We recognize that some applicants may still face extended visa wait times, and we’re making every effort to further reduce visa interview appointment wait times as quickly as possible in India and around the world, the U.S. said. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The United States is making every effort to reduce the waiting time … Read more
The UK needs a “war effort” to boost energy efficiency and rapidly insulate millions of homes nationwide in order to cut household bills and carbon emissions, a cross-party group of MPs has said. In a report on Thursday, the House of Commons environmental audit committee urged the government to do much more to improve the … Read more
More rescuers and volunteers were deployed on Wednesday in devastated areas on Indonesia’s main island of Java to search for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed at least 271 people. With many missing, some remote areas still unreachable and more than 2,000 people injured in the 5.6 magnitude quake on Monday, the … Read more
Taking advantage of the expected mass tune-in for tonight’s finale of The Walking Dead, a handful of ads featuring characters who died during the show’s 11-season run has given fans reason to not look away during commercial breaks. The initiative resurrecting four characters for ads for Autodesk, Deloitte, DoorDash, MNTN and Ring (watch a compilation … Read more
Philippines vs Chile in a football friendly. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Coach Alen Stajcic usually points out the things the Philippine women’s football team needs to improve on regardless of the result of each match. But he sang a different tone on Wednesday (Manila time), obviously encouraged with what he saw from the Filipinas despite falling short … Read more
With the current collective action falling way short of what is required to keep global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5 degree Celsius, an effort is being made at the climate change conference here to push all the countries, or at least the major emitters, to do more on emissions reduction before 2030. A ’mitigation work … Read more
In a postgame press conference after Las Vegas‘ 25-20 loss to Indianapolis on Sunday, Derek Carr became visibly emotional while expressing his displeasure with the ongoing effort put forward by his teammates to win games, saying that he wished “everybody in that room felt the same way about this place” that he does. Superstar receiver … Read more
Jack Ma’s Ant Group is moving forward with plans to raise capital for its lending arm after a major state-owned asset manager pulled out of an earlier fundraising deal for the unit. The fundraise is part of a government-led restructuring effort for Ma’s fintech company, which has been working to revamp its business since Chinese … Read more
John Dedeus Alcala celebrates. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO PUERTO PRINCESA—Darkhorse John Dedeus Alcala stole the thunder from the favorites as he reached out from the shadow of his stronger teammate to capture the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Puerto Princesa here Sunday. Alcala, a 28-year old Dipolog City native recruited by the Lanao Norte-based Tri-SND team, battled from as … Read more
Less than a month after he expressed eagerness to provide testimony on live television, former President Donald Trump sued the House January 6 panel to block a subpoena ordering him to testify. In a lawsuit filed Friday night in the Southern District of Florida, Trump’s legal team argues that while ex-presidents have voluntarily agreed to … Read more