Masked crowds fill streets, trains after Wuhan lockdown ends

04/08/2020

WUHAN, China (AP) — After more than two months indoors, Wuhan resident Tong Zhengkun was one of millions of people enjoying a renewed sense of freedom when the Chinese city’s 76-day coronavirus lockdown was lifted Wednesday. “I…

Church members infected with coronavirus after saltwater sprayed in mouth during service

03/17/2020

A Protestant church in South Korea has been identified as the site of a cluster transmission of COVID-19 following a Sunday service where members were sprayed with salt water. Officials of Gyeonggi Province believe that a saltwater…

Best friends find out they are sisters after 17 years

03/03/2020

Two women from Pennsylvania, USA, grew up being told that they looked alike and had to constantly deny that they were sisters. After 17 years of friendship and a DNA test, they found out that they indeed…

Expelled Wall Street Journal reporters leave China after headline row

02/25/2020

BEIJING, China—Two Wall Street Journal reporters left China on Monday after being expelled over a controversial headline in an op-ed that angered Beijing. Three reporters were ordered out of the country last week over what Beijing deemed…

Palace sees ‘warmer’ PH-US ties after VFA termination

Darryl John Esguerra 02/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang is seeing “warmer ties” between the Philippines and the United States as it hopes Washington will give “preferential attention” to Manila following the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). The Philippine government…

Lakers play outside to lighten spirits after Bryant’s death

01/31/2020

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Before the Los Angeles Lakers practiced on the final day before their first game since Kobe Bryant’s death, they played. The players, their coaching staff and general manager Rob Pelinka took to…

TWG: Motorcycle taxi pilot run to continue after Senate hearing

Katrina Hallare 01/21/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The pilot run on motorcycle taxis will continue despite an earlier decision to terminate it early, Antonio Gardiola Jr., the chairman of the Department of Transportation’s technical working group, said on Tuesday. “The sentiment…

BREAKING: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes after takeoff in Tehran

01/08/2020

TEHRAN — A Ukrainian airplane carrying at least 170 people crashed Wednesday near an airport in the capital, Tehran, state TV reported. There was no immediate word on casualties. The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini…

NPA just can’t be trusted, AFP says after attacks

12/25/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The New People’s Army just cannot be trusted, the military said late Monday, after communist guerrillas attacked policemen and soldiers in Iloilo and Camarines Norte provinces hours after the government and the Communist Party…

Robredo to disclose drug war findings after SEA Games

JHESSET O. ENANO 12/03/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo will release her findings on the government’s antidrug campaign after the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games that will wrap up next week. Speaking to reporters on…

Suerte looks to make PBA jump after one-and-done season with UE

Bong Lozada 10/30/2019

MANILA, Philippines—It’s the end of a short yet fruitful UAAP journey for Rey Suerte and the one-and-done man for University of the East is ready to take on the bigger things in his basketball career. Suerte finished…

58 dead, rescuers in ‘day and night’ hunt for missing after Japan typhoon

10/15/2019

TOKYO, Japan – Fresh rain threatened to hamper efforts by tens of thousands of Japanese rescuers searching for survivors after a powerful typhoon that by early Tuesday had killed 58 people. Typhoon Hagibis crashed into the country…

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