TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: ‘We aren’t going anywhere’
WASHINGTON — TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday the social media company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by...
Antarctica’s sea ice hit another low this year – understanding how ocean warming is...
At the end of the southern summer, Antarctica’s sea ice hit its annual minimum. By at least one measure, which tracks the area of...
‘Will never get over this’: Bea Fabregas stoked after Beyonce sent tokens for son...
Content creator and host Bea Fabregas was over the moon after Grammy award-winning artist Beyonce took notice of her two-year-old child Tyler who declared the...
Church ministry renews call to decongest prisons amid extreme heat
Concerned by extreme heat and overcrowding in correctional facilities, the Catholic Church’s prison ministry arm has urged the government to expedite the process in...
Catriona Gray steals spotlight in interview with Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine
Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray's well-known eloquence was once again the highlight of a clip that teased at her interviewing "The Idea of You"...
Explainer: What do countries and companies want in global plastic treaty talks?
Global leaders will gather in Canada's capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution by the...
TikTok artists and advertisers to stay with app until ‘door slams shut’
Ban or no ban, TikTok's partners in the music and advertising world plan to stick with the massively popular short-form video platform until the...
Pinoys resurface ’80s milk commercial associated with ‘ghost urban legend’
An old television commercial for a popular milk brand resurfaced as Filipinos recalled an "urban legend" that it supposedly featured a ghost in the...
Alzheimer’s drug adoption in US slowed by doctors’ skepticism
CHICAGO — Nine months into the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the advance of Alzheimer's, Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi is facing an...
Spotted in Seoul: 5-story cafe dedicated to online game Genshin Impact
Ad Astra Abyssosque! Many Teyvat Travelers would be happy to know that there’s a Genshin Impact-themed cafe in Seoul, South Korea – and it’s not...
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ and the art of melodrama
Taylor Swift album drops have become cultural moments – whether or not you are a fan of her music. Each album in the Swift...
Philippines’ budget deficit at $3.41 billion in March
MANILA — The Philippine government posted a 195.9 billion pesos ($3.41 billion) budget deficit PHBUD=ECI in March, the Bureau of the Treasury said on Wednesday.
It brought year-to-date budget...
Gay’s can’t lift? Bretman Rock cheered for clap back at fitness coach’s remark
Filipino-American influencer Bretman Rock was cheered for responding to a fitness coach, whose now-deleted TikTok content implied that gays cannot lift in gyms. A video...
Boeing expects slower increase in 787 production rate and deliveries, memo says
Boeing BA.N expects a slower increase in the production rate and deliveries of its 787 widebody jets as the U.S. planemaker wrestles with supplier shortages "on...
First COVID, now heat: Online schooling returns to the Philippines
Filipino schools send children home due to heatwaves
Switch to online classes hits low-income families hardest
Teachers call for heat measures, climate change...