WASHINGTON — A top Pentagon official has been placed on leave pending investigation, a US defense official said Wednesday, amid a probe into leaks in the Defense Department that was launched last month.

WASHINGTON, United States — US retail sales jumped in March, according to government data published Wednesday, powered by the auto sector as consumers rushed to buy goods before new tariffs kicked in.

JERUSALEM — Israel announced Wednesday it had converted 30 percent of Gaza into a buffer zone as it pressed its unrelenting military offensive, vowing to maintain its blockade on humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged territory.

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NBA: Jimmy Butler determined to bring Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Golden State Warriors another championship.

Marcos to Filipinos: Choose peace, safety on Maundy Thursday or during the Holy Week, which is a deeply significant time for Catholics in PH.

BERLIN, Germany — US ride-sharing firm Lyft said Wednesday it had agreed to buy German taxi app Freenow, planting a flag in the European market.

MANILA, Philippines — More than 60,000 passengers in ports nationwide have so far been recorded by the Philippine Coast Guard (PGC) on Maundy Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Antique ordered the principal of a Laua-an town school to explain a commotion at its graduation rites over the prescribed attire.

PARIS, France — Meta will start using public posts and comments by its European users to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) models from May 27, unless users opt out of the data-mining project.

Alert level 3 is still hoisted over Kanlaon Volcano, which indicates that it is still under high level of volcanic unrest.

Pope Francis leaves faithful guessing over Easter appearances as it is most significant religious holiday in the Christian calendar.

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — A fishers’ group supported by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bicol (BFAR-5) is preparing to participate in a trade fair in Camarines Norte.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Authorities are bracing for the influx of devotees and holiday tourists in observance of Holy Week as this city and several localities in Misamis Oriental have become major pilgrimage destinations during this time of year.

WASHINGTON, United States — Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday denied in court that his company had bought rival services Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize them, as his testimony in a landmark antitrust case came to a close.

Extreme heat, humidity over most parts of PH on Maundy Thursday, this is due to the easterlies, Pagasa says.

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Jesus Piedad Fernandez as the new chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) revealed on Thursday.

The Expo 2025 opened in Osaka with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event.

The death of Nora Aunor brought an outpouring of tributes from her celebrity colleagues, filmmakers, journalists, and creative industries on social media, who witnessed her kindness and professionalism, going beyond her “Superstar” persona in the entertainment…

WASHINGTON, United States — Japan failed Wednesday to secure any immediate relief from US tariffs, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba saying after his envoy held talks in Washington that future negotiations “won’t be easy”.