven summit overshadowed by a widening war across the Middle East and U.S. President Donald Trump 's unresolved trade war with allies and rivals...
