USThe International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its global growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 slightly, citing stronger-than-expected purchases ahead of an August 1 jump in US tariffs and a drop ...

SYDNEY – The United States will complete a review into a defense pact with the United Kingdom and Australia in the northern hemisphere autumn, the office of a top Pentagon official said on Wednesday.

MANILA – The Philippines’ seismology agency advised people to stay away from beaches in coastal areas facing the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, as these regions are expected to experience tsunami waves ...

SYDNEY – Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing ...

A magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, generating a tsunami of up to 4 meters (13 feet), damaging buildings and prompting evacuation warnings in ...

CHICAGO – The Trump administration has terminated more than half of all federal funding for gun violence prevention programs in the U.S., cutting $158 million in grants that had been directed to ...

One of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 17 national labs was attacked by hackers as part of a recent campaign seeking to exploit flaws in Microsoft’s SharePoint software, Bloomberg News reported on ...

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) could continue lowering interest rates at its meeting in August, its top official said.

THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for the Philippines for 2026 ...

THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT is anticipating up to P6 billion in foregone revenues following its decision to grant zero tariffs on selected US products imported into the country.

TWO YEARS after its debut, the original Filipino musical Walang Aray will return to reinforce its themes of love and revolution, at the PETA Theater Center from Aug. 29 to Oct. 12.

SHARES OF TANCO-LED DigiPlus Interactive Corp. jumped on Tuesday after President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. made no mention of online gambling in his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), which ...