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Defectors seek alternatives to Musk-owned Twitter

Daniel Hoffman, Agence France-Presse
Nov 08 05:57 AM

Mastodon has seen its popularity explode among Internet users concerned about the direction Musk is taking Twitter. Read more »

PH delegate calls for bolder climate action in COP27

Jasmine Romero, ABS-CBN News
Nov 07 09:23 PM | Updated Nov 07 09:35 PM

The Philippine delegation to the COP27 vows to 'call for bolder climate action and demand the delivery of what is due for the developing countries'. Read more »

MARINA downplays worries on possible EU seafarer ban

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Nov 06 09:51 PM

Filipino seafarers do not need to fear for their jobs on European Union (EU)-flagged vessels, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) said. Read more »

As pandemic eases, more Filipino nurses set to seek work abroad

Maricar Cinco, Kyodo News
Nov 06 02:20 PM

More Filipino nurses, attracted by higher salaries abroad, are set to leave their country as coronavirus border controls ease and hiring becomes more aggressive, putting the Philippines in a tight spot in dealing with its own shortage of health care workers. Read more »

Why is the world experiencing a cholera vaccine shortage?

Deutsche Welle
Nov 05 06:00 AM

The world is experiencing the highest number of cholera outbreaks on record alongside an acute vaccine shortage. Why? Read more »

UN climate talks: What are the top priorities?

Deustche Welle
Nov 05 02:25 AM

The costs of the war in Ukraine and COVID recovery continue to overshadow climate efforts. A look at what's at stake. Read more »

Bakit nakamamatay ang kumpulan ng maraming tao?

ABS-CBN News
Nov 04 04:38 PM

Nagiging tila soft solid daw ang crowd kapag siksikan sa iisang lugar, ayon sa isang pag-aaral na inilabas sa Physics Today. Read more »

Captagon: the drug Saudis work and play on

Haitham El-Tabei, Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 04:26 PM

Captagon has been sweeping the Middle East for years, with Saudi Arabia the biggest market by far. Read more »

Why is Kim firing so many missiles? US-South Korea drills, experts say

Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 02:56 PM

North Korea has fired more missiles in the last 24 hours than it did during the whole of 2017. Read more »

Monkeypox mostly spreads before symptoms appear, study suggests

Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 09:27 AM

People with monkeypox can spread the virus up to 4 days before symptoms appear, a UK study estimated. Read more »

Europe temp rise more than twice global average: UN

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 07:54 AM

A UN report found that last year, high-impact weather and climate events – mainly floods and storms – led to hundreds of deaths. Read more »

Middle East at risk of climate-induced food scarcity: report

Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 04:27 AM | Updated Nov 03 06:26 AM

Drought and water scarcity could impact crop yields in future decades, which will exacerbate reliance on food imports, the report added. Read more »

Seoul's Halloween crush 'predictable, preventable': analysts

ABS-CBN News
Nov 02 06:01 PM

On what should have been a night of fun for Halloween revelers, a bottleneck in a narrow alley in Seoul instead claimed 156 lives. Read more »

Blue whales eat 10M pieces of microplastic a day: study

Daniel Lawler, Agence France-Presse
Nov 02 06:15 AM

The tiny fragments of plastic have been found everywhere from the deepest oceans to the highest mountains, and even inside human organs and blood. Read more »

Monkeypox still global health emergency: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Nov 02 06:10 AM

Experts said that while some progress had been made in reining in the disease, it was too soon to declare the emergency over. Read more »

How elections put vulnerable communities at greater risk

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Nov 02 12:59 AM

A popular means of impressing voters is using physical campaign paraphernalia, but its effects have an unfortunate effect long term. Read more »

Things they lost: personal items catalogue Seoul crowd crush horror

Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Nov 01 06:43 PM

The broken and twisted detritus of personal possessions at the scene of Seoul's deadly Halloween crowd surge are a catalogue of young lives lost. Read more »

Timeline of a disaster: Seoul's fatal crowd crush

Taejun Kang, Agence France-Presse
Nov 01 04:45 PM

AFP uses official data, media reports and eyewitness testimony to examine the timeline of the disaster that left 156 people dead in South Korea. Read more »

Growing concern over unseasonal warm spell in Europe

Mathieu Gorse and AFP bureaus, Agence France-Presse
Nov 01 05:42 AM

Europe is experiencing exceptional temperatures even as it heads into November – a sign of accelerating climate change. Read more »

Old Testament battles confirmed in new study

Deutsche Welle
Nov 01 05:32 AM

Geomagnetic data can pinpoint the dates of biblical military campaigns. WIll it solve or start debates? Read more »

Grief, prayers and anger at South Korea crowd memorial

Agence France-Presse
Nov 01 01:43 AM

The 154 victims included people from more than a dozen different countries, from Australia to Vietnam. Read more »

Deadly Paeng flash floods in BARMM unexpected: official

ABS-CBN News
Oct 31 04:16 PM

A BARMM official said if there were betters way to predict what a storm could bring, they would be more prepared for a disaster. Read more »

FACT CHECK: ‘Di ito larawan ng pinsala sa Cotabato City

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Oct 30 04:54 PM

Hindi sa Cotabato City nakuha ang litratong ito na diumano’y nagpapakita ng pinsalang dulot ng pananalasa ng bagyong Paeng sa Pilipinas. Read more »

A 'rumbling' in the dark: Mom in Maguindanao recounts landslide escape

Ferdinandh Cabrera, Agence France-Presse
Oct 29 07:39 PM

As midnight approached and floodwaters rose around her, mother-of-three Chonalyn Sapi sought refuge at her local village chapel in the southern Philippines province of Maguindanao del Norte, only to find it was already filled with her neighbors. Read more »

Theft, robbery top list of Undas holiday crimes

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Oct 29 04:04 AM | Updated Oct 29 02:34 PM

Theft and robbery topped the list of crimes commonly committed during the All Saints and All Souls holidays in the Philippines last year. Read more »