MANDAUE CITY — Former congressman Pablo John “PJ” Garcia is urging the Cebu Provincial Government to roll back taxes across the province, saying lower taxes would provide broader relief to Cebuanos than traditional financial assistance.
Tottenham’s goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario plays in the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland, File)
The US Defense Department formally notified 30 domestic academic institutions, directing them to immediately review their "academic, financial, and research collaborations with foreign entities of concern," the department announced on Monday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hours of fierce fighting between government troops and militias that killed dozens of combatants in Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa also left at least four civilians dead and 98 others wounded, a hospital official said Tuesday.
Facebook parent Meta's attempted acquisition of Chinese agentic AI developer Manus is thought to have spurred Beijing to add the new regulations. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Inspectors with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog have begun excavating at a site believed to be linked to a clandestine nuclear program run by Syria’s former government, the agency’s chief said on Thursday.
The High Court of Justice on Tuesday heard a petition by Hiddush and Democrats MK Naama Lazimi challenging the transfer of roughly NIS 460 million in coalition funds after the Knesset entered its election recess.
US President Donald Trump has been touting India’s election system as a model for tougher voter-identification rules in the United States that he is trying to force through in the face of political opposition.
Family members of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan have repeatedly raised concerns about his health deteriorating in hospital. (Reuters: Akhtar Soomro)
Primaries on either end of the continent on Tuesday will set up high-profile contests in November, and a California district will choose a replacement for its disgraced former congressman.
New South Wales will become the first state to undertake Australia’s biggest gun buyback in 30 years in a jointly funded scheme in response to the Bondi beach terror attack. The move has been welcomed by many, but has also been met with opposition from the Coalition and One Nation who say it unfairly targets law-abi…
ARCHIVO- El presidente de la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones, Brendan Carr, abandona un acto en el Salón Este de la Casa Blanca, el 20 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, archivo)
Meta Platforms is facing a critical juncture in its battle over youth online safety. Just weeks after suffering a massive legal defeat in New Mexico, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram is now defending itself in a California federal court against a bipartisan coalition of 29 states. The states say Meta del…
Nuclear material in Syria was discovered and collected by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Saudi state-owned Al-Hadath reported on Tuesday, citing confirmation by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani.
Primary races across the country have offered an early read on where voters want their parties to head before November’s consequential midterms in the United States.
Fighting violence selectively is like fighting pollution on only one side of a border; artificial distinctions cannot contain either – while both ultimately threaten you, too. That’s why we must go back to basics and proclaim zero tolerance for all terrorism.
Zionist Home-The Reservists Party chairman Chili Tropper formally ruled out joining a government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an X/Twitter post on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — Disney filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission alleging a violation of its First Amendment rights.
Democratic primary voters in Florida’s newly drawn 25th Congressional District are choosing on Tuesday between an anti-Zionist member of the Democratic Socialists of America and one of Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress.
Lusaka, Zambia – Hakainde Hichilema has been re-elected as Zambia’s president after defeating opposition challenger Brian Mundubile by more than one million votes, but his victory comes amid opposition concerns over the conduct of the election and questions about the country’s political direction.
Renters would be offered at least two-year tenancy deals and billions of taxpayers’ dollars spent on new public housing under a plan from the ACTU as it pushes for the Albanese government to build on its negative gearing and capital gains tax reforms.
Two joint working groups have been formed after United States envoy Jared Kushner and the Board of Peace officials held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an effort to push President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan.
Parti Quebecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon listens to a question during a University of Calgary School of Public Policy event in Calgary, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Senegal’s parliament has approved a law requiring the president, prime minister and speaker of parliament to declare and publish their assets both when taking office and when leaving, amid a growing political rift between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and former prime minister Ousmane Sonko.
The internationally recognised government in Yemen says that its forces have conducted more than 100 military operations against the Houthi armed group, also known as Ansar Allah, in the past 24 hours as fighting spreads in the country.
The Spanish Civil Guard has now confirmed there have been 15 rapes in Ceuta since the mass migrant invasion at the end of July, which has continued to shake Europe. In response, women are now reportedly fleeing the city in greater numbers as sexual violence spreads and scenes from the city portray a government unabl…
An execution facility for the hanging of convicted terrorists is being built within the already-constructed death row prisoner wing in central Israel, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's office announced on Tuesday.
OAKLAND, California — Opening statements are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr departs an event in the East Room of the White House, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan must be moved to a hospital after his party and family raised concerns about his health.
Disney's ABC has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission, calling the government agency's recent investigation into the company a "retaliatory campaign" due to the nature of its programming, which has been critical of President Donald Trump.
BERLIN —Senior conservative and social-democrat lawmakers in Germany’s governing coalition are urging the EU to sanction Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir after he called for nightly targeted killings in Gaza.
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham insisted on Tuesday he handled a message back-and-forth with someone impersonating Donald Trump’s chief of staff in the “right way.”
Likud published its full primary list for the 26th Knesset elections, scheduled for October 27, on Tuesday, with several ministers and current MKs placed in unsafe, borderline, and unrealistic positions in the hierarchy.
View image in fullscreenLusaka, Zambia Supporters of president-elect, Hakainde Hichilema, celebrate his reelection for a second term. The 64-year-old, credited with restructuring the country’s debt and making schooling free, won with around 60% of the votePhotograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image…
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate has canceled the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday due to forecast heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon or habagat.