The wife of Taiwan activist Li Ming-che, sentenced to five years in prison by Chinese authorities for subverting state power, was stopped from flying from Taiwan to China on Tuesday to visit him in prison, rights groups said.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged bitterly divided Republicans and Democrats to work toward compromises on immigration and infrastructure after a bruising year of partisan battles that centered on Trump’s leadership.

A painter and performance artist based in Bacolod City was stabbed dead Wednesday morning, January 31, by the burglar she caught robbing her home.

The Taliban are openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan’s districts, fully controlling 4 percent of the country and demonstrating an open physical presence in another 66 percent, according to a BBC study published on Tuesday.

Cancer patients’ survival prospects are improving, even for some of the deadliest types such as lung cancer, but there are huge disparities between countries, particularly for children, according to a study published on Wednesday.

GRAB Philippines (MyTaxi.ph, Inc.) is urging the Land and Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to raise the cap on transport network vehicle services (TNVS) units plying the country to around 75,000, based on its estimated number of active units on the road.

Chadwick Boseman led his co-stars on the purple carpet in Los Angeles on Monday.

Listed Union Bank of the Philippines on Tuesday launched a P3-billion offering of high-yielding deposit notes to support business expansion plans and improve deposit maturity profile.

The Bureau of Immigration is reminding all registered foreigners to file their annual report for 2018 at the nearest agency field office before March 1.

Skyway has returned to its old toll payment scheme after motorists complained of heavy traffic caused by the opening of its new runway toll plaza and payment scheme.

Police in Quezon City arrested 17 persons, including a retired colleague, in a raid on the home of a suspected drug peddler in Barangay Old Balara early Wednesday morning, January 31.

Celebrity website TMZ reported that Salling died of an apparent suicide Tuesday morning.

Russia’s foreign spy chief, who is under U.S. sanctions, met last week outside Washington with U.S. intelligence officials, confirming a disclosure that intensified political infighting over probes into Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

Two foreigners who were swept away by strong currents after scuba diving near Apo Island in Dauin, Negros Oriental, were rescued Monday night, nine hours after they were reported missing.

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