Filipino shadow play performers win ‘Asia’s Got Talent’
FILIPINO shadow play performer group El Gamma Penumbra was named the first-ever winner of the first season of “Asia’s Got Talent,” the pan-Asian talent search based in Singapore. The group…
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Filipina elected as borough and town councilor in UK
A BRITISH-Filipina was elected councilor of the Hertfordshire borough Hertsmere and town Elstree and Borehamwood in the United Kingdom on May 8, marking the highest level of public office any…
PH ambassador dies in Pakistan helicopter crash
TWO foreign ambassadors, including a Filipino, were among seven killed in a helicopter crash on Friday, May 8, in northern Pakistan during an emergency landing. The military helicopter was due…
Facebook opens Internet.org platform in response to net neutrality
FACEBOOK CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday, May 4, a platform that extends Internet access via mobile devices to those in developing countries facing obstacles to connectivity. “The goal of Internet.org…
Filipina mom of teen who fell to death in Hong Kong released on bail
THE Filipino mother of a teenager who fell to her death from the 21st story of a Hong Kong apartment was released on bail Thursday, April 9, after being charged…
BMW, Nissan recall more than 165,000 vehicles for potential fuel pump issue
Nissan Motor Co. and BMW AG announced Friday, April 10, a global recall of more than 165,000 vehicles due to possible fuel pump failures that could stall or prevent an…
Filipino nurse charged in Singapore with sedition, lying to police
A FILIPINO nurse who allegedly insulted Singaporeans on social media in January was charged in court Tuesday, April 7, with sedition and lying to the police. Ello Ed Mundsel Bello,…
Ebola outbreak death toll surpasses 10,000
THE death toll from West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has passed 10,000, according to an updated tally released by the World Health Organization on Thursday, March 12. Since reports first emerged…
Britain could soon approve procedure to create life from three people
Human life is typically formed a man and a woman. But in Britain, future children could soon be created with DNA from more than two people. On Feb. 3, British…
Paris gunmen coordinated attacks via text message
A little over an hour before the Paris attacks last month at the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, one of the gunmen sent a text message to the man who later…
Pope Francis approves martyrdom for Archbishop Oscar Romero
“I don’t want to be an ‘anti,’ against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God, who loves us and who wants…
Frenchman linked to deadly Paris attacks charged
French authorities filed preliminary terrorism charges last week against a wanted Frenchman extradited from Bulgaria, who admitted his connection to the gunmen behind the terrorist massacres in Paris. Fritz-Joly Joachin,…
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 officially declared an ‘accident’
The Malaysian government declared on Thursday, Jan. 29 that the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 last March was an accident, according to the terms of an international air agreement,…
Apple earns record $18 billion in fourth quarter
Apple Inc. posted a record-breaking profit of $18 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014 thanks to its bigger-screen iPhones and spikes in sales in China. These earnings reflect the largest ever…
Nissan recalls about 768,000 SUVs
Nissan Motor Co. is recalling approximately 768,000 SUVs globally for two different issues. A total of 215,789 Pathfinders from the 2013 and 2014 model years, as well as 2013 Infiniti…
Ford Mustang goes global, first shipment to China
For the first time in its 50-year history as a North America-only vehicle, the Ford Mustang has officially gone global. Its first international shipment was en route to China as…
Pope to Catholics: Practice responsible parenting, don’t breed ‘like rabbits’
SPEAKING from the papal plane on his way back to Rome from a four-day visit in the Philippines, Pope Francis told reporters on Monday, Jan. 19 that Catholics should not…
France faces large wave of cyberattacks since terror rampage
AN estimated 19,000 French websites were targeted by hackers, according to officials, following the three-day terror rampage by Islamic extremists in Paris that left 20 dead last week, including the…
France shows renewed strength, vows ‘war against terrorism’ after Paris attacks
Charlie Hebdo returns with forgiving message BARELY a week after its deadliest terror attack in decades, France continued to mourn for the 17 victims who died during the three days…
Suspects in Paris attack killed after manhunt
AFTER a two-day manhunt across the French countryside, police have confirmed the deaths of two terror suspects responsible for the Jan. 7 attack on a satirical newspaper in Paris. French-Algerian…
Cuba frees some ‘political prisoners,’ US says
CUBA has begun releasing some of the 53 individuals the United States deems political prisoners, the State Department said, as part of the two nations’ agreement last month to normalize…
Gunmen kill 12 in Paris terror attack
Hooded gunmen clad in black burst into the office of a provocative French satirical magazine on Wednesdaymorning, January 7, killing 12 before escaping onto the streets of Paris, according to police….
Users abroad can’t stream Netflix through VPNs
NETFLIX users living abroad who use virtual private networks (VPNs) to watch shows blocked in their countries may no longer be able to use the tactic to do so. The…
North Korea sends threats; no proof of involvement in Sony cyberattack
FBI investigators have linked the costly Sony Pictures cyber attack, which exposed sensitive corporate information including terrorist threats against moviegoers, to North Korea. The hack also prompted the studio to…
Millions of cars recalled globally due to Takata air bags
More than 20 million cars worldwide have been recalled due to defective air bags manufactured by Japanese company Takata Corp. At least five deaths have been linked to faulty Takata…
Ebola burial workers dump corpses to protest no pay
Burial workers in Sierra Leone have left corpses on a street outside a hospital in the city of Kenema in protest of not having received pay bonuses for managing victims…
US, China reach ‘historic’ climate change agreement
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama reached a deal on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the next several…
China suspected of breaching data in USPS computer networks
CHINESE government hackers are suspected of hacking computer networks of the United States Postal Service (USPS), jeopardizing the information of more than 800,000 employees. The FBI informed the Postal Service…
No consensus on gays, divorced Catholics at synod
Pope Francis beatifies Paul VI AS the Vatican synod assembly on the family came to a close this past weekend, the world waited to see the bishops’ final decision on…
Bishops debate Catholic views on marriage and family at Synod conference
“Speak with parrhesia and listen with humility,” said Pope Francis—using the Greek term meaning to speak candidly or boldly, without fear—to Catholic bishops at the Synod on the family this…