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MANILA, Philippines — Party leaders at the House of Representatives have called out former President Rodrigo Duterte for taking potshots at the lower chamber after the former chief executive accused their leader of corruption and threatened to kill a lawmaker critical of Vice President Sara Duterte.
SYDNEY—Australians have roundly rejected greater rights for Indigenous citizens, scuppering plans to amend the country’s 122-year-old constitution after a divisive and racially-tinged referendum campaign.
It is the fourth day since Hamas, the terrorist group based in Gaza, attacked the country of Israel. According to the latest reports, almost all the areas occupied by the terrorists in the first days of the fighting have been retaken. And little by little, the horrible things that the terrorists did to Israeli civilians are coming to light.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown — a first in U.S. history, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throwing the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.
VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Eight years after warning in a landmark thesis of the devastation of man-made climate change, Pope Francis is publishing an update Wednesday to take stock and offer ideas for action.
MANILA, Philippines — Over the years, vaping has emerged as a contentious topic, sparking debates about its potential benefits and risks. As a harm reduction tool aimed at helping smokers quit traditional cigarettes, vaping has garnered both support and skepticism. The stigma attached to vaping often arises from misinformation, misunderstandings, and its association with broader concerns such as youth uptake and the lack of long-term research.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 27) — A bill seeking to establish the Magna Carta for Filipino seafarers hurdled the Senate plenary on Wednesday following hours-long debates.
LET me share my unsettling experience in 2003 when, as general manager of an English-language services company, I ran a want ad for editors. Most of the 100 applicants had an AB in English or mass communication; three were magna cum laudes and six cum laudes; and 10 even had master's degrees. But their job application letters — with two or three exceptions — were written in incredibly strange, convoluted, stilted English like this one below: