Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that...has created new forms for contemporary literature."

The Senate on Thursday approved on third and final reading a resolution concurring in the ratification of the defense agreement between the Philippines and France that will provide a legal framework for visiting military forces from both countries.

Hong Kong police have arrested two tertiary students suspected of being key members of a fraud and money-laundering syndicate behind fake job advertisements, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales. The force said on Thursday that officers had arrested 10 people in an earlier operation targeting the syndicate, which allegedly swindled victims – mainly students – out of more than HK$2.1 million (US$267,578). The suspects, five men and five women aged between 13 and 68, were arrested on...

A second visit by one of the top US naval officers to India this year has raised expectations that the two countries can insulate their growing military ties from trade tensions. US Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, who leads the US Pacific Command, is scheduled to leave India on Thursday after spending six days meeting with senior Indian defence officials and others. The talks, which follow Paparo’s visit to India in February, come as Washington weighs further tariff pressure on India over its...

(1st UPDATE) 'Almost all her literary production has centered upon the intersection between the philologist's obsession with words and the poet's desire for new meaning,' the Swedish Academy says

MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution panel in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Senate impeachment court to be allowed to present a forensic financial analyst first as their witness instead of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) representative since the assigned prosecutor tasked is indisposed. At the start of Vice President

MANILA, Philippines – Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste plans to personally post bail following a court arrest warrant over allegedly violating the Public Service Act, the embattled lawmaker’s spokesman said on Thursday. Lawyer Antonio La Vina said Leviste, who is reportedly in France, intends to post bail and address the legal case involving his multi-billion solar

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr."s satisfaction rating fell to -11, according to a recent survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

Vice President Sara Duterte received compensation income from the Davao City government in 2023, a witness from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines — Before his death on Wednesday, Oct. 7, “Tatay” Elmer Cordero had spent the last years of his life fighting battles bigger than himself — for his livelihood, for drivers like him and, most of all, for what he believed ordinary Filipinos were entitled to demand from their government. For many, Cordero first