MANILA, Philippines– The Philippines' total external trade in goods dropped by 5.1 percent in May 2023 to 17.28 billion U.S. dollars from 18.20 billion dollars in May 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday. Of the total external trade in May, the agency said that 62.7...
PARIS, France– The beginning of July was the hottest week on record for the planet, according to early findings Monday from the World Meteorological Organization, after a series of scorching days saw global temperature records tumble. "The world just had the hottest week on record,...
SYDNEY, Australia- Networks of fake Facebook accounts run from China are "evolving" and adopting new tactics in their quest to sow discord overseas, the social media platform told Australian lawmakers Tuesday. Fronting a Senate inquiry into foreign interference, officials from parent company Meta...
ROME, Italy -- Rome and other cities across Italy were put on red alert on Monday as the country was bracing for an intense heatwave that meteorologists said was likely to break records. A man refreshes himself with water from the Barcaccia Fountain in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy, on July...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (AFP) UNITED NATIONS -- The world risks big misses across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unless actions to accelerate implementation are taken, said a UN report released on Monday. Failure to redouble global efforts to achieve the SDGs may fuel...
The FSO Safer vessel is seen at Ras Issa port in Hodeidah province, Yemen, on May 30, 2023. (Xinhua) SANAA, Yemen -- The transfer of crude oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer, stranded off the coast of Yemen, is expected to start early next week, a United Nations humanitarian official said on...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Xinhua) VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Türkiye agreed to advance Sweden's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Monday, a day before the alliance's summit in the Lithuanian capital, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced....
NEW DELHI, India -- Heavy rains have triggered landslides, flash floods and inundation in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh, killing at least nine people in the past two days, officials said Monday. The rains in the state have blocked 828 roads and three national highways. Rain-triggered...
 YANGON, Myanmar -- Fifty-three people were killed and 162 others injured in road accidents on Myanmar's Yangon-Mandalay expressway in the first half of 2023, the Nay Pyi Taw Expressway Traffic Police Force said on Monday.    A total of 83 road crashes have occurred on the busiest...
MOSCOW, Russia-- Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the representatives and commanders of the Wagner military group on June 29, RIA Novosti reported Monday, citing Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. A total of 35 Wagner members were invited to the meeting, including the group's head Yevgeny...
 KHOST, Afghanistan -- Heavy rains and flash floods claimed one life and injured three others in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Sunday, Kalim Gul Abid, the provincial director for Natural Disaster Management Authority, said Monday.    The rainstorms, which triggered flash...
HELSINKI, Iceland-- Three people have died in a plane crash in the eastern part of Iceland, the Icelandic broadcasting company RUV reported on Monday. Â Â Â An emergency message was sent from the plane, a four-to-six-seater Cessna-type aircraft, at around 5 pm local time on Sunday, shortly...
