THE 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly takes place from 13 to 27 September 2022 in New York City under the theme “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges.” As the world’s most important forum of global cooperation began, the global community

ALL WEEK, a river of mourners has queued for hours alongside the banks of the Thames in London to pay their respects to their longest-reigning monarch as she lies in state in Westminster Hall. Tens of thousands also lined the narrow streets of Edinburgh to

Pag-IBIG Fund acting Chief Executive Officer Marilene C. AcostaIn a letter released by Malacañang on Sept. 19, Marilene C. Acosta has been appointed as acting Chief Executive Officer of Pag-IBIG Fund, succeeding Acmad Rizaldy P. Moti as head of the country’s leading home financing agency.Acosta,

President Joe Biden/FacebookWASHINGTON — US President Joseph R. Biden said US forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement so far on the issue and comments sure to anger Beijing.Asked in a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast on

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy/FlickrKIEV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed there would be no letup in fighting to regain territory lost to Russia as Kyiv reported its troops had advanced to the eastern bank of the Oskil River, threatening Russian occupation forces in the

TAIPEI — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads.The weather bureau said the epicenter was in Taitung county,

Cody Logan / Wikimedia CommonsPHNOM PENH — The drones were hard to avoid: they buzzed low over the crowd of protesters holding banners and shouting slogans outside the NagaWorld casino in the Cambodian city of Phnom Penh, then hovered above each of the speakers as

Taiwan Central Weather BureauTAIPEI — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads. The weather bureau said the epicenter was

Taiwan Central Weather BureauTAIPEI — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads. The weather bureau said the epicenter was

REUTERSLONDON — Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor said on Monday they had launched the first global registry of oil and gas reserves, production and emissions with data for more than 50,000 fields. The database makes previously disparate or hard-to-access data publicly available, including to investors