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6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine
MELBOURNE, Australia — Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks.The Gulfstream long-range business jet carrying them from the Netherlands landed at RAAF Base Pearce outside the Western Australia state capital, Perth. The passengers, crew an
Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano are ready to roll back the clock in a double MMA comeback for the ages
INGLEWOOD, California — Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano aren't bothering to pretend to hate each other this week.These trailblazing fighters have been through too much and been away from mixed martial arts for too long to get caught up in their sport's usual pre-fight posturing and preening. When they enter the cage at Intuit Dome on Saturday in
India raises fuel prices as global energy crisis adds pressure on economy
NEW DELHI — India raised fuel prices by 3 rupees ($0.03) per liter Friday as the government moved to offset losses due to higher global oil prices.In New Delhi, gasoline prices rose to 97.77 rupees ($1.17) a liter, while diesel climbed to 90.67 rupees ($1.09) a liter.India imports about 90% of its oil and has been hit hard by rising energy pri
CAAP tests disaster response capability in SAREX 2026
MANILA, Philippines— The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) conducted Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) 2026 on Friday at Manila's Dolomite Beach to boost emergency readiness.Executed through the Philippine Aeronautics Rescue Coordination Center (PARCC), the exercise simulated an aircraft ditching incident in Manila Bay. The d
Opposition group calls on Cayetano to quit
The August Twenty One Movement (ATOM) late on Thursday called on Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano to resign as Senate President, holding him accountable for the alleged escape of fugitive Senator Ronald dela Rosa.Dela Rosa’s warrant of arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on crimes against humanity charges was made public earli
FIFA finally seals World Cup broadcast deal in China at just $60M
GENEVA — FIFA finally sealed a World Cup broadcast rights deal for China on Friday, just 27 days before the opening game and at a much lower reported price than the soccer body wanted.The overall agreement with China Media Group covered the next four World Cups — two each of the men's and women's — through 2031, FIFA said in a statement. It in
Justice Department to seek death penalty for man charged with killing 2 Israeli Embassy staffers
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum, prosecutors said in a court filing Friday.Elias Rodriguez faces federal hate crime and murder charges in the killings of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as th
The balikbayan box: The way Filipino Americans have sent love all the way back home
PHOENIX — Beginning in the 1970s, just about every Filipino household in America was either hauling balikbayan boxes in person or mailing them to relatives back in the Philippines.These care packages that held goodies from the U.S. were seen as an expression of support during hard economic times — as well as one of pure love.“Balik" and “bayan