STEEL industry experts and government officials are reckoning with the loose ends hounding the Philippines’s preparedness for “The Big One,” as substandard building materials have again become the ...

BANGKOK—Thai authorities said they are investigating why a single office tower block under construction in Bangkok collapsed during last month’s earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the ...

With almost 80 percent Catholics and other Christians, Filipinos observe the Holy Week where they perform solemn religious activities from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. On Palm Sunday, worshipers bear ...

Pope Francis reflects on his own illness at Jubilee of the Sick Still recovering from bilateral pneumonia that hospitalized him for nearly 40 days, Pope Francis made a surprise appearance in St. Peter ...

Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. It is considered the ...

University of Delaware entomologist Doug Tallamy’s research has identified “keystone” plant species that make up the foundation of many US ecosystems by producing food for native insects, thus ...

PITTSBURGH—Brody Penn tried every sport as a kid. He started with gymnastics, but his parents worried the gym was too far away. So they signed him up for baseball and soccer, only to have a familiar ...

GENEVA—Female athletes will be in the majority at an Olympics for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games thanks to a big win for women’s soccer. The Olympic women’s soccer tournament will ...

Doctors testified last week that Diego Maradona should not have undergone surgery two weeks before his death because it was not a serious matter. After checking a CT scan of Maradona’s brain presented ...

MILAN—Organizers of next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics announced an operating budget of “about €1.7 billion” ($1.9 billion) on Thursday, a €100 million ($112 million) increase from the ...

WASHINGTON—Republicans narrowly got their budget plan over the finish line. Now comes the hard part. The resolution adopted this week was only a first step that allows Republicans to draft legislation ...

WASHINGTON—A Russian-American woman freed by Moscow arrived back in the United States late Thursday as part of a prisoner swap completed as the two countries aim to repair ties. A plane carrying ...