VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV took a first step Friday to lay the groundwork for the eventual conclave that will elect his successor: He appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new dean of the College of…
WASHINGTON - The US suspended Microsoft, major IT outsourcers and software maker Adobe from a key green card program on Thursday while opening probes into nine top universities, widening a crackdown it says targets…
BERLIN, Germany — BMW has withdrawn an offer to lease a car to a politician from the far-right AfD party who was elected to a top post in a regional German parliament, officials said Friday. Tobias Rausch this week…
In a statement sent to GMA News, Akane said the award to Pillay, an ICC judge from 2003 to August 2008 and President and Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, recognizes the role of international…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten pledged Friday to defend the International Criminal Court "brick by brick", a veiled swipe at the United States, which used the same phrase in threats to…
SINGAPORE said on Friday it was "ready to roll out" a haze pollution action plan that included the distribution of masks, as air quality dipped towards "very unhealthy" levels. "Based on the current situation it is…
In the bedding department of Denmark's largest IKEA store, security chief Torben Mortensen walks past rows of display beds and describes a use for them far removed from retail: emergency shelter.
PENSACOLA, United States — Hurricane Isaias strengthened into a major category 3 storm Friday as it barrels towards the US Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said, with landfall expected in Florida, Alabama or…
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hailed cooperation with other ex-Soviet nations on Friday and vowed to help strengthen economic and other ties between them. Putin said the Commonwealth of…
Navi Pillay is a former International Criminal Court judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV took a first step Friday to lay the groundwork for the eventual conclave that will elect his successor: He appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new dean of the College of…
Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote peace and international law". This year's…
TOKYO — Japan on Friday slammed Russia's request for the extradition from the Netherlands of the president of the International Criminal Court, a Japanese national, and eight other officials of the court based in the…
OSLO, Norway — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to South Africa's Navi Pillay, the judge who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and who last year presided over a UN commission which accused Israel of genocide…
An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) has found a way to help less fortunate children in the Philippines, with a touch of vibrant colors and a call for kindness to others.
London, United Kingdom — Disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor won a legal challenge over searches of his royal homes after police agreed the warrants they obtained were "unlawful", a High Court judge…
San Francisco, United States — Three former OpenAI security researchers on Thursday accused the ChatGPT-maker of firing them for warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence, reigniting the debate over safety at…
The ongoing Russian air assaults intensify, with significant civilian casualties reported, prompting Zelenskyy to call for increased sanctions on Russia and support from European partners
Oslo, Norway — The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday in Oslo, with much of the attention this year centred on how US President Donald Trump, eager to win it himself, will react. The laureate will…
PARIS — Students barricaded a high school in northeastern Paris with garbage bins on Thursday before police moved in with tear gas, as France's nationwide protests showed few signs of ending. The Hélène Boucher high…
'We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran,' says Trump
LOS ANGELES — Actor Hayden Panettiere's ex-fiancé, former boxer Wladimir Klitschko, was granted legal authority by a California court Thursday to protect Panettiere's property for their 11-year-old daughter after the…
LOS ANGELES — The FBI has seized scanning and phishing tools used by a group of hackers that officials say is associated with the Chinese government and is believed responsible for disruptive cyber operations in the…
The Saudi civil defense agency said a kindergarten and a medical complex in Riyadh were damaged by debris from a missile interception on Thursday, as Yemen's Houthis announced attacks targeting the capital's airport.
NASHVILLE — Christa Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday. Pike, 50, survived two doses of…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Anthropic on Thursday moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be…
Taiwan has accused China of using historical revisionism, disinformation, election interference, and economic coercion as part of its efforts to influence democratic societies, including the Philippines and Taiwan.
WASHINGTON, United States —The vaccine skeptic US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday a series of initiatives to study the rare adverse effects of vaccines. "We must listen to patients and families…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Three former OpenAI security researchers on Thursday accused the ChatGPT-maker of firing them for warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence, reigniting the debate over safety at…
The Houthis escalated their campaign of strikes against Saudi Arabia, trying to shut down the kingdom's airspace and oil facilities with missile fire that has killed three this week.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday after hurrying there eight months ago to replace an ailing colleague and his crew. SpaceX brought the U.S…
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to thread a needle on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks by condemning Hamas’ “horrific war crimes” and denouncing Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza. It did not go…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.” Hegseth, speaking to the…
STOCKHOLM — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for “bold and inventive” works that fuse the classical and the modern and blur the boundaries of poetry and…
CORONADO, California — Sailors disembarked the USS Lincoln on Thursday following a deployment that included a record 265 uninterrupted days at sea supporting the Iran war and reports of supply shortages and…
TIKTOK ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according to allegations in New York’s lawsuit against the company…
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump presented Elon Musk with the top US science medal on Thursday, as the rocket tycoon fully returned to the president's orbit after an explosive bust-up. Six US tech titans received prestigious…
MOSCOW — Russia warned on Wednesday against “false” information as reports emerged of a second suspected case of the plague in Siberia, with Washington and Brussels calling for transparency and neighboring Mongolia…
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Myanmar will accept more Burmese migrants held in Malaysia “as soon as possible,” the war-torn nation’s leader said on Thursday despite human rights concerns over the opaque repatriation scheme…
NADI, Fiji — The United States on Thursday accused a Fijian citizen working for a Chinese state agency of allegedly paying bribes to advance Beijing’s interests in the Pacific nation. Zhao Fugang, director of the…
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