12:13 pm | Ben Cal, Philippine News Agency
The Migrant Heritage Commission (MHC), a leading service institution for immigrants in Washington DC, has predicted that Filipino-Mexican-American Jessica Sanchez will win the prestigious American Idol singing competition title during the finals on Wednesday (May 23, Manila time).
7:37 am | Agence France-Presse
More than a third of malaria drugs examined by scientists in Southeast Asia were fake, and a similar proportion analysed in Africa were below standard, doctors warned on Tuesday
6:57 am | Agence France-Presse
Youth joblessness is almost back at its peak following the outbreak of the global economic crisis and is unlikely to ease until at least 2016, the International Labor Organization warned Tuesday.
3:02 pm | InterAksyon.com
News 5 on Monday joined the 2012 Brigada Eskwela Kickoff of the Department of Education at Justo Lukban Elementary School in Paco, Manila, in preparation for the school opening on June 4.
3:00 pm | Agence France-Presse
More than 1,000 people in Myanmar's second-largest city have held a protest against severe power cuts, residents told AFP, the country's biggest public demonstration in five years
1:48 pm | Agence France-Presse
The solar eclipse that inspired awe on Monday also sent ring-tailed lemurs at a Japanese zoo into a frenzy, as they were fooled into thinking it was nighttime, an official said.
1:31 pm | Lourdes M. Fernandez, InterAksyon.com
The controversy stirred up by Lady Gaga's two-day Philippine show that starts tonight at the MOA Arena cannot be framed in simplistic terms, as may be seen in the arguments of those who have taken a stand on the issue.
10:06 am | Mira Oberman, Agence France-Presse
Scuffles broke out at a Chicago protest which turned ugly late Sunday when a few hundred anti-NATO demonstrators demanding an end to destructive wars refused police calls to clear the streets.
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9:54 am | Laurent Thomet, Agence France-Presse
NATO leaders launched Sunday the first phase of a US-led missile shield for Europe and sought to appease Russian anger over the system by renewing an invitation to cooperate.
9:52 am | Harumi Ozawa, Agence France-Presse
Thousands turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific to gaze excitedly as a partial eclipse occluded the sun at dawn in Asia and at dusk in the western United States.
8:16 am | UN News
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom has denounced the murders of two Pakistani journalists and expressed alarm over the continued deteriorating security of journalists in the country.
7:32 am | Agence France-PresseA
Workers in Algiers started laying foundations Sunday for what should become the world's third-largest mosque, a one-billion-euro project that will include a dizzyingly tall minaret.
6:48 am | Agence France-Presse
Robin Gibb, singer with the legendary British band the Bee Gees, died on Sunday aged 62 after a lengthy battle against cancer, his family said.
2:01 am | InterAksyon.com
CIGNAL, the fastest growing Philippine satellite TV provider, and TV5 sister company, will launch the Weather Information Network (WIN) - the country's first dedicated 24/7 weather and public information channel. The launch is opportune as the country prepares for the onset of the rainy season, which PAGASA says starts mid-May.
1:47 am | Reuters
A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection was in critical condition at Augusta Hospital on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
12:30 am | Nestor B. Ramirez, VERA Files
Customers are flocking to hole-in-the-wall type eateries in a shoreline barangay in Cebu to eat a special stew from the sea turtle or pawikan, despite laws prohibiting the catching or slaughter of the animal.
11:19 pm | Agence France-Presse
Myanmar aims to restore a stretch of the infamous 'Death Railway' to Thailand which was initially built by Japanese-held prisoners of war, the minister in charge of the scheme told AFP.
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