Unprecedented heat waves in the Southwest Pacific hit over 10% of the global ocean surface in 2024, harming coral reefs and endangering the region’s last tropical glacier, the UN's weather body said.
The US Treasury is placing under sanctions a Philippines-based company accused of providing internet infrastructure to a swathe of virtual currency investment scams, better known as "pig butchering."
Four people are dead and seven missing off a western Philippine province after a dredging vessel carrying 25 capsized two days ago, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Thursday.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday he would meet US President Donald Trump to discuss issues like immigration, aiming to influence policies affecting many Filipinos in the US.
Climate change makes Philippines more vulnerable to tropical storms, with rising temperatures already putting the country at nearly double the risk of deadly typhoons, says scientists.
This year will be the world's warmest since records began, with extraordinarily high temperatures expected to persist into at least the first few months of 2025, EU scientists said on Monday.
