JANUARY means back to serious work for Paris 2024 Olympics double gold medalist gymnast Carlos Yulo. His thoughts, like his impeccable skills that won him the floor exercise and vault gold medals in ...

NEW YORK—I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little pygmy hippo, too! Forgive us the shameless attempt to link the fantasy hit Wicked to the delightful Moo Deng. But, hear us out—there’s something the ...

More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume ...

Hanukkah—also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew—is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...

Pope Francis on December 24 inaugurated the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome. One of the symbolic images of every Jubilee is ...

AMID the rise in trade-restrictive measures and geopolitical uncertainties, the Philippines is ramping up its efforts to forge more free-trade agreements (FTAs) to expand its market access and ...

OSAMU Suzuki, who ran Suzuki Motor Corp., known for its minicars and motorcycles, for five decades and drove the company’s global expansion, has died. He was 94. Suzuki died of lymphoma on December 25 ...

Focus on conductor Gerard Salonga and operatic tenor Diomedes Saraza, Jr. The year 2024 is drawing to a close and one is filled with the sights and sounds of outstanding, class acts in the world of ...

Luisito Mendoza, a Lalamove delivery man from Valenzuela, boarded his motorcycle to deliver a pata (braised pork) dish in Quezon City. It was already 11 pm, close to Christmas, but Luisito did not ...

WASHINGTON—Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: US officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, ...

THE Thai government’s campaign to pressure the Bank of Thailand to cut interest rates suffered a significant setback, with the Office of the Council of State effectively ruling that the official ...

THE Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) emphasized the importance of fostering innovation and collaboration in higher education to enhance the global competitiveness of Filipino students and ...