The World Trade Organization failed to reach any new agreements on Wednesday, ending a three-day ministerial conference in discord in the face of stinging U.S. criticism of the group and vetoes from other countries.

(UPDATE 2 - 12:03 p.m.) At no time before, during and after the roll-out of the P3.5-billion dengue vaccination program did he hear anyone object to the introduction of Sanofi Pasteur's Dengvaxia to over 800,000 Filipino children, former President Benigno Aquino III told the Senate Thursday.

Activist lawmakers said the ratification of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion bill by the House of Representatives with barely a dozen members on the floor Wednesday night was "invalid."

'Three Billboards' led the 2018 Screen Actors Guild nominations on Wednesday, going at odds with the Golden Globes list.

An Ecuadorean court on Wednesday sentenced Vice President Jorge Glas to six years in jail after finding him guilty of receiving bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in return for handing the scandal-ridden firm state contracts.

'No to letting him give me oral sex [among other overtures]. And with every refusal came Harvey’s Machiavellian rage.'

An independent U.N. human rights investigator said on Wednesday that he had information about an inmate being tortured at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention facility, despite Washington banning “enhanced interrogation techniques” almost 10 years ago.

Muslim leaders on Wednesday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and called on the world to respond by recognizing East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.

No negotiations can be held with North Korea until it improves its behavior, a White House official said on Wednesday, raising questions about U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s offer to begin talks with Pyongyang any time and without preconditions.

Myanmar’s government said on Wednesday that police had arrested two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The reporters had been working on stories about a military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rahkine State that has caused almost 650,000 people to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.

(UPDATE 2 - 2:45 p.m.) Tropical cyclone warning signal No. 1 has been raised over provinces in the Eastern Visayas and Bicol regions as tropical depression “Urduja” accelerated and changed course slightly as it neared the Sorsogon-Northern Samar area early Thursday, December 14.

Members of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption have again pushed for the ouster of Conchita Carpio-Morales by submitting to the House of Representatives an impeachment complaint against the ombudsman.

(UPDATED) As its final act before adjourning for the year, the House of Representatives ratified the bicameral conference committee version of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) bill, the first tax measure under the Duterte administration.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will not be offering the 28-day Term Deposit Facility (TDF) during the auction on Dec. 20 as it continues to be less attractive to banks.

An official of French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur on Wednesday apologized to members of the Philippines' congressional health committee for issuing a global advisory that its vaccine may cause severe dengue among those who had received Dengvaxia shots prior to contracting dengue.