North Korea fires medium-range ballistic missile — Seoul
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a medium-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a spate of banned weapons tests by Kim Jong Un's regime this year.
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Fishers call creation of maritime security council ‘redundant, insignificant’
MANILA, Philippines — A group of small-scale fisherfolk criticized the government's countermeasures against China's aggression in the West Philippine Sea, including the reorganization of a maritime council, as “redundant and insignificant” to their needs.
PH, Czech Republic eye agricultural trade, technology cooperation
The Philippines and the Czech Republic have reached mutual understanding on several agricultural issues to improve bilateral trade and widen technology transfers between the two countries, particularly in livestock and dairy production and water management.
NLRC exec sued for picture of lawyer’s underskirt
MANILA, Philippines — A Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) official is in hot water for allegedly taking pictures of a female lawyer’s underskirt.
Workers set to remove first piece of collapsed US bridge
BALTIMORE, United States — The complex process of clearing the tangled wreckage of the Baltimore bridge that collapsed spectacularly this week was set to begin Saturday with removal of a first section, officials said.
Top-ranked Scheffler in five-way tie for lead at Houston Open
LOS ANGELES, United States -- World number one Scottie Scheffler, chasing a third straight US PGA Tour title, rebounded from a late double-bogey with back-to-back birdies to join a five-way tie for the lead at the Houston Open on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time.)
Japan, China experts discuss Fukushima water release
TOKYO, Japan — Japanese and Chinese experts held talks on treated wastewater from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan's foreign ministry said late Saturday, the first such talks to be announced since Tokyo began releasing the water into the ocean last year.
PAGASA: Heat index in 8 areas to reach danger levels
MANILA, Philippines — The heat index in eight areas in the country is forecast to reach dangerous levels today, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.