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Cineplex Inc. says it saw its highest July box office of all time as Barbie and Oppenheimer sent droves to theatres last month.  $86 million worth of tickets sold is the second-best month of all time for theatre chain . Cineplex Inc. says it saw its highest July box office …

A former child-care worker in Australia is facing 1,623 charges of child abuse offences against 91 children, police in Brisbane said Tuesday.  Alleged offences against 91 children took place between 2007 and 2022. WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. A former child-care worker in Australia is facing 1,623 charges …

At a Glance As of the end of June 2023, the total outstanding debt reached P14.148 trillion, up 10.6 percent compared to the P12.792 trillion recorded in the same month of the previous year. Out of the total debt, approximately 68.6 percent originated from domestic sources, while the remaining 31.4 …

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday said the EU is ready to cooperate with the Philippines for a “free and open Indo-Pacific region.” “The European Union has been very supportive of a free and open Indo-Pacific, because an Indo-Pacific free of the threats of coercion is key …

Photo Credit: Straits Times The European Union and the Philippines will restart negotiations on a free-trade agreement as they seek to accelerate “a new era of cooperation,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday. Talks began in 2015 under then-President Benigno Aquino but stalled two years later under …

THE Philippines has called on the five nuclear weapons states (NWSs) to report on their disarmament obligations to allow all state parties to scrutinize them, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. They are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The meeting of the Non-Proliferation Treaty …

Cagayan, Pampanga, Bulacan join group; ‘Egay’ deaths rise to 25 A total of 106 places across the country are now under a state of calamity, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Monday, as Cagayan, Pampanga and Bulacan joined the list of provinces declaring a calamity state to …

A high-rise building in Moscow’s business district that houses three Russian government ministries was struck by a drone for the second time in three days on Tuesday, in what Russia called an attempted Ukrainian “terrorist attack.”  Latest attack strikes same tower that was hit on weekend. A high-rise building in …

Photo Credit: The Japan Times TOKYO, Japan– A strong typhoon sweeping towards southern Japan on Tuesday triggered the cancellation of hundreds of flights as officials urged thousands of people to seek shelter. Typhoon Khanun was packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 162 kilometres (100 miles) an hour as it crossed the …

A record string of daily high temperatures over 43.3 C in Phoenix ended Monday as the dangerous heat wave that has suffocated the Southwest since June receded slightly with cooling monsoon rains.  Historic heat began blasting multiple regions across the U.S. in June. A record string of daily highs of …