According to the Department of Health (DOH), vapes and vapor products pose significant health risks, including E-Cigarette or Vapor Product Associated Lung Injury (EVALI), nicotine addiction, and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, among others.

The Philippines and Canada have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening agricultural cooperation, covering vital areas such as agri-fishery trade, technical collaboration, food security, free trade negotiations, and other fields of mutual interest.

Toyota’s profit plunged 37% in the April–June quarter.

Workers at the Birtat Meat World SE factory in southwestern Germany have gone on strike again amid a salary dispute.

The U.S. labor market is cooling, but one potential culprit can be ruled out: artificial intelligence (AI) does not appear to be causing a slowdown in hiring across the U.S. economy — at least not yet.

The Library of Congress removed two and a half sections of the U.S. Constitution from its website sometime after President Donald Trump ousted the library's longtime leader in May.

The Bank of England has cut its main interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 4%, as policymakers seek to bolster the sluggish U.K. economy.

A new robot shop has opened in Beijing, selling everything from mechanical butlers to human-like replicas of Albert Einstein.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index saw another volatile trading session to close the week.

The Swiss executive branch, the Federal Council, held an extraordinary meeting after President Karin Keller-Sutter and other top Swiss officials returned from a hastily arranged trip to Washington.

Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago.

South Korea’s trade minister has warned of continued trade uncertainty despite a last-minute tariff deal with the Trump administration.

Elon Musk’s AI video generator has been accused of making “a deliberate choice” to create sexually explicit clips of Taylor Swift, according to an expert in online abuse.

Italy has cleared the way to build the world’s largest suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily in a massive €13.5-billion ($15.5-billion) infrastructure project long delayed by debates over its scale, earthquake risks, environmental impact, and the specter of mafia interference.

If Donald Trump truly wanted to lower interest rates, he picked the wrong target. Pressuring Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell into rate cuts has rattled markets.

Shares of American footwear firm Crocs have plunged nearly 30% after it warned of a drop in sales as U.S. shoppers cut back on spending.

When President Marcos Jr. boomed “Mahiya naman kayo” in the context of public works delays, it wasn’t an offhand quip.

Japanese entertainment and electronics company Sony said Thursday that its profit surged 23% in the last quarter from the year before.

Pessimism crept into the market Thursday, with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index closing at its lowest price point this year at 6,291.85, down by 33.24 points or 0.57 percent.

Nuclear start-up Oklo is among the 11 companies selected by the U.S. Energy Department for a test reactor program that aims to have at least three advanced nuclear reactors operating at national laboratories by July 2026.

Inflation is not surging out of control, with the headline number holding steady at 2.7% in July from a year ago.

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. posted a 421.8 billion yen ($2.9 billion) profit in the April–June quarter, rebounding from a loss a year earlier.

Billy Long, the commissioner of the IRS, is leaving his post after just two months on the job.

The cost of living in the U.S. is projected to rise because of President Trump’s latest round of tariffs.