Britain launches $17 million science prize

LONDON — Britain is offering 10 million pounds (almost $17 million) to whoever can solve one of humanity’s biggest scientific challenges – once the public has...

PAGASA records Metro Manila’s hottest temperature this year

MANILA — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) recorded on Monday the highest temperature in Metro Manila this year. In an interview, PAGASA...

Smart, Sun Cellular see 18% increase in smartphone ownership in Q1

MANILA — Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) subsidiaries Smart and Sun Cellular have seen a network jump to 18 percent in terms of smartphone ownership...

Flood surge in Belgrade threatens power plant

Flooding in Obrenovac outside Belgrade #poplave #srbija #obrenovac #uzas pic.twitter.com/dZSwu0EJf1 — Aureliano Buendía (@Aureliano_no_24) May 16, 2014 BELGRADE, Serbia — Belgrade braced for a river surge...

Senate okays bill extending corporate life of PNR for another 50 years

MANILA — Amid efforts of the government to improve the mass transport system, the Senate approved on Monday a bill extending the corporate life of the Philippine...

China criticizes ASEAN over Vietnam comments, demands group stay out of dispute

BEIJING — China has criticized the top official of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for saying Beijing intruded in Vietnamese territory, and a Chinese official...

Police investigate suspicious death of woman in downtown Toronto home

TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found in an apartment in the downtown area (on Isabella St...

Man faces charges after disturbance in P.E.I. that injured two officers

Asian stocks mostly lower on weak Chinese housing data; Tokyo rises on strong machinery orders

BEIJING — Asian stock markets were mostly lower Monday after China reported a weak increase in housing prices. Oil gained to stay above $102 a barrel...

Aquino admin institutionalizing infra project to sustain PHL growth – Purisima

MANILA — The Aquino government is confident on the sustained growth of the domestic economy beyond its term as more social infrastructures have been bidded out...