Philippine News

UNITED NATIONS, United States, May 30 ------ World leaders on Thursday called for resilience and cooperation after the pandemic recedes, during a UN videocon...

May 30 ------ The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic could push as many as 86 million more children into poverty by the end of 2020, a joint stud...

HONG KONG, May 29 ------ Hong Kong’s government warned Washington that withdrawing its special U.S. status, which has underpinned the city as a global financ...

WASHINGTON, May 29 ------ The Justice Department has accused a network of North Korean and Chinese citizens of secretly advancing North Korea’s nuclear weapo...

SYDNEY, May 29 ------ Australia’s biggest state in economic terms said on Friday the coronavirus pandemic could cost it as much A$20 billion ($13.3 billion) ...

May 29 ------ President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday seeking to strip social media giants like Twitter of legal immunity for content on their platfo...

May 28 ------ The United States said Wednesday it was ending waivers in its sanctions for nations that remain in the Iran nuclear accord, bringing the deal f...

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG, May 28 ------ U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress on Wednesday that Hong Kong no longer qualifies for its special status ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 28 ------ Brazil's death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed 25,000 on Wednesday, as the country emerged as the latest epicen...

May 28 ------ SpaceX’s landmark launch to the International Space Station — the first crewed mission to blast off from US soil in almost a decade — was scrub...

SINGAPORE, May 27 ------ Singapore's virus-hit economy could shrink by as much as seven percent this year—the worst reading since independence—the government...

HONG KONG, May 27 ------ Hundreds of riot police took up posts around Hong Kong’s legislature overnight, as protests were expected on Wednesday over a bill c...

May 27 ------ International health authorities expressed concern Tuesday over signs the spread of the new coronavirus is still accelerating in Brazil, Peru a...

WASHINGTON, May 27 ------ Joe Biden attacked President Donald Trump as an “absolute fool” Tuesday for belittling his election rival over recently wearing a m...

HONG KONG, China, May 26 ------ China on Monday threatened counter measures against the United States if it is punished for plans to impose on Hong Kong a se...

SARABURI, Thailand, May 26 ------ Thailand is conducting tests on macaque monkeys as it races to produce a cheaper, alternative coronavirus vaccine it hopes w...

GENEVA, May 26 ------ The World Health Organization said Monday that it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine — the anti-malarial drug U.S. President Trum...

TOKYO, May 26 ------ Japan lifted a nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus on Monday, gradually reopening the world’s third-largest economy as go...

series of 2,000-year-old chambers carved out of the bedrock beneath the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem. The Israel Antiquities Authority’s excavations are u...

NEW YORK, May 25 ------ U.S. health officials have quietly released more reopening guidance that was created more than a month ago but initially shelved. As w...