Malacañang on Thursday said it will leave to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide if the Chinese beauty product that listed its Binondo address as a province of the People’s Republic of China should be banned.
Melania Trump statue burned in Slovenia
The US artist behind a wooden statue of Melania Trump in Slovenia said Thursday that he was mulling an “artistic response” after his work was burned down at the weekend.
Duterte appeals to landlords: ‘Wag muna maningil ng upa
President Rodrigo Duterte is urging landlords to be compassionate and give their tenants rent relief.
US to free some prisoners amid coronavirus threat
US Attorney General Bill Barr said Thursday he had instructed federal prisons to free some inmates to lessen the impact of the coronavirus epidemic.
Use bandanas, scarves if no masks available: US health authorities
US health authorities on Thursday advised medical personnel facing a shortage of protective masks to use bandanas or scarves in an emergency.
Church says faithful can avoid kissing icons over virus threat
Ukraine’s Orthodox Church on Thursday urged the faithful to observe a series of measures against the spread of the novel coronavirus and allowed them not to kiss icons.
Trump says politicians need to shake handshaking habit
President Donald Trump and Ireland’s visiting prime minister, Leo Varadkhar, had a “strange” moment Thursday when it came to the traditional handshake.
US hospital virus preparation ‘disturbing’: nurses union
The largest nursing union in the US denounced Thursday the “disturbing” lack of preparation at many hospitals and clinics in the face of the deadly new coronavirus outbreak.
‘Long list’ of countries not doing enough against virus: WHO
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that too many countries were not taking all the steps needed to fight the spread of the deadly new coronavirus.
UN chief calls for end to ‘stupid’ gender inequality
UN chief Antonio Guterres Thursday called for an end to gender inequality which he said “should shame us all in the 21st century because it is not only unacceptable, it is stupid.”
WHO says virus at ‘decisive point’ as world battles spread
The World Health Organization declared Thursday that the new coronavirus epidemic was at a “decisive point” as countries across the globe battled to contain the deadly outbreak.
Virus quarantines must be ‘proportionate’, respect rights: UN
Countries should only use quarantine against the deadly new coronavirus when truly needed, and must respect the rights of those in isolation, the UN rights chief said Thursday.
Fewer virus cases in China, but deaths abroad increase
China on Thursday touted a big drop in new virus infections as proof its epidemic control efforts are working, but the toll grew abroad with deaths in Japan and South Korea.
Duterte warns military takeover of water ops: ‘Wag n’yo akong takot-takutin!
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday warned that he will order the military to take over the operations of water services in Metro Manila if Maynilad and Manila Water do not get their act together.
Huge North Korean beach resort ‘nearing completion’
A giant beach resort in North Korea is nearing completion, a US monitor said Thursday, with satellite pictures showing rapid progress on the sprawling development, now equipped with a water slide and cinema.
Nations ‘face extinction’ without instant climate action
Dozens of nations threatened with catastrophe from unchecked climate change warned Thursday they “face extinction” without immediate action to rein in mankind’s emissions, as UN climate talks limped towards their conclusion.
Presidential aide arrested for graft
Sri Lankan police caught a top aide of President Maithripala Sirisena in the act of allegedly accepting a bribe from a foreign investor on Thursday, an anti-corruption official said.
Imposing deadline to end Marawi siege is impractical – Honasan
It’s impractical, if not unrealistic for the government to impose a deadline on the military on when to end the crisis in Marawi City as there are a lot of variables that could stand in the way in realizing the target date, Sen. Gregorio Honasan said Thursday (June 29).
