Dictator’s son enters presidential race in the Philippines
By Jason Gutierrez
MANILA — The son and namesake of dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos formally announced his plan to…
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for study of humanity’s role in changing climate
By Cade Metz, Marc Santora and Cora Engelbrecht
STOCKHOLM - Three scientists received the Nobel Prize in Physics…
Inquiry finds ‘massive’ child sex abuse in French Catholic Church
By Karine Perret and Joseph Schmid
PARIS - French Catholic clergy sexually abused some 216,000 minors in the seven…
Battling Delta, New Zealand abandons its zero-COVID ambitions
By Natasha Frost
AUCKLAND — For a year and a half, New Zealand has pursued a strategy of ‘COVID zero’, closing its…
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by outage
SAN FRANCISCO - Major social media services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were hit by a massive outage…
Nobel Prize awarded to scientists for research about temperature and touch
By Benjamin Mueller, Marc Santora and Cora Engelbrecht
CALIFORNIA - The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was…
Kishida elected new Japanese premier, appoints continuity cabinet
By Lars Nicolaysen
TOKYO - Japan's former foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, was elected on Monday (4) as the new…
Eight killed as tensions around India’s farm protests worsen
By Emily Schmall
NEW DELHI — Eight people were killed Sunday (3) in an incident that protesting farmers said was…
At least two dead, four wounded in explosion outside mosque in kabul
By Thomas Gibbons Neff, Sami Sahak and Wali Arian
KABUL - An explosion outside a mosque in the centre of Kabul,…
Israel will require a booster shot to be considered fully vaccinated
By Isabel Kershner
JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday (3) introduced new rules for determining coronavirus vaccination…