Overseas | ABS-CBN News

WHO says COVID still an international emergency

Agence France-Presse
Jan 30 05:54 PM | Updated Jan 30 06:59 PM

COVID-19 remains an international crisis, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Read more »

Gunmen kill 8 at birthday party in S.Africa

Agence France-Presse
Jan 30 01:59 PM

Gunmen opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday at the weekend in a township in South Africa, killing 8 and wounding 3 others. Read more »

Germany's schools are running out of teachers

Deutsche Welle
Jan 30 12:31 PM

Germany is facing a major challenge to its education system — it needs tens of thousands more teachers. Hiring from abroad is one of the bright ideas to fill the gaps, but bureaucracy is hindering efforts. Read more »

S. Korea eases indoor mask mandate

Kyodo News
Jan 30 11:53 AM

South Korea on Monday lifted most of its mandatory rules for the wearing of masks indoors after more than 2 years. Read more »

No Brokeback Mountain: Russia bans LGBTQ-friendly content under new law

Deutsche Welle
Jan 30 11:26 AM

Any person who says something positive about love between two men may be forced to dig deep into their wallets and pay a fine. Read more »

Pope condemns increasing 'death spiral' in Middle East

Agence France-Presse
Jan 30 09:03 AM

Pope Francis on Sunday condemned a resurgence of violence in the Middle East, calling on both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to engage in a "sincere search for peace." Read more »

Boris Johnson: Putin threatened to lob missile at me

Agence France-Presse
Jan 30 08:16 AM | Updated Jan 30 08:24 AM

President Vladimir Putin threatened to personally target Boris Johnson with a missile attack just before ordering Russian forces into Ukraine, the former UK prime minister has claimed. Read more »

Trans women with violent past barred from Scottish female prison

Agence France-Presse
Jan 30 06:22 AM

Scotland's government said Sunday it would stop transferring transgender women with a history of violence against women to its all-female prison, days after a rapist was removed from the facility. Read more »

Tens of thousands homeless after Madagascar tropical storm

Agence France-Presse
Jan 29 09:44 PM

Two dozen Madagascans have died and tens of thousands been left homeless since a severe tropical storm made landfall last week and swirled for days off the island's western coast, official records showed Sunday. Read more »

PH willing to deport alleged robbery ringleader to Japan

Kyodo News
Jan 29 09:14 PM

The Philippines is willing to deport Yuki Watanabe, alias "Luffy," a suspected mastermind behind a string of robberies in Japan who is now in detention in the Southeast Asian country, once a local case against him is cleared, officials said. Read more »

China resumes visa issuance to Japanese citizens

Kyodo News
Jan 29 07:59 PM | Updated Jan 29 08:06 PM

China said Sunday it will resume issuing visas for Japanese citizens, a procedure it suspended in early January in protest of Japan's tightened COVID-19 measures for travelers from China. Read more »

UK PM fires Conservative chairman after tax probe: govt

Jitendra Joshi, Agence France-Presse
Jan 29 06:35 PM

The British Prime Minister on Sunday fired Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi after an inquiry into Zahawi's tax affairs found a "serious breach" of ministerial rules, the government said. Read more »

At least 51 killed in twin Pakistan transport tragedies

Agence France-Presse
Jan 29 06:15 PM | Updated Jan 29 10:22 PM

At least 51 people were killed in two separate transport accidents in western Pakistan on Sunday, when a bus plunged off a bridge and a boat carrying a class of children capsized. Read more »

Pakistan bus crash kills 40

Ismail Sasoli, AFP
Jan 29 05:45 PM

Residents gather over a bridge to check the wreckage of a burnt passenger bus in Lasbela district of Pakistan's Balochistan province on Sunday. Read more »

North Korea denies arms dealing with Russia

Agence France-Presse
Jan 29 11:56 AM

North Korea on Sunday denied providing arms to Moscow after the United States said the nuclear-armed state supplied rockets and missiles to Russia's private military group Wagner. Read more »

Peru political unrest

Lucas Aguayo, AFP
Jan 29 11:55 AM

Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima on Saturday. Read more »

Memphis police scrap unit after Tyre Nichols' fatal beating

ABS-CBN News
Jan 29 11:45 AM

Amid outrage over the shocking death of the 29-year-old Black man, Memphis police said they responded to calls to dismantle a unit originally tasked with reducing street violence. Read more »

Iran: 5.9-magnitude quake kills two, injures hundreds

Agence France-Presse
Jan 29 10:19 AM

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck northwest Iran near the border with Turkey late Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring hundreds, state media said. Read more »

Three killed in Russian strike on east Ukraine city

Agence France-Presse
Jan 29 08:14 AM

Three people were killed and more than a dozen wounded following a Russian strike on the city of Konstantynivka in eastern Ukraine, the local governor said on Saturday. Read more »

'Angry' Trump jumpstarts faltering 2024 campaign

Frankie Taggart, Agence France-Presse
Jan 29 08:04 AM

Donald Trump vowed to take on the "corrupt political establishment" Saturday as he bid to revive a faltering third run for the White House in two US states that launched his winning 2016 presidential campaign. Read more »

At least 24 die in Peru bus accident: police

Agence France-Presse
Jan 29 07:54 AM

At least 24 people died Saturday when a bus carrying 60 passengers, including an unknown number of Haitians, plunged over a cliff in northwestern Peru, police said. Read more »

Pope says those criminalizing homosexuality are 'wrong'

Agence France-Presse
Jan 29 12:17 AM

People who criminalize homosexuality are "wrong", Pope Francis said in a letter published on Saturday. Read more »

Japan's monthly COVID deaths top 10,000 for 1st time

Kyodo News
Jan 29 12:15 AM

A total of 252 new coronavirus deaths were reported in Japan on Saturday, bringing the death toll for January to 10,124, the first time a monthly figure has exceeded 10,000. Read more »

Pinoy Tayo Filipino Fiesta 2023, ipinagdiriwang sa Australia 

Annalyn 'Apol' Mabini | TFC News Australia
Jan 28 04:15 PM | Updated Jan 28 04:26 PM

Pinoy Tayo Fiesta 2023, ipinagdiriwang ngayon sa Craigieburn, Victoria sa Australia Read more »

French interior minister shocked at cat train death

Deutsche Welle
Jan 28 02:58 PM

The death of a cat after it was run over by a train at a Paris train station has roused outrage in France. Read more »