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Critical food aid support is to be stepped up for many hundreds of thousands of Myanmar refugees sheltering in neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, announced on Tuesday.

Ukraine: 2024 starts with ‘loss, pain, and anguish’ amid intense Russian strikes

January 2, 2024

Major aerial attacks causing widespread death and destruction of homes and civilian infrastructure have rained down on Ukraine in the first days of 2024 due to an intense new Russian offensive.

Baidu Terminates $3.6B Deal to Buy JOYY’s China Live-Streaming Business

January 2, 2024

WSJ.com: WSJD

Baidu has called off a $3.6 billion deal to buy JOYY’s video-based entertainment live-streaming business in China saying certain conditions were yet to be fully satisfied.

Big Tech Braces for Wave of Antitrust Rulings in 2024

January 1, 2024

WSJ.com: WSJD

U.S. antitrust cases against tech giants Google and Meta are expected to come to a head, likely producing long-awaited rulings that could shape the legacies of top Biden administration regulators.

LIST: Philippine tropical cyclone names in 2024

January 1, 2024

Rappler.com

From Aghon to Zosimo, here are the names for tropical cyclones that will form within or enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility in 2024

Justice served: Lebanon’s Special Tribunal closes

December 31, 2023

The UN Secretary-General praised the hard work of judges and staff of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which closed on Sunday following efforts to try those responsible for a 2005 attack that killed 22 people, including former Lebanese Prime Minister ...

Last UN peacekeepers poised for complete withdrawal from Mali

December 31, 2023

The UN peacekeeping operation in Mali is poised to complete its drawdown on Sunday following a decade of multifaceted efforts to support the West African nation and its people after Malian authorities requested earlier this year to end the mission by 3...

Things to Do: Our 12 Top Tech Tips of the Year

December 31, 2023

WSJ.com: WSJD

We rounded up the best advice from Joanna Stern’s Tech Things newsletter.

Fatal crash leaves 1 dead, 2 injured near Golden, B.C., on Highway 1

December 31, 2023

Darrian Matassa-Fung

According to witnesses and evidence gathered at the scene, police believe a car heading eastbound on Highway 1 lost control and spun out into oncoming traffic.

Manitoba RCMP respond to semi-truck blaze on Highway near Carberry

December 31, 2023

Manitoba RCMP say they responded to a semi-truck that was ablaze near Carberry on Friday.

Winnipeg police searching for missing man

December 31, 2023

Winnipeg police say they are searching for a man who went missing earlier in the week.

Snow-lacking season challenges Winnipeg skiers

December 31, 2023

A season of very little snow is causing some challenges for Winnipeg skiers, according to local experts.

Russia accuses Ukraine of ‘terrorist’ attack on Belgorod, vows revenge

December 31, 2023

An explosion of a missile is seen during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 29, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

MOSCOW,Russia -- Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out a "terrorist attack" Sat...

Montreal Old Port New Year’s Eve fireworks event permanently cancelled

December 31, 2023

The organization that has organized a free holiday festival near the city's waterfront since 2013, announced that it would no longer stage the event and its New Year's Eve party.

Okanagan Forest Task Force pulls 800 pounds of garbage from backcountry road

December 31, 2023

Doyle Potenteau

Including that 800 pounds, the task force said it collected 255,184 pounds of rubbish since Jan 1: 103,660 pounds of garbage and 151,524 pounds of metal.

Nino Niederreiter scores twice as Jets beat Wild 4-2

December 31, 2023

Nino Niederreiter scored twice and the Jets scored twice Winnipeg defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Saturday.

Winnipeg offering free transit on New Years Eve

December 31, 2023

Winnipeg is once again offering people a free ride on New Year's Eve.

China tensions rising, US revives WWII-era Pacific airfield

December 31, 2023

WASHINGTON --- In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan --- and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest --- is being revived.

But as the Americans hack away at the jungle ...

Acaylar and remnants of disbanded Gerflor squad continue to await their fates as the New Year draws near

December 31, 2023

There was a sense of uncertainty in Sammy Acaylar's voice when he talked about the future.

"I don't know if we (team) will be continued, up to now I still don't know what their decision will be," Acaylar told the Inquirer over the phone when ask...

Alberta premier to launch health care changes in 2024: ‘One goal can’t wait on the other’

December 31, 2023

Health

Premier Smith is set to take scalpel and bone saw to Alberta's $17-billion health-delivery system in 2024, while simultaneously scrambling to keep and find more family doctors.

