Vatican City — Pope Francis is applying his vision of a merciful church to women who have had abortions, easing their path toward forgiveness and saying he realizes some felt they had no choice but to make…
Manila — Several monkeys at a research and breeding facility in the Philippines have been infected with an Ebola virus strain that is non-lethal to humans, health officials said yesterday. The facility’s 25 workers have been tested…
South Korea switched off loudspeakers blasting propaganda messages into North Korea after the two rivals reached a compromise deal yesterday and stepped back from the brink of an armed clash. The giant banks of speakers, which had…
The Philippine stock market yesterday saw its worst single-day drop in history as concerns over China’s economy and the slump in commodity prices triggered a bloodbath across global markets. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) plunged 6.7…
NEW YORK — Dozens of bare-chested women taking part in the GoTopless Pride Parade took to the streets of midtown Manhattan on Sunday to counter critics complaining about topless tip-seekers in Times Square. Appearing bare-breasted has been…
ATLANTA — The brief, chaotic life of Bobbi Kristina Brown was never really her own. Born and raised in the shadow of fame and litigation, shattered by the loss of her mother, Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina was…
Tokyo — A small plane crashed into a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo on Sunday, killing the pilot, a passenger and a woman on the ground, while three people were pulled alive from the wreckage, officials said. The…
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Investigators in Taiwan were focusing yesterday on the possibility that a cigarette butt or spark caused the blaze that burned 498 people at a weekend water park party when colored powder sprayed from the…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — The latest models of Google’s self-driving cars are now cruising the streets near the Internet company’s Silicon Valley headquarters as an ambitious project to transform the way people get around shifts into…
Puerto Princesa — A tiny military exercise in the Philippines this week may presage something much bigger: the entry of Japan into the tussle for control of the South China Sea. A Japanese surveillance plane and about…
Karachi – More than 450 people have died from a three-day heat wave in southern Pakistan, officials said yesterday, as medics battled to treat victims after a state of emergency was declared in hospitals. The death toll…
WASHINGTON – China-based hackers are suspected of breaking into the computer networks of the U.S. government personnel office and stealing identifying information of at least 4 million federal workers, American officials said. The Department of Homeland Security…
