•A fuel pump nozzle Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today Germany will slash fuel taxes as households struggle with the energy shock from the Middle East war, while warning the conflict will have long-lasting economic consequences. The announcement came after oil prices surged again following the collapse of US-Iran peace talks and US President...
•Residents walk over debris of a structure destroyed in high winds in central today Typhoon Kalmaegi churned across Vietnam today, claiming five more lives after its devastating passage through the Philippines where the death toll rose to 188. Kalmaegi unleashed record rainfall and flooding in the central Philippines this week — sweeping away ...
•Strong winds The Chinese city of Shenzhen began preparing to evacuate 400,000 people while residents of the northern Philippines sought shelter from gale-force winds today as Super Typhoon Ragasa continued on a collision course with southern China. The typhoon made landfall on the Philippines’ Calayan Island, part of the sparsely populated Ba...
Thirty-nine Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were victims of human trafficking in Lagos, Nigeria, have been repatriated by the Philippine government, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed yesterday. The group arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 aboard Qatar Airways Flight QR932 today, Monday, August ...

