Fixers fall in LTO anti-fixers operation
A top official of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) sent a strong warning to “fixers” after the arrest of a team of online fixers in Quezon City on Wednesday, July 6.
Maskless pilgrims launch largest hajj of Covid era
Hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless worshippers circled Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, on the first day of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
Russian Nobel laureate sells medal for $103.5 mn to benefit Ukraine kids
Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, on Monday auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize gold medal for a whopping $103.5 million to benefit children displaced by the war in Ukraine.
Russian Nobel laureate auctioning medal to benefit Ukraine
Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor in chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, on Monday will auction off his Nobel Peace Prize gold medal to benefit children displaced by the war in Ukraine.
Six-foot croc trapped in farmer’s fish trap
A farmer out to trap freshwater fishes with a contraption made of indigenous materials caught a six-foot crocodile that scared him to the core on Sunday, June 5.
Amber Heard disappointed ‘beyond words’ after defamation verdict: statement
US actress Amber Heard said she was disappointed “beyond words” Wednesday after a jury found she had made defamatory claims of abuse against her ex-husband Johnny Depp, calling it a “setback” for women.
Pope Francis: ‘Ours is the age of fake news, collective superstitions, and pseudo-scientific truths’
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that Catholics today are living in an “age of fake news, collective superstitions, and pseudo-scientific truths.”
‘Cash windfall’: People go on spending spree after elections
People milled around the commercial center of Ipil, the capital town of Zamboanga Sibugay, a day after May 9 national and local elections on a spending spree after some windfall from political candidates vying for the different posts.
Kyiv urges MSF to evacuate soldiers from besieged steelworks
Ukraine on Saturday urged aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to evacuate its soldiers from their last holdout in the devastated port city of Mariupol.
War in Ukraine: Latest developments
Latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
