ARCHIVO – Vista general de la Reunión del Consejo del Atlántico Norte con jefes de Estado en la cumbre de la OTAN en recinto ferial IFEMA en Madrid, el 30 de junio de 2022. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Foto vía AP, Archivo)
TOKYO — Japan recorded its fifth consecutive "cruelly hot day" on Saturday, a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40C, as officials issued heatstroke warnings in parts of the country.
Visitantes del 46to Campeonato Anual de Surf y Salvavidas en la playa estatal Will Rogers, el viernes 24 de julio de 2026, en la sección de Pacific Palisades en Los Ángeles. (AP Foto/Mark J. Terrill)
MANILA, Philippines — House prosecutor Chel Diokno on Saturday said a video posted by Senator-Judge Pia Cayetano showing his exchange with Senator-Judge Alan Peter Cayetano over the subpoena for Vice President Sara Duterte’s bank records failed to present the full context of his remarks.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, center, hosted AI Summit, which brought together leading U.S. and South Korean business figures, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, fourth from left, and Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong, third from left, on July 24 in San Francisco. (Photo courtesy of Nvidia)
MANILA, Philippines — The Cebu Gems rebounded while the Bataan Risers gained ground on Saturday in the SportsPlus MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) 2026 Season at the Orion Sports Complex in Bataan.
MANILA, Philippines — Terrafirma squandered an 18-point lead but recovered just in time in the extra period to hack out a 111-106 overtime win against defending champion TNT in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup on Saturday at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.
MANILA, Philippines —The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it seeks pushing for stronger laws to curb all forms of violence within learning institutions particularly school shootings and stabbings to ensure the safety of students.
A general view of the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council Session with fellow heads of state at the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, on June 30, 2022. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)
ON July 21, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu, who was in the Philippines for the Asean-related Foreign Ministers’ Meetings, paid a 35-minute courtesy call on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
THE world is again facing a huge spike in oil prices and shortages of fertilizer and other oil-based commodities that are worsening world hunger and driving thousands more poor people to starvation in Africa as Iran continues to attack shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and block oil tankers. Twenty percent of the wor…
BEIJING — China’s market regulator said Saturday it had fined and confiscated 5.18 billion yuan ($765 million) from the country’s largest online travel provider Trip.com Group for violating monopoly laws.
SINGAPORE — Tech giant IBM said Asia-Pacific is positioned to lead the next phase of enterprise artificial intelligence as organizations shift from isolated AI projects to operating AI across their businesses, underpinned by digital sovereignty, hybrid cloud and quantum computing.
WHEN interviewed by Philippine media about what transpired in his meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after he was summoned to Malacañang on July 21, 2026, China’s Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan described it as very constructive and “not a kind of diplomatic protest, [or] a demarche.”
SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted an AI summit in San Francisco on Friday, bringing together the heads of leading AI developers with top South Korean business figures to accelerate efforts by Seoul to make the country a global AI powerhouse.
BEIJING — Authorities have evacuated more than 20,000 people and suspended railway services in southern China as approaching Typhoon Noul threatens torrential rain and gale-force winds, according to state media.
Há algum tempo, a inteligência artificial (IA) inaugurou mais um capítulo na disputa tecnológica entre China e Estados Unidos. Na semana passada, o setor voltou a ser surpreendido pelo lançamento do Kimi K3, um modelo desenvolvido pela startup chinesa Moonshot AI.
India’s captain Shreyas Iyer, left, with his batting partner Ishan Kishan run between the wickets during the second T20 cricket match between Zimbabwe and India in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Wonder Mashura)
Beach goers watch during the the 46th Annual California Surf Lifesaving Championships on Will Rogers State Beach Friday, July 24, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Japan’s Daizen Maeda (11) battles for the ball with Brazil’s Gabriel Magalhaes (3) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Brazil and Japan in Houston, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A Buddhist devout reads in front of Dhamek Stupa in the ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath, India, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Indian forces on 20 July attacked student protesters and journalists in the capital, New Delhi, with pump-action “pellet guns” that fire hundreds of metal sharpnels, hospital reports show.
MANILA, Philippines — The Gardner College Knights capped a dominant unbeaten campaign by sweeping all five of their games to capture the Under-25 championship of the Cheng Hoo Cup International Basketball Tournament held July 5 to 11 in Cirebon, Indonesia.
MANILA, Philippines — Macau came out smoking in the second half as it mowed down Titan Ultra, 131-126 to finally register its first win in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup on Saturday at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.
Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as India's education minister on Saturday, in a major victory for youth protesters led by the recently formed Cockroach Janata Party (CJP).
MANILA, Philippines — South Korea's premier summer music festival, Waterbomb Seoul 2026, opened at the KINTEX Outdoor Global Stage, launching a three-day celebration of music and water-themed entertainment with a lineup featuring some of the biggest names in K-pop and Korean hip-hop.