Philippine village offers cash for mosquitos amid dengue outbreak

A senior Hamas official is warning that Israel’s decision to resume the war against the terror group after ceasefire talks stalled is a “death sentence” for the remaining hostages, according to The Associated Press. That could include the last living American hostage, Edan Alexander, who was born in Tel Aviv and raised in New Jersey. […]

South Korea on Friday said it had expressed its concerns to China after assessing that it recently returned a “large number” of North Koreans, including escapees, back to their homeland. Koo Byoungsam, spokesperson of South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, said Seoul did not have information on the exact number of North Koreans […]

Argentina, under newly-elected President Javier Milei, is in the black for the first time in nearly 12 years, as its first monthly budget ended with a surplus of $589 million, at the official U.S. exchange rate. The country’s economy ministry announced the milestone on Friday, adding the surplus also includes payments on interest accrued on […]