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U.S. receives documents for probe on Capitol attack

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 12:50 PM

A congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol received thousands of documents before the deadline to submit them. Read more »

32 Pilipinong inilikas sa Afghanistan nasa Qatar na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 03:43 PM

MAYNILA - Umabot na sa 32 mga Pilipino ang nailabas na mula sa gitna ng kaguluhan sa Kabul, Afghanistan at ngayon ay nasa Doha, Qatar na. Read more »

Economy of coup-wracked Myanmar to contract 18 percent: World Bank

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 03:54 PM

Myanmar's economy is expected to shrink by 18 percent in 2021, the World Bank said Monday, as a result of massive unrest following a military coup and a resurgent coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

Some PBA teams switch venues due to Taal unrest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 02:05 PM

Three PBA teams -- the Magnolia Hotshots, Phoenix Super LPG, and Blackwater -- had to leave their usual training venues in Batangas due to the activity of Taal Volcano.   Read more »

Tourists in high-risk areas near Taal Volcano told to evacuate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 01:27 PM

MANILA - Tourists near the rumbling Taal Volcano were advised to evacuate Friday after Phivolcs raised the warning to alert level 3 the day earlier because of a phreatomagmatic explosion, the Department of Tourism said Friday.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 24, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:23 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Taal Volcano's increased unrest

Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 10:30 AM

A fisherman paddles as Taal Volcano generates plumes early Monday morning.  Read more »

At Miss Universe pageant, Myanmar's contestant pleads 'our people are dying'

Reuters
Posted at May 17 12:28 PM

Myanmar's Miss Universe contestant, Thuzar Wint Lwin, used the pageant on Sunday to urge the world to speak out against the military junta, whose security forces have killed hundreds of opponents since it seized power in a Feb. 1 coup. Read more »

‘Deeply concerned’ world powers call for calm after Israel unrest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 04:02 AM

US State Department spokesman Ned Price condemned the rocket attacks by Hamas as an "unacceptable escalation" and renewed calls for calm in Jerusalem. Read more »

President Bolsonaro asks Brazil military about troops to quell possible unrest

Lisandra Paraguassu, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 05:06 AM

Critics fret that Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain, aims to marshal the army and police as a political force ahead of a fraught 2022 election. Read more »

Pandemic sharpens inequalities and could fuel unrest, warns IMF

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 09:11 AM

Poorest families have been hit particularly hard, and the damage to education could last for years, the International Monetary Fund said in a report. Read more »

Capitol police sue Trump over Jan. 6 riot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 02:49 PM

Two Capitol Police officers sued former US president Donald Trump Tuesday for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection that left dozens of their fellow officers injured and 1 dead. Read more »

China’s top legislative body to weigh overhaul of Hong Kong political system next week

Jeffie Lam and Lilian Cheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 23 01:29 PM

The apex body of the national Chinese legislature is set to endorse the drastic shake-up of Hong Kong’s electoral system in a two-day meeting starting next Monday.   Read more »

US lawmakers condemn Beijing’s plans to overhaul Hong Kong elections

Jacob Fromer, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 09 12:42 PM

A group of US lawmakers overseeing congressional China policy condemned Beijing’s recently announced plans to overhaul Hong Kong’s election system and urged President Joe Biden to help the city defend its “autonomy and basic freedoms”.   Read more »

Alert level 1 raised over Pinatubo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 08:28 AM

The state seismology bureau on Thursday raised alert level 1 over Mt. Pinatubo due to the "persistence of seismic activity." Read more »

Indonesia, Malaysia seek ASEAN meeting on Myanmar after coup

Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 03:18 PM

The leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia on Friday said they were seeking a special meeting of foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations to discuss the situation in Myanmar, where an elected government was overthrown in a coup earlier this week.  Read more »

Wall Street stocks shrug off Capitol Hill unrest, eye end of Trump term

John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 09:16 AM

Wall Street stocks mostly rose Wednesday, shrugging off unrest in Washington as rioters, angry supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump, stormed the US Capitol, disrupting a vote to make official Trump's November election defeat.   Read more »

Protests and pandemic: will pent-up resentment, frustration among Hong Kong’s youth explode again into social unrest?

Lilian Cheng and Tony Cheung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 05 01:16 PM

Hong Kong leaders must tackle students’ pent-up resentment against the government and frustration over the coronavirus pandemic, experts have said, warning that anger could explode again into social unrest.   Read more »

Hong Kong teachers, pupils punished over bullying of police officers’ children

Chan Ho-him, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 22 02:14 PM

Hong Kong's Education minister reveals his department has investigated 25 suspected cases since civil unrest erupted last year. The government is taking zero-tolerance approach and teachers could be deregistered in most serious cases. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 19, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:39 PM

Here are the day's big stories  in photos. Read more »