Google has struck a licensing deal with AI coding startup Windsurf, effectively ending OpenAI’s $3 billion acquisition bid after the exclusivity period on the offer expired.

China’s state security agency has pledged to crack down on illegal rare earth mineral smuggling, saying the trade poses a threat to national security.

Thai and Cambodian soldiers clashed in multiple areas along their shared border Thursday in a major escalation of tensions that left at least 11 people dead, most of them civilians.

In a new podcast interview with Marc Maron, comedian Conan O’Brien recalled the time he inadvertently pulled a condom out of Donald Trump’s blazer pocket—on live television.

President Donald Trump is preparing a new wave of tariffs—industry-specific and country-by-country—that could reshape the U.S. role in global trade by penalizing imports from abroad.

The Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (Cebu-BRT)—the country’s first modern public mass transport system, designed to serve over 160,000 passengers daily once completed—will begin pilot operations in September 2025.

The majority of shares declined today, with only the Holding Firms sector posting gains.

Government and corporate computer systems in the United States and abroad have been hit by a major cyberattack exploiting a vulnerability in one of Microsoft’s most widely used server software product.

A new provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will require all nonimmigrant visa applicants—tourists, business travelers, and international students among them—to pay a “visa integrity fee” currently set at $250.

U.S. stocks are trading near record highs as the second-quarter earnings season ramps up.

Opendoor Technologies has become the market’s newest meme stock, more than doubling in a matter of hours despite its struggling, real estate–dependent business.

Chevron and Hess have won their arbitration battle against Exxon over access rights to an oil project off the coast of Guyana, clearing the path for Chevron to proceed with its $53 billion acquisition of Hess.

SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in xAI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk.

Coca-Cola beat earnings expectations in the second quarter of 2025 as higher prices helped offset weaker global sales.

The Trump administration has imposed new restrictions on flights from Mexico and threatened to end a longstanding partnership between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico.

Markets are increasingly ignoring U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade theatrics: his latest tariff escalation barely moved equity prices.

Metro Pacific Agro Ventures (MPAV), the agribusiness unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), has acquired the Franklin Baker Group of Companies.

There are moments in a nation’s life when history calls—not for noise, but for voice. Not for more of the same, but for someone different.

Aboitiz Renewables, Inc. (ARI), the renewable energy subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation, has secured the final regulatory approval needed to connect its Calatrava Solar Power Plant to the national grid.

A decline in telco stocks denied the Philippine Stock Exchange another gain Thursday, as a hefty 1.13 percent plunge in the services sector overshadowed gains in conglomerates and four other sub-indices.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it is eliminating its research and development arm and laying off thousands of employees.

Any dream of a Beatles reunion ended years ago. Like the Fab Four, the Magnificent Seven group of big technology stocks are now going their separate ways.

The U.S. Commerce Department will impose preliminary anti-dumping duties on Chinese graphite—a key component in batteries—after concluding the imports were unfairly subsidized.

Government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) have remitted a total of ₱105 billion to the National Treasury as of July 2025, providing crucial funding for the administration’s public services and development projects.