The congregation at the Manila Cathedral turned prayer warriors Friday afternoon, Feb. 21, as they rallied behind Pope Francis who is confined for double pneumonia.
Universities across China have launched artificial intelligence (AI) courses this month based on Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, whose AI breakthrough has been described as a "Sputnik moment" for China and garnered widespread attention.
Swedish police said on Friday they were investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, and the country's coast guard deployed a vessel to the area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.
Vietnam's foreign ministry published a map defining its baseline claim in the Gulf of Tonkin, where it shares a maritime border with China, which it said on Friday was to help protect and enforce its sovereign rights.
The first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has been moved from May 12 to Oct. 13 under a law signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia said on Friday, Feb. 21.
The violent stabbing involving student minors in Pasig City has put the spotlight on counselor shortage and inadequate enforcement of anti-bullying programs in schools, a youth group said on Friday, Feb. 21.
Senate President Francis 'Chiz' Escudero has expressed openness to holding a Senate caucus to discuss the looming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
Pope Francis, who has been in hospital with double pneumonia for a week, has had a good night, got up this morning and had breakfast, the Vatican said on Friday.
De'Aaron Fox scored 26 points, including 11 straight San Antonio points in the final 3:18, as the short-handed Spurs defeated the slumping Phoenix Suns 120-109 on Thursday in Austin, Texas.
Airlines have been contacted by Australia's air traffic control agency warning them of reports of live fire off the country's east coast where a Chinese navy task group has been operating, the agency and Australian officials said.
Seo In-guk, a South Korean actor and singer, will promote Philippine tourism to his countrymen, a role formalized with the Department of Tourism (DOT) on Friday.
An Argentine court cleared three people who had been accused of their alleged involvement in singer Liam Payne's death, local media reported on Thursday.
Have you received your national ID? Registration is now available for children under one year old, although the government is still working to clear the backlog in distribution.
Lawmaker-prosecutors have defended the constitutionality of the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte in light of the Supreme Court (SC) that challenged the action of the House of Representatives.
South Korean officials have requested an exemption from US reciprocal, steel and aluminum tariffs during their visit this week to Washington, the industry ministry said in a statement on Friday.
South Korean police are formally building a case against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over accusations he obstructed the execution of an arrest warrant, a police spokesperson said on Friday.
Pope Francisis "slightly improving" and his blood analyses are stable, the Vatican said on Thursday, in the latest sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia.
San Antonio Spurs All-Star center Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the rest of the season with a deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder, the team announced on Thursday.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) now mandates registration for conducting and disseminating pre-election surveys and penalizes those behind the unlawful publication of non-compliant polls.
Dale Ho, the judge deciding whether to drop the corruption case against New York City mayor Eric Adams, is a former voting rights lawyer whose nomination to the bench by former Democratic President Joe Biden drew fierce opposition from Republicans. He is the son of immigrants from the Philippines.
TikTok is laying off global staff at its trust and safety unit which handles content moderation as part of a restructuring, three sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
China and Hong Kong stocks dropped on Thursday following US President Donald Trump's fresh tariff threats, though losses were limited as analysts said the rally in Chinese stocks, driven by the DeepSeek breakthrough, still has momentum.
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula invited the Catholic faithful to join a prayer service for the healing of Pope Francis at the Manila Cathedral on Friday, Feb. 21.
Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their Oct. 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day.
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel III wants the impeachment court to begin the trial of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte in March, rather than the July timeline planned by the leadership.
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho said on Thursday he was proud of how his fellow South Koreans had overcome the fallout from impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3.
LaMelo Ball scored 27 points, including a driving layup with 14.2 seconds remaining, as the visiting Charlotte Hornets pulled off a 100-97 victory in a make-up game Wednesday over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Apple AAPL.O launched on Wednesday a budget-minded phone with artificial intelligence, the iPhone 16e, designed to win back mid-market customers at home and in crucial growth markets China and India.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw his support behind calls for a federal government takeover of Washington, D.C., saying the local government was 'not doing the job' on crime and homelessness.
Outpatient emergency cases in accredited hospitals are now covered by government health insurance, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) announced.
US President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a "dictator" on Wednesday and warned he had to move quickly to secure peace or risk losing his country, deepening a feud between the two leaders that has alarmed European officials.
The United States slammed China's “reckless and irresponsible” actions when a Chinese navy helicopter maneuvered dangerously close to a Philippine aircraft in Scarborough Shoal.
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and its subsidiaries, Petron Corporation and Ginebra San Miguel Inc. (GSMI), have been recognized in TIME and Statista’s 2025 ranking of the top 500 companies shaping business in the Asia-Pacific region.
Former ABS-CBN journalist Jay Ruiz is poised to assume the role of Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary, according to outgoing Malacanang communications chief Cesar Chavez.
Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia in hospital, is in a stable condition and has shown "slight improvement" in results from recent blood tests, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
Cesar Chavez has resigned as acting chief of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) effective February 28, 2025, or earlier if a replacement is appointed.
A motorcade carrying South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived on Thursday at the Seoul Central District Court, where the embattled leader is due to attend the first hearing of his criminal trial over insurrection charges.
The Senate has begun preparations for the trial of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte in July amid three Supreme Court petitions that either seek to expedite the process or halt it entirely.
A South Korean court found four former government officials guilty on Wednesday of forcibly repatriating two North Korean fishermen in 2019, despite their intention to defect, in a case that provoked criticism from global human rights activists.
