Dual world records on Mount Everest
KATHMANDU – Mount Everest saw two record-breaking climbs on Sunday with a Nepali sherpa making the most ever summits and a British climber setting...
US man who received world’s first pig kidney transplant dies
MASSACHUSETTS – The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the operation, the hospital which carried...
Hundreds feared dead in Afghanistan flash flooding
KABUL – Hundreds of people are feared dead after flash flooding hit northern Afghanistan, with warnings the toll could rise after further storms across...
Internet outage felt across East Africa
NAIROBI – Internet users in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda have been complaining about poor connectivity as service providers across East Africa acknowledge there...
Ukraine repels Russian bid to cross border
KYIV – Ukraine says it has repelled a Russian armored attack in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, after Moscow's forces launched an incursion across the...
80,000 have fled Gaza’s Rafah City as Israeli strikes intensify – UN
GAZA STRIP – More than 80,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah since Monday, the United Nations (UN) says, as Israeli...
Possible genocide committed in Sudan, says rights group
DARFUR – A genocide may have been committed in the West Darfur city of El Geneina in one of the worst atrocities of the...
Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers
CARACAS – Venezuela may be the first nation in modern history to lose all its glaciers after climate scientists downgraded its last one to...
Strong residential sales, mall and hotel revenues boost Megaworld’s Q1 profit; Company to end...
PROPERTY giant Megaworld, the country’s leading township developer, saw its net income climb to P5.0-billion during the first quarter of 2024, a significant 10%...
Olympic flame arrives in France
PARIS – The Olympic flame has arrived on French soil at the southern port city of Marseille amid tight security, 79 days before the...