International

Cargo ship with Pinoy crew and 6,000 cows sank off Japan in typhoon: survivor

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A cargo ship carrying 43 crew and about 6,000 cows sank at sea after transmitting a…

Hurricane Nana makes landfall in Belize

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) -- Central American countries were preparing for the onslaught of Hurricane Nana, which hit the coast…

Typhoon Maysak lashes South Korea

BUSAN, South Korea (AFP) -- At least one person was killed and more than 2,000 people evacuated to temporary shelters…

US states told be ready to distribute Covid-19 vaccine by Nov 1

by Frankie TAGGART WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The Trump administration has urged US states to get ready to distribute…

Beijing pillories Pentagon report on Chinese military ambitions

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Wednesday condemned a Pentagon report for claiming Beijing wants to double its stockpile of…

Macron to back Iraq ‘sovereignty’ on first Baghdad visit

by Jerome Rivet and Maya Gebeily BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Baghdad Wednesday on his…

Two Koreas on high alert as typhoon approaches peninsula

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Flights were grounded in South Korea and storm warnings issued on both sides of the…

Japan ruling party sets Sept 14 vote on PM Abe’s successor

by Kyoko Hasegawa with Katie Forster in Hong Kong TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's ruling party will vote on September…

Australia enters recession after three decades of growth

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia has entered its first recession since 1991 after the economy shrank 7 percent in the…

Coronavirus pushes leading world economies into record slumps

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- Brazil and India reported historic second-quarter drops in national economic output this week, a situation…

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