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Protesters in 'Squid Game' costume may face raps

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Oct 21 06:10 PM

Only one-person protests are allowed in Seoul and surrounding areas under current social distancing rules. Read more »

Why Catriona was not in group photo with fellow queens in South Africa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 02:15 PM

Fans were wondering why Catriona Gray was not able to join the latest group photo shoot of Miss South Africa queens and Miss Universes Pia Wurtzbach, Andrea Meza and Zozibini Tunzi following their stints at the Miss South Africa 2021 beauty pageant. Read more »

Catriona, Pia reunite in South Africa pageant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 11:34 AM

Miss Universe winners Pia Wurtzbach and Catriona Gray, both of the Philippines, were finally reunited, this time, in another country as they attend the Miss South Africa 2021 beauty pageant. Read more »

Pia Wurtzbach rattled by wind, waves in S.Africa cruise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 02:13 PM

Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach lost a little of her poise during a cruise in South Africa with other beauty queens. Read more »

Pia Wurtzbach meets fellow Miss Universe Andrea Meza

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 11:33 AM

"When Universes unite." Read more »

Pia Wurtzbach meets Miss South Africa 2018 Tamaryn Green as fellow judge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 01:52 PM

The South African beauty queen and doctor finished first runner-up to the Philippines' Catriona Gray in Miss Universe 2018. Read more »

Pia Wurtzbach arrives in South Africa for pageant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 03:03 PM

Pia Wurtzbach arrived in South Africa days before she helps pick the country's next representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Read more »

Catriona Gray, Sam Milby bumiyahe sa Mauritius

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 07:34 PM

Bumuhos ang mga retrato ng biyahe nina Catriona Gray at Sam Milby sa biyahe pa-Mauritius para sa isang proyekto. Read more »

Moderna plans building vaccine factory in Africa

Josephine Mason, Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 05:06 PM

The US said it would support it, but the idea has faced opposition from pharmaceutical firms, which argue they need to oversee any technology transfer due to the complexity of the manufacturing process. Read more »

Google to invest $1 bn to boost Africa internet access

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 06:10 PM

Internet reliability is a problem in Africa where less than a third of the continent's 1.3 billion people are connected to broadband. Read more »

Pia Wurtzbach among judges of Miss South Africa 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 01:03 PM

She joins fellow Filipina Miss Universe titleholder Catriona Gray, who will serve as a backstage host in the competition. Read more »

Catriona tapped as Miss South Africa’s pre-show, backstage host

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 12:07 AM

Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray has been tapped to host the 2021 Miss South Africa pageant’s pre-show as well as backstage access in October. Read more »

Isyu ng dayaan sa 2019 elections sa Lipa City naungkat

Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 03:12 PM

Nais ni Bernadette Sabili na maupo na bilang alkalde ng Lipa City, Batangas matapos matuklasan ang dayaan umano sa nakaraang halalan. Read more »

Why Africa is struggling to get COVID jabs

Susan Njanji, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 21 07:48 PM

Nearly six billion vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only two percent of those have been in Africa. Read more »

Bees kill dozens of endangered penguins in South Africa

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 06:22 AM

A swarm of bees has killed 63 endangered African penguins on a beach outside Cape Town. Read more »

Guinea coup adds to growing knots in China’s belt and road plans

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Sep 13 06:08 AM

The ousting of Guinean president Alpha Conde could complicate China's inroads into the semi-arid Sahel region and parts of West and Central Africa. Read more »

Guinea in turmoil after putschists claim coup

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 06 09:09 AM

CONAKRY, Guinea - Turmoil engulfed the impoverished west African nation of Guinea again on Sunday as army putschists said they had captured the president and staged a coup, and the government insisted it has repelled the attack. Read more »

US shipping more coronavirus vaccines to African countries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 12:11 AM

The United States will ship more than 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to four African countries Read more »

South Africa detects new coronavirus variant

Alexander Winning, Reuters
Posted at Aug 31 01:31 AM

South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations. Read more »

Fast fashion spurs pollution of Africa's rivers

Emma Rumney, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 17 03:02 PM

Global fast fashion brands are helping drive pollution that has dyed African rivers blue or turned their waters as alkaline as bleach. Read more »