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Indonesian search teams rescued 21 people from a raft Tuesday morning, a day after their boat sank in rough seas. In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), crew look on as a rescue ship approaches a raft to evacuate the survivors boat that sank on Monday, in the waters off Taliabu Island, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Everyone on board the ship was found safely, said Muhammad Rizal, who heads the search and rescue office in P

The World Bank (WB) has approved a US$1 billion loan aimed at boosting agricultural productivity and strengthening the climate resilience of the Philippines’ food system. The Washington-based lender announced recently that its Board of Executive Directors formally green-lit the funding for the Philippines Sustainable Agricultural Transformation Project (PSAT), which aims to support sector-wide reforms in the country. A farmer carries rice stalks to a threshing machine at a ri

A bus carrying about 50 people plunged into a major river in central Bangladesh as it was driving onto a ferry, leaving at least 26 people dead. Onlookers and relatives gather at the accident site following a ferry terminal incident where a bus plunged into the water, resulting in the deaths of at least 26 people, at Daulatdia ferry ghat in Goalanda, Rajbari District, Bangladesh, on March 26 The bus plunged into the Padma River on Wednesday afternoon in Rajbari District, abou

Italian competition regulators said they have opened a probe into French luxury group LVMH and its Sephora and Benefit subsidiaries for promoting skin care products to minors. A view shows a Sephora store on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France, May 12, 2020 "The investigations were opened over concerns that important information - such as warnings and precautions for cosmetics not intended for, or tested on, minors - may have been omitted or presented in a misleading m