Measles is highly contagious, but vaccine-preventable: A primer on recent outbreaks, transmission, symptoms and...
Canada is seeing a resurgence of measles, with cases in the first quarter of 2024 already far surpassing the total for all of 2023....
Ancient humans had piercings just like us, archaeologists in Turkey find
ANKARA — Stone ornaments found around the mouths and ears of skeletons at an 11,000-year-old burial site in southeast Turkey prove that humans have been piercing...
Father and wife’s illnesses focus attention on future king, Prince William
LONDON — With both his father King Charles and his wife Kate absent from public duties as they undergo treatment for cancer, Britain's Prince William has come under the media...
FULL TEXT: Pope Francis’ reflections for ‘Via Crucis’ 2024
ROME— Here’s the full text of the Pope Francis’ meditations for the Way of the Cross for Good Friday, March 29, 2024: STATIONS OF THE CROSS...
Bruce Springsteen to receive highest honor at Ivors songwriting awards
LONDON — U.S. rocker Bruce Springsteen will become the first international songwriter to receive an Ivors Academy Fellowship this year, the highest honor bestowed by...
Excessive social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated adolescent mental health challenges
How does time spent online, and especially social media, affect the brains and behaviors of children and youth? Social media platforms are seemingly designed to...
Finland is the happiest country in the world – but our research suggests the...
Finland steadily ranks as the happiest country in the world. In March 2024 the country was, for the seventh year in a row, ranked...
GameStop faces ‘unsustainable’ sales decline, cuts jobs to control costs
Videogame retailer GameStop GME.N said on Tuesday it had cut an unspecified number of jobs to reduce costs and reported lower fourth-quarter revenue amid rising competition...
Hotels in metro offer activities for Pinoys’ Easter celebration
Those who are spending Easter in Metro Manila are in for a treat. Easter Sunday signifies the end of Holy Week after days of reflection and...
Bistro’s first modern chic Chinese resto-bar to open in BGC
A new Chinese resto-bar is soon to open in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City this April. Red Lotus, touted as the “younger sister” to Modern...
Selling undies? Actress Krissha Viaje reacts to unusual message of netizen
Actress Krissha Viaje earned laughs from the online community after sharing her draft message to an Instagram user who asked her if she was...
Filipino Catholic devotees nailed to crosses to re-enact crucifixion
CUTUD, Philippines — Catholic devotees were nailed to crosses in sweltering heat north of the Philippines capital Manila on Good Friday in a re-enactment of Jesus...
Priests who neglect prayer fall to worldly temptations, says Manila archbishop
At his annual Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, Cardinal Jose Advincula has warned that priests who fail to pray are susceptible to worldly temptations. In...
Philippines says it will not yield to submission in row with ‘patronizing’ China
MANILA — The Philippines is not seeking a fight or trouble in the South China Sea but will not be cowed into silence, submission, or subservience,...
‘Civil War’ movie set in near-future US poses questions about politics and journalism
LONDON — Filmmaker Alex Garland wants "Civil War", a tense thriller about a group of journalists documenting societal collapse as they chase a scoop in a...