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Parents accompany their children from school after their classes in Manila on April 5, 2024. – Thousands of schools in the Philippines suspended in-person classes on April 5, the education department said, as parts of the tropical country endured dangerously high temperatures. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) By Pam …

Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of unleashing a "bloodbath" at the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, escalating his inflammatory rhetoric as he campaigned in two Midwestern swing states likely to be critical to the outcome of the 2024 election. Trump said he spoke to family of homicide victim Ruby Garcia. Her …

Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways and causing the deaths of four people.The quake also created a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands. Strongest quake in 25 years collapses buildings and triggers landslide Taiwan's …

Map of Taiwan. – AFP / AFP MANILA, April 3, 2024 (AFP) – The Philippines warned of “high tsunami waves” and called for the evacuation of coastal areas in the country’s north on Wednesday, lowering an earlier warning after a major quake struck neighbouring Taiwan. “The people in the coastal …

Five aid workers with the international humanitarian group World Central Kitchen (WCK) were reported to have been killed while delivering food in Gaza on Monday. The Hamas-run Gaza media office blamed the strike on Israel — while the Israeli military says it's investigating the "tragic incident." Israel says it's investigating …

On Monday, North America will experience a total solar eclipse — a rare celestial phenomenon that won’t happen again for another 20 years. Here's what you should know. If the skies stay clear, the show will start in Mexico and finish off the coast of Newfoundland See NASA's live coverage …

Israeli forces left Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday after a two-week operation by special forces who detained hundreds of suspected Palestinian militants and left a wasteland of destroyed buildings. Latest military operation ends after 2 weeks following battles with Hamas Gaza hospital in ruins after weeks-long Israeli raid …

President Ferdinand Marcos said Thursday the Philippines will not be “cowed into silence” by Beijing after confrontations in the South China Sea that injured Filipino troops and damaged vessels. Marcos’s remarks came as China blamed the Philippines for raising tensions in the hotly contested waterway, which Beijing claims almost entirely. …

(File photo) Workers unload sacks of rice at a warehouse of the National Food Authority (NFA) on October 7, 2014. (Photo by Jay Directo / AFP) (Eagle News)–Farmers have increased their rice and corn production despite the El Niño phenomenon thanks to the implementation of a farming strategy that maximizes …

This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on March 24, 2024 and dated March 23, 2024 shows an overview of waters where the Philippines said the China Coast Guard blocked their supply vessel and damaged it with water cannon, during a Philippine supply mission near Second Thomas Shoal in …