Esther Tanquintic-Misa

The Philippines has placed nine regions, including recently quake-devastated Bohol province, under blue alert as it braces for the wrath of Typhoon Haiyan, which is expected to develop into a Category 4 hurricane even before it makes landfall on the country on Friday morning.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's rhetoric of blasting Chinese drones should these cross over the former's boundaries has upped the anxiety levels between two countries. A retired Chinese military commander has warned Japan ought to be prepared executing and defending should its rhetorics escalate to war.

Kurt Delves said he was frustrated because he couldn't make 10-week-old baby Harli Reid stop from crying. So he shook her vigorously. He admitted it was a "momentary loss of control." Baby Harli's cries, however, will no longer be heard.

Global tennis icon Juan Martin Del Potro may have just shrugged off the theft that happened to him in a Paris train station on Saturday. But he remains devastated because among the loot that the theft got was the rosary that no less than the Pope Francis blessed in Rome in May 2013.

Consumption of the precious safe haven yellow metal gold in the world's second-largest economy has been forecast to hit above 1,000 tonnes in 2013. However, the same could not be said for the year 2014.

With some of the most useful rare earths feared to be depleted within the next 50 years, scientists are racing against time to develop technologies to maximise their full potential as well as what could remain of them. Scientists are now specifically trying to establish a method to recycle rare earths from wastewater.

Reports were rife that Linda Hogan, TCD Professor of Ecumenics as well as Vice Provost of the college, has been nominated on a list of contenders by Fr James Keenan SJ, Professor of Moral Theology at Boston College.

A rare solar 'hybrid' eclipse spanning four global continents has stunned millions of people around the world.

Yadina Morales was so drunk to ever remember what happened after she latched her 2-month old daughter to her breast for their usual breastfeeding. What she can vividly remember was that when she woke up, her baby daughter was underneath her, was already unresponsive and lifeless.

On Tuesday afternoon, the race to conquer the space gets all the more exciting as India gears to blast into space its probe rocket Mangal­yaan.

It was terrifying yet awesomely enthralling. For it's not everyday that one gets to see three suns on the glorious skies. On Friday, residents in Chengde, Hebei Province, noticed their part of the morning skies had an unusual number of suns.

A 10-year-old fifth-grade primary schoolboy in China has jumped to his death in what seemed to be his last stand of obedience to his strict teacher after failing to deliver a required task.

Qantas Airlines of Australia and Japan Airlines on Thursday announced they will be increasing their stake ownership in low-cost subsidiary, Jetstar Japan.

Scientists from Australia, the U.S. and China Thursday confirmed that the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus, which killed more than 750 people worldwide in 2002 and 2003, originated from horseshoe bats in China.

A young boy with seemingly mental problems outshone Pope Francis during an audience of families in St. Peter's Square over the weekend. Thing is, the good pope doesn't seem to mind having shared the spotlight with the young lad.

Japan's biggest banks are currently embroiled in a nasty investigation after one of its ranks admitted bankrolling the illegal activities of the country's yakuza organised crime gangs.

Is Apple's (AAPL) iPhone finally penetrating through in China in November 2013? Speculators are getting anxious over the idea based from the latest advert that China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier, placed on its Web site.

China, invoking transparency, has given the world a glimpse of its military strength and capability when it decommissioned on Tuesday its first nuclear-powered submarine after 40 years of service.

After more than a year, the World Trade Organisation has finally ruled that the rare earths exports restrictions placed by China, the world's dominant supplier of the precious elements, defies the very core rules of the organisation. The ruling, however, comes a tad late just when the world has learned to adjust to the apparent supply nightmare, including recycling the precious commodity and scouting other potential suppliers, effectively lessening dependence on China.

Frequent fliers of China Southern Airlines to Sydney now has another reason to commute via the Chinese airliner with the launch of its Airbus A380.

Northeast Syria is now under threat of a polio outbreak. The UN's health agency World Health Organisation on Tuesday said there are now at least 10 confirmed cases in the country, which has a very big potential to spread and encapsulate the entire Middle East region.

Apple Inc (AAPL) wants better sales of its iPhone and iPad devices in China in 2014, and has specifically targeted to sell them in the country's outskirts to achieve the goal.

The gods are angry. In this case, it is the Filipino conservationists versus professional wakeskater Brian Grubb who claimed he was able to conquer the Banaue Rice Terraces because he had been given permission no less than by the tribal leaders guarding it.

At least 139 of the artworks seen in various Dutch museums were determined to have been stolen from the Jews during the 1933 to 1945 World War II invasion by the Nazis.

China has suspended one of its high-flying officials for allegedly spending an accumulated unpaid bill of $115,080 (700,000 yuan) at a specialty pig trotter restaurant.

Despite a dearth of educational institutions, the government of Bohol, stricken by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on Oct 15, has announced it will resume classes on Nov 5.

The energy demand of the world's second-largest economy has been forecast to slow down by 1.8 per cent as China strives to tackle the cleaner, greener road.

An expedition into a hidden rainforest in Queensland, Australia has yielded some interesting mix of new creature species. The three vertebrate species were a bizarre looking leaf-tailed gecko, a gold-coloured skink which is a type of lizard, and a brown-spotted, yellow boulder-dwelling frog.

At least 13 people have reportedly died from Stormageddon St Jude that blasted Britain and western Europe on Monday. It also toppled trees, inundated lowlands and forced power supply operators to cut supply, leaving thousands without electricity.