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After a year of record-breaking wildfires across Canada and the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, it likely comes as no surprise that 2023 was the hottest year on record. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2023 was nearly 1.5 C warmer than the pre-industrial average.  2023 …

South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday endorsed landmark legislation outlawing the country’s dwindling dog meat industry, as public calls for the ban have grown sharply amid animal rights campaigns and worries about the country’s international image.  Some dog farmers say they plan to file constitutional appeal. South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday …

Marketgoers buy what they need at the Marikina Public Market in Marikina City (November 5, 2021). (STAR / Boy Santos, file) MANILA, Philippines — Seven out of ten Filipinos disapproved of the government’s response to rising costs of essential goods and services, according to a recent Pulse Asia survey. Taming …

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has deferred the apprehension of jeepneys and other public utility vehicles (PUV) whose operators failed to consolidate into either a corporation or a cooperative on Dec 31. Supposedly, only unconsolidated PUV operators in routes with below 60 percent consolidation rate will be allowed to continue …

This undated file photo shows Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (STAR / File)  MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to indict former Commission on Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon for two counts of violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. According to the Ombudsman’s resolution …

ROME – Pope Francis on Monday called for the practice of surrogate motherhood to be banned worldwide. “The path to peace demands respect for life, for every human life, starting with that of the unborn child in its mother’s womb, which cannot be suppressed, nor become an object of commodification,” Francis …

ALL FOR A TOUCH. Thousands of Black Nazarene devotees line up at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the traditional “Pahalik” as many stay in line – even outside the Catholic image’s home, at the Quiapo Church (photo below) — to pray for good health and healing from the supposedly …

A robotic lander built by a private company was bound for the moon on Monday in an attempt to make the first U.S. lunar soft landing in more than half a century, after launching into space aboard a new rocket that was the result of a joint venture from Boeing …

The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit up on three different flights, a federal official said Sunday.  Alaska Airlines said no to long flights over water so …

An Israeli airstrike on a car near Rafah in southern Gaza on Sunday killed two Palestinian journalists who were reporting, according to health officials in Gaza and the journalists’ union.  Al Jazeera condemns killings of freelancers Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya. An Israeli airstrike on a car near Rafah in …