WHEN IT RAINS | New Russia probe leaks threaten to derail Trump’s foreign trip

US President Donald Trump was hit on Friday by embarrassing leaks that a senior adviser was a "person of interest" in a probe of possible collusion with Russia during last year's election campaign and that Trump had boasted to Russian officials of firing the man heading the investigation.

CHOW BUZZ | Anthony Bourdain Manila-bound for World Street Food Congress in May

Bourdain will also be in town to look for food vendors from the Philippines to join his New York international food market, whch is set to open in 2019.

US fighters scramble, escort airliner to Honolulu airport

The US military on Friday scrambled two Air Force fighter jets to escort an American Airlines flight into Honolulu International Airport after a disturbance was reported on board, a Pacific Command spokesman said.
File photo shows an Adelie penguin standing atop a block of melting ice near the French station at Dumont díUrville in East Antarctica

Antarctica turns greener as climate changes: study

In a study, researchers reported that plant life on Antarctica, especially moss, is growing rapidly, in the last 50 years.

French researchers find way to unlock WannaCry without ransom

French researchers said they had found a last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry, racing against a deadline.

2 killed, 4 arrested in Cotabato City drug operation

Two persons were killed and four others arrested in a police anti-drug operation in Cotabato City Friday afternoon.

Major global cyber-attacks in recent years

Here are major global cyber-attacks in recent years.
James Comey

Ex-FBI chief Comey to testify in open session – US Senate committee

Former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump last week amid an agency probe into alleged Russian meddling in the US election, has agreed to testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee at a public hearing, the committee said in a statement on Friday.

Netflix big-beast thriller ‘Okja’ impresses at Cannes after boos

As the Netflix logo hit the screen, sections of the crowd booed, and a technical glitch halted the screening.

‘HUWAG TAYONG MAGPAPA-OKRAY’ | In age of post-truth, turn to hope – Robredo

Amid the bashing from her critics, Vice President Leni Robredo said she finds comfort and hope in the travails and triumphs of the ordinary folk she has met in the one year since assuming office.

Support local at the GetMusic Indie-Go music festival

Featuring over a dozen indie acts, the concert happens Saturday night at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Wife of Soundgarden’s Cornell calls suicide ‘inexplicable’

'I know that he loved our children, and he would not hurt them by intentionally taking his own life.'
Manuel V. Pangilinan.

MVP expresses optimism beyond soft Q1 growth

The business community manifested a somewhat surprised mood at the slower growth of the economy for the first three months this year, prompting Manuel...
Distracted pedestrian

WATCH | Warning out for ‘distracted’ pedestrians texting while on the go

On the first day that the Anti-Distracted Driving Act went into force Thursday, at least 130 motorists were apprehended using their cellular phones or...
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China threatens war over oil in West PH Sea – Duterte

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte disclosed on Friday that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had warned him there would be war if Manila tried...