Today’s Breaking News

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 05:23:09 +0000

SEOUL: North Korean state media published pictures on Tuesday of leader Kim Jong Un supervising what it called a “long-range artillery” drill, after Seoul said Pyongyang had launched two short-range ballistic missiles in its first weapons test for months. The images in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper included pictures of multiple launch rocket systems, and several […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 05:11:57 +0000

SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in declared “war” against the coronavirus on Tuesday, placing all government agencies on a 24-hour emergency footing as the country’s total cases — the largest in the world outside China — approached 5,000. South Korea has seen a rapid rise in infections in recent days and scores of events — […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:55:38 +0000

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Sunday he would not be taking part in a planned six-day spiritual retreat south of Rome after coming down with a “cold.” The 83-year-old pontiff suffered two coughing spells that forced him to turn away from the crowd and cover his mouth with his fist on a windy and […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:03:06 +0000

SEOUL: North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles on Monday, the South’s military said, weeks after Pyongyang declared its moratorium on long-range missile tests over. The move comes as nuclear negotiations with the United States are at a standstill and as a unilateral deadline Pyongyang set Washington to offer it fresh concessions on sanctions relief expired. […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 05:44:35 +0000

Four Philippine missions shortened their office operations and enforced online appointments as part of precautionary measures against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak The Philippine Embassy in Tehran, Iran shortened its operating hours from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon local time because of the rising number of confirmed cases of the Covid-19. “All embassy clients […]

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:26:50 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The future of abortion in the United States could be at stake when the Supreme Court on Wednesday hears what may be its most significant case on the controversial subject in decades. At issue is a state law in Louisiana which requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:11:28 +0000

SEOUL: Seoul’s city government has asked prosecutors to press charges, including murder, against the founder of a secretive religious sect for failing to cooperate in containing the spread of the deadly coronavirus. South Korea has seen a surge in the number of infections — adding more than 4,000 cases in less than two weeks — […]