CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — An aging NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower. The US Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come crashing down on…
Some 150 gatherings are planned across France, the interior ministry says
More than 100 Filipino and Filipino American runners will participate in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 1, joining approximately 60,000 runners from around the world on a 26.2-mile course through the…
Eight hundred Filipino deportees from Malaysia have returned to the Philippines and have received immediate government assistance upon their arrival in Zamboanga City, the Department of Social Welfare and Development…
Democrats are now competitive in states Donald Trump won handily in 2024, even as Republicans seek to capture Democratic-held seats of their own
Nearly 200 nations struck hard-fought agreements Friday at a UN biodiversity summit, but the outcome was accompanied by disappointment over missed opportunities to address humanity's destructive toll on nature.
Sixty-two more Filipinos have been repatriated to the Philippines from Saudi Arabia following a three-week suspension of flights between Manila and Riyadh amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the Department of…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has become the first pontiff to vote in a US general election, casting a mail-in ballot in a contest that will decide America’s political future as the Trump era slowly comes to an end. The…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge said Friday she would open a “formal inquiry” to investigate if attorneys for the Trump administration violated ethical boundaries during a legal dispute about a golf-course project…
Christa Pike said Friday she remains in constant pain, struggles to speak and has been largely isolated in a prison hospital after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee last month. In her first public statement…
The US State Department said on Friday it had approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1 billion, in what would be one of the most significant steps to supply defensive weapons to…
Pope Leo XIV cast a ballot by mail in the US midterm elections, the Vatican press office said on Friday, a historic first for the American-born pontiff.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A US federal judge on Friday pushed back on government assertions that President Donald Trump's planned massive arch in Washington is needed for national security. Trump did not mention national…
ATLANTA, Georgia — Russia showed no sign Friday of softening its stance on Kyiv as G20 foreign ministers opened talks in the United States, with the Ukraine and Iran wars deepening rifts between the sprawling forum's…
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Philippine missions in Italy, France, and Spain have warned Filipino nationals anew to prioritize their safety and avoid areas where protests will take place this weekend, along with events for…
More than 300,000 people displaced since early March remain internally displaced in Lebanon, where the humanitarian crisis is “far from over,” according to the UN’s aid coordination office (OCHA). Despite civilians’…
Each day the ceasefire in Oleshky holds means hope for civilians in the city, the UN’s top humanitarian official said, stressing that those wishing to leave must be able to do so safely and voluntarily. “Let this pave…
Meta Platforms has settled with a teen plaintiff who accused the company of designing Instagram and Facebook to be addictive, causing her mental health problems and disordered eating, attorneys for the plaintiff said on…
More than 28 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are not getting enough to eat and the number is expected to tick up in the coming months, according to the latest alert from the IPC global food…
LOS ANGELES — Two Chinese men who admitted trying to recruit US military service members to spy for Beijing were imprisoned in California on Friday. Liren Lai and Yuance Chen were ordered to serve 30 months in a federal…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Friday that it has approved a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot air defense interceptors for Ukraine after Kyiv had accused the Pentagon of delaying delivery of the vital…
PARIS, France — Shops and businesses in Paris and other French cities on Friday boarded up windows amid fears of fresh street violence during a third consecutive weekend of protests -- this time clashing with Halloween…
YEREVAN, Armenia — Nearly 200 nations on Friday adopted hard-fought agreements at a UN biodiversity summit aimed at getting the world on course to halt the destruction of nature by 2030. Delegates cheered as the crucial…
IRAN — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Friday that four oil tankers, including one carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil, hit mines and caught fire while traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Yemeni…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump backtracked Friday on the cancelation of two rallies for the US midterms, in a febrile end to campaigning for elections that will decide whether Republicans will keep control of…
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp finished ahead of the opposition but remained well short of a majority, final results from Israel’s general elections showed on Friday, setting the stage for tough…
JAKARTA — Pollution from smoke emitted by monthslong wildfires across Indonesia caused an estimated 3,560 deaths in the vast Southeast Asian archipelago in September, according to a new report by a Helsinki-based think…
LONDON — Scottish police are in the “very early stage” of probing the late United States sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s reported stay at the Balmoral royal estate at the invitation of ex-prince Andrew, United Kingdom…
SEOUL — North Korea has test-fired attack drones, missiles and a multiple rocket launcher at a weapons demonstration, state media reported on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un called for the faster development of drone and…
TOLEDO, Spain — Spain began demanding answers on Thursday after its second high-speed train collision this year killed 69 people and injured scores of others, with distraught relatives desperately seeking news about…
(UPDATE) MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson failed to overturn a slew of convictions on Friday, and a judge instead imposed a heavier prison sentence for three “cold and calculated”…
SEOUL — South Korea will file criminal complaints against students caught cheating on a national university entrance exam with smart glasses and toughen penalties for their use, a government official told Agence…
TEGUCIGALPA — At least six municipalities in Honduras have banned Halloween celebrations this year on the grounds that they promote wickedness. “Permits for events whose activities, themes or content promote or incite…
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