Philippine lawmakers are being urged to pass a measure that will protect children against the marketing of unhealthy foods to curb the rising cases of obesity among the age group, according to the ...

SEOUL — South Korea has secured a pledge from the United Arab Emirates to supply 24 million barrels of crude oil, its presidential office said on Wednesday, as authorities roll out measures to cushion ...

Arena posted its first-ever four-day sold-out concert run as the SexBomb Girls mounted their much-awaited reunion, drawing more than 60,000 fans and reaffirming the venue’s role as the country’s ...

SINGAPORE — Cambodia is importing more fuel from suppliers in Singapore and Malaysia to make up for supply shortfalls from Vietnam and China, its energy minister told Reuters on Wednesday, as the ...

Top Philippine conglomerates are signaling a strategic shift, bracing for higher operating costs amid the war in the Middle East and ongoing supply chain instability, even as they remain optimistic ...

ELEVATED OIL PRICES and prolonged disruptions amid the widening Middle East war may prompt the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to raise the key policy rate as early as its April meeting, Finance ...

China has assured the Philippines it will not restrict fertilizer exports to the country, although the war in the Middle East is a risk to global supplies, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel ...

Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported on ...

The chairman of the House of Representatives’ ways and means committee wants the chamber to adopt the Senate version of a bill allowing President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to suspend the fuel excise ...

Peruvian President Jose Balcazar shuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, just one month into his interim presidency, after his prime minister resigned. Prime Minister Denisse Miralles resigned early on ...

About 4.9 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday in 2024, according to new United Nations estimates, a sign progress to reduce child mortality rates was stalling even before global ...

DUBAI/JERUSALEM — Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani was killed by Israel, the government confirmed on Tuesday, the most senior figure targeted since the US-Israeli war’s first day, while a senior ...