President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. expressed solidarity with Japan on Tuesday, Jan. 2, after it was hit by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake and assured the public that the government is ensuring the safety of Filipinos there.
No Filipino was among the eight reported casualties in the massive earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year’s Day, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported Tuesday, Jan. 2.
The Arctic saw its warmest ever summer in 2023, the result of accelerating human-caused climate change that is pushing ecosystems and the people that depend on them into uncharted territory, according to an official report Tuesday.
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday, Dec. 12, demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza -- a call that the paralyzed Security Council has so far failed to make, piling pressure on Israel and Washington.
Music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it will reduce its number of employees by around 17% in a bid to cut costs amid "dramatically" slower economic growth.
