AFGHAN CAPITAL COULD FALL TO TALIBAN WITHIN 90 DAYS: US INTEL The Taliban could overrun Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, within 90 days – sooner than originally thought – amid the withdrawal of US troops from the country, Reuters and the Washington Post report, ci
LANDMARK U.N. REPORT DELIVERS STARK WARNING ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS IT’S ‘CODE RED FOR HUMANITY’ The world’s leading climate scientists on Monday delivered their starkest warning yet about the deepening climate emergency, with some of the changes already
TOKYO DOUSES OLYMPIC FLAME, ENDING PANDEMIC GAMES Tokyo doused its Olympic flame in a ceremony on Sunday that echoed the restraint of a Games that played out without spectators and were defined and transformed by the global pandemic, dazzling sport and deeply person turmoil. &nb
US VOWS CONTINUED PRESENCE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA MANILA — The US will continue to operate in the South China Sea (SCS) to ensure prosperity for all nations in the region, the United States Indo-Pacific Command said.
TALIBAN SEIZES EIGHTH AFGHAN PROVINCIAL CAPITAL IN FIVE DAYS The Taliban took control of two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, taking the number of provincial capitals the group has seized since Friday to eight.
PHILIPPINES SUSPENDS SHORTER QUARANTINE FOR FULLY VACCINATED COVID-19 CLOSE CONTACTS MANILA — The inter-agency task force (IATF) leading the Philippines pandemic response said on Wednesday it suspended the shortened quarantine period for fully vaccinated individuals who ca
PHILIPPINES EXITS RECESSION IN Q2, BUT RECOVERY SHALLOW MANILA — The Philippines is finally out of recession in the second quarter, posting its best annual growth rate in 32 years, but the rebound was shallow and new lockdowns triggered by the fast-spreading Delta variant
WON’T ACCEPT A GOVT IMPOSED BY FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN: UNSC Members of the UN Security Council on Friday made it clear the world community wouldn’t accept any government forcibly imposed in Afghanistan by the Taliban, even as India called for the dismantling of terror
PDP-LABAN EYES BONG GO-DUTERTE TANDEM IN 2022 MANILA — A faction of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) has endorsed Sen. Bong Go and President Duterte as the party’s standard bearers in next year’s elections.
IRAN SWEARS IN NEW HARD-LINE PRESIDENT AMID REGIONAL TENSION The protege of Iran's supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country's new president during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, an inauguration that completes hard-liners’ dominance of all branches