Bolts feel ready for crucial grind in two leagues

December 31, 2023

The Meralco Bolts could hardly celebrate the holiday season because of a densely packed calendar.

And while coach Luigi Trillo admitted it was tough navigating around a frenetic schedule, he feels that his squad could snare something valuable of...

Raptors trade Anunoby, Achiuwa and Flynn to Knicks

December 31, 2023

The Toronto Raptors have overhauled their roster, making a deal with a divisional and legal rival.

‘Firefly’ wishes for more cinemas after MMFF best picture win

December 31, 2023

It may not have swept the awards, but "Firefly," best picture winner at the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival, emerged triumphant in the category that mattered most to its creators: best screenplay.

"I was so happy that it won best screenplay beca...

Celebs’ wish list, goals for 2024

December 31, 2023

GMA News Online / Showbiz

Heaven Paralejo
I am very content now, so I have nothing more to wish for. I guess it would be more about wanting to improve on my craft and to be more committed to the projects that I agree to do.

My 2024 goal is to veer away from romantic comed...

GMA Kapuso Countdown to 2024, star-studded sa pagsalubong ng Bagong Taon

December 31, 2023

Entertainment

Puno ng Sparkle artists na makikisaya at makiki-party ang inaabangang GMA Kapuso Countdown to 2024 sa SM Mall of Asia.

‘Migration’ in PH cinemas on Jan. 17

December 31, 2023

This January, meet the adorable characters created by Illumination, the animation studio behind the record-shattering "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" and beloved franchises "Minions," "Despicable Me," "Sing" and "The Secret Life of Pets." At the hear...

More SUCs upgrade capabilities, labs through RDLead program

December 31, 2023

Regine C. Pustadan | S&T Media Services

“My ultimate goal is to make a research proposal that will attract funding institutions because the small proposals that I submitted in the past did not qualify,” Dr. Marife R. Hilapad, a professor of Capiz State University (CapSU) said partly i...

2023 in clean energy: Wind, solar, batteries grow amid econ challenges

December 31, 2023

Isabella O’malley, Jennifer Mcdermott And Alexa St. John | Associated Press

Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified will help Earth turn away from fossil fuels and prevent severe warming and its effects.

‘Pray for Holy Land and Ukraine’

December 31, 2023

Joseph Tulloch | Vatican News

A few days before the year ends, Pope Francis renews appeal for peace

Vatican to publish never-before-seen homilies of Pope Benedict XVI

December 31, 2023

The Associated Press

ROME—The Vatican next year will publish a collection of never-before-seen homilies delivered by the late Pope Benedict XVI during his private Sunday Masses, most of them penned during his 10-year retirement, Vatican officials said recently.

Vatican probing into ‘miracles’ for Blessed Ukon’s sainthood

December 31, 2023

Roy Lagarde | CBCP News

A Japanese cardinal disclosed on Thursday in Manila that the Vatican has been investigating the miracles that could lead to the canonization of a 17th-century Catholic samurai and martyr.

Controversial Hindu temple opens more ‘floodgates’ in India

December 31, 2023

Shruti Mahajan | Bloomberg

As India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to open a controversial Hindu temple, where a centuries-old mosque once stood, Hindu groups have won important court rulings in the past week on other disputed religious sites.

As war in Gaza grinds on, tensions soar along Israel’s volatile northern border with Lebanon

December 31, 2023

Tia Goldenberg And Abby Sewell | The Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israeli officials are stepping up threats against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, warning that Israel is running out of patience as the two sides continue to trade fire along Israel’s volatile northern border.

World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1

December 31, 2023

Mike Schneider | The Associated Press

The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the US Census Bureau on Thursday.

Saving sharks and rays

December 31, 2023

Jonathan L. Mayuga

The award-winning short film about sharks, “Older Than Trees,” was launched recently. It is a story of hope for the future of sharks and rays.

Best of the best: 2023 ART SCENE

December 31, 2023

Pablo A. Tariman

It was the year the performing arts came back with a vengeance after the uncertain years of 2020, 2021, and 2022.

2023: The year of the whodunit

December 31, 2023

Juaniyo Arcellana

First big news of the year was the assassination of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, a classic whodunit in the tradition of political and media rubouts that seemed to have carried over from the year previous, particularly that of broadcaster Percy...

Lone bettor win P571 million lotto pot

December 31, 2023