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Nickelodeon unveiled the nominations for the Kids’ Choice Awards (KCA) 2024 including 50 first-time nominees in film, television, music and sports. Nominees for the Favorite Asian Act category are ENHYPEN, Iman Troye, NiziU, SB19 and Tiara Andini. In the Global category, BLACKPINK got nominated for Global Music Star while BlackPink: …

On the day his daughter was born, the father trembled as he held her tiny ear to his left chest. A nurse told him not to be afraid: “Her daddy’s heartbeat would tell her not to be frightened — and that daddy would protect her so she wouldn’t cry,” the …

Pauline Arejola is the sole participant from the Philippines at the World Youth Choir 2024 Alumni Session./Pauline Arejola via Facebook  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A soprano from the University of the Philippines (UP) is set to represent the Philippines at the World Youth Choir 2024 Alumni Session. Pauline Arejola is …

Photo Credit: Reuters EMERGING Asian equity markets faced a second month of foreign outflows in May as robust US economic data fueled skepticism over Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cuts. Data from stock exchanges in India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines and Taiwan revealed that overseas investors withdrew a …

Faced with tough questions about their record profits and climate track record, Canadian oil and gas executives argued Thursday there’s no need for a cap on emissions and that regulations have made it difficult to do business.  Leaders of Suncor, Imperial Oil and Shell Canada appear before environment committee. Faced …

Recent sightings of abnormally large hornets has sparked concerns among some people that they’re the feared ‘murder hornets.’ But while the bugs may be big, they’re actually a species that’s been in Ontario for more than a century, experts say.  Large insects aren’t feared ‘murder hornets,’ experts say. Christine Moses …

World Food Safety Day, observed every June 7 since 2018, is a global reminder that the food we consume impacts our health, communities, and future generations. This year’s theme, “Food safety: Prepare for the unexpected,” resonates deeply in a world where one in 10 people falls ill due to contaminated …

“They are challenging our territorial integrity and our sovereignty. And that is one issue that is to a certain extent, non-negotiable. The so-called “gentleman’s deal” that China has been promoting refers to a verbal agreement between leaders of the Philippines and China to uphold regional peace, which was deemed to …

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. graces the 2024 General Assembly of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines at a hotel in Pasay City on February 27, 2024. (PPA Pool photos by KJ Rosales / The Philippine STAR)  MANILA, Philippines — While emphasizing that the Philippines is not declaring war …

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced a successful third Philippine-US Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in Philippine territorial waters, involving the Philippine Navy’s BRP Gregorio del Pilar and US Navy’s USS Gabrielle Giffords. Gregorio del Pilar’s AW109 helicopter and Gabrielle Giffords’ MH-60S Sea Hawk were involved in the activity …