What makes the emergent boys’ love genre so compelling for Asian audiences?     At her lowest point, fighting burnout and depression in her Chinese hometown, Huang Bingbing says she found comfort in watching the escapist love story of t...

Max Verstappen eased the pressure on Sunday when he completed a hat-trick of victories at the Canadian Grand Prix to consolidate his early-season lead in the drivers’ championship. After being beaten in two of the previous three races, the series...

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Volleyball fans from all over the country would automatically recognize the monicker “Cherry Bomb.” What comes to our minds when we hear this, is the small but powerful spiker from Compostela, Cebu. Her prowess on the volleyball ...

MANILA, Philippines — A patrolwoman was reportedly sexually harassed by a police major in Bulacan last June 7, according to the authorities. In a report on Monday, Bulacan police identified the suspect as Major Gerardo Navarro. READ: 2 Cavite cops faci...

European markets sank with the euro on Monday after a win for far-right parties in EU elections and French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap parliamentary poll fuelled uncertainty in the bloc. The losses came after a mostly nega...

MANILA, Philippines — A radio reporter’s alleged physical assault by protesting jeepney drivers in Quezon City on Monday has been condemned by the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS). “Mariin natin kinokondena ang karahasan na ito ...

ARQALYL, Kazakhstan — After a few hesitant steps following a long flight from Prague, three Przewalski horses galloped off for the first time into the Kazakh steppe — the native habitat of this endangered species. The horses emerged after b...

NEW DELHI, India — India’s heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government’s top weather expert said Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a h...

GENEVA — Switzerland will stage a conference on Ukraine this coming weekend, with world leaders set to discuss how to reach an eventual peace process — although Russia is not taking part. The gathering comes immediately after the G7 summit ...

Charlie Dizon considers her “Third World Romance” co-star and now-husband Carlo Aquino her “lucky charm” after her Best Actress win at the 47th Gawad Urian Awards. Held at De La Salle University last June 9, Dizon was named Best Actress for her perform...

MANILA, Philippines — A radio reporter was allegedly attacked by jeepney drivers protesting in front of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and Land Transportation Office in Quezon City on Monday. But the strikers claimed the journ...

Payton Pritchard doesn’t care much about what his line in the stat sheet looks like, which is one of the many things that endears him to Joe Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics. He was sent into Game 2 of the NBA Finals with 3.3 seconds remaining in the th...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is looking at how they could incorporate the singing of the “Bagong Pilipinas” (“New Philippines”) hymn into their Monday morning flag ceremony at Plaza Sugbo. Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia said tha...

MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan is likely to run for the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections. “Siguro (maybe) on a scale of one to 10, [there is a probability of] eight [to] nine [for me to] go back to the Senate,...

Enjoy the comforts of a 5-star luxury hotel with the allure of old-European culture at Andaz Prague     The thing with modern luxury hotels these days—sure their service is impeccable, the food is to die for, the rooms and the architecture ar...