Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement, ending 8-year dispute
Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, her lawyer told Reuters on Tuesday, October 31, bringing an end to one of Hollywood‘s most contentious and closely followed...
View ArticleNew year, big win: Alex Eala dominates in WTA 125 Canberra round of 16
MANILA, Philippines – What was projected to be a tightly contested encounter between two evenly matched foes turned out to be a one-sided affair. Alex Eala opened the new year in explosive form,...
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South Korea’s presidential aides offer to resign amid political crisis
SEOUL, South Korea – Senior aides to South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resign en masse on Wednesday, January 1, a day after his office expressed regret over acting President...
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Philippine hosting of 2025 men’s volleyball world championship shifts to high...
MANILA, Philippines – Preparations shift to high gear on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1, as the Philippines’ first solo hosting of the FIVB Men’s World Championship (MWCH) 2025 inches closer....
View ArticleMarcos, Duterte call on Filipinos for growth and resilience in 2025 | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: Marcos, Sara Duterte urge Filipinos to aim for growth, resilience in New Year messages In separate New Year’s...
View ArticleNBA suspends Rockets’ Amen Thompson, Heat’s Terry Rozier for brawl
The NBA suspended Houston Rockets forward Amen Thompson two games without pay and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier one game without pay for their role in a skirmish between the two teams on Sunday,...
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HONNE’S music charts their own lives. They hope fans see themselves in the...
MANILA, Philippines – James Hatcher and Andy Clutterbuck became each other’s first friends at university and, not long after, began writing music together. It was only in 2014, though, when they...
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Nepal’s kung fu nuns kick off reopening of nunnery to public after 5 years
KATHMANDU, Nepal – About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of cheering wellwishers at the...
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LIST: Philippine tropical cyclone names in 2025
MANILA, Philippines – All tropical cyclones that form within or enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) are given local names. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical...
View ArticleIn 2024, China saw warmest year in decades, breaking records yet again
BEIJING, China – Chinese meteorological data shows 2024 was the warmest year for the country since comparable records began more than six decades ago, the second straight year in which milestones were...
View ArticleMan crashes truck into New Orleans crowd, opens fire, killing 10
A driver crashed his truck into a crowd at high speed in New Orleans’ French Quarter in the wee hours of New Year’s Day then opened fire, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 35, city...
View ArticleGovernment employees to begin getting P7,000 yearly medical allowance
MANILA, Philippines – Government employees will be granted a P7,000 yearly medical allowance beginning 2025. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday, January 2, approved Budget...
View Article10 people injured in New York City shooting incident, NYPD says
Ten people were injured in a mass shooting in the New York City borough of Queens late on New Year’s Day, the New York Police Department said in a news briefing early on Thursday, January 2. The...
View ArticleWorld’s oldest living Olympic gold medalist Agnes Keleti dies at 103
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Five-time Olympic champion Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medalist and a survivor of the persecution of Jews in World War II, died at the...
View Article‘Beautiful goodbye’: Barbie Forteza confirms breakup with Jak Roberto
MANILA, Philippines – Barbie Forteza confirmed her breakup with her longtime boyfriend, Jak Roberto, on Thursday, January 2. In an Instagram post, the actress reminisced the seven years she and...
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Workshops, art markets, exhibits: January art events to look out for in Metro...
MANILA, Philippines – It’s the first month of the new year, and there’s already a growing number of different art-related events around Metro Manila that you can choose from. The best part is that...
View ArticleSeries of attacks vs police across Mindanao | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: Wave of attacks targets cops across Mindanao since New Year’s Eve A spate of violent attacks on police officers in...
View ArticleDismissed Mandaue City mayor asks SC to reverse Comelec’s cancellation of his...
CEBU, Philippines – Dismissed Mandaue City mayor Jonas Cortes asked the Supreme Court on Thursday, January 2, to reverse the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to cancel his certificate...
View ArticleIndonesia court says vote threshold for presidential candidates not legally...
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia‘s Constitutional Court on Thursday, January 2, said a law requiring a minimum number of votes for political parties to nominate a presidential candidate was not legally...
View ArticleItaly summons Iranian ambassador, demands release of journalist
ROME, Italy – Italy‘s foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday, January 2, to demand the immediate release of reporter Cecilia Sala, who was detained in Tehran on December 19 while...
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