PARIS — From roasting temperatures to rocketing energy prices and millions of refugees fleeing Ukraine, 2022 was a year of extremes. AFP looks back at some of the records smashed:

PARIS — From Florida governor Ron DeSantis to Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur and Britain's Prince Harry, here are 10 people who are expected to make headlines in 2023.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has warned the public about individuals who claim to be its employees or authorized representatives, maintaining it does not conduct any solicitations.

The Chinese national flag flies at half-mast for the passing of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development on Thursday announced that the third tranche of the government's cash aid program for the poor amounting to P5.2 billion will soon be released.

More offshore gaming companies are expected to return to Manila, Cebu, and the rest of the country.

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The first Jollibee in Spain is ready to serve its famous Chickenjoy to the locals of Madrid starting this week!

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Citing vigor and optimism as basis for the decision, Pantone Color Institute announced on Friday that Viva Magenta will be the color of the year 2023.

Pinoy Pop group SB19 gets included in an article from Teen Vogue entitled ‘Our Favorite Bands of All Time’ alongside groups such as BTS, One Direction, Westlife, and The Beatles.

In August 2022, Netflix will kick off its “add a home” feature that requires patrons to pay for account usage in a different household for some Latin American countries.

The new crown for Miss Universe Philippines 2022 was revealed on the Gala night and fashion show

“Super mura lang, kasi hindi naman marunong magmahal ‘yung may-ari.”

Fear and dread spread across Twitter Inc offices on Thursday as 7,500 employees from San Francisco to Singapore feared for job cuts that were planned to hit about half of the staff, according to current and former employees and message board posts shared with Reuters.

HOUSTON - This ain't no sweet child of mine. 

Citing vigor and optimism as basis for the decision, Pantone Color Institute announced on Friday that Viva Magenta will be the color of the year 2023.

"We'll all fly away together, one last time, into the forever."

Sylvia La Torre, known at the Philippines' Queen of Kundiman, has passed away on December 1, Thursday morning. She was 89. 

DOHA—Japan staged its second stunning turnaround of the World Cup to beat 2010 champions Spain 2-1 on Thursday to surge into the last 16 along with its beaten opponents and dump Germany out in one of the greatest nights for the Samurai Blue.

The tournament will be held on December 3 to 9, 2022. 

MIAMI -- New Zealand's Lydia Ko is atop the women's golf world rankings for the third time in her career, regaining the number one spot on Monday a week after her LPGA Tour Championship triumph.

DOHA — A U.S. journalist said he was briefly detained on Monday when he tried to enter a World Cup stadium in Qatar while wearing a rainbow shirt in support of the LGBTQ community in a country where same-sex relations are illegal.

From indefinite suspension, the Jose Rizal University team has decided to remove John Amores from their basketball team. 

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter owner Elon Musk said he met with Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday and "resolved the misunderstanding" that prompted him to declare war on the iPhone maker's App Store.

WASHINGTON –– SpaceX on Wednesday postponed by one day a mission to launch the first private -- and Japanese -- lander to the Moon.

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — Sitting in the dark, wearing a traditional Indonesian batik shirt and surrounded by candles, Elon Musk offered a vision for the future that includes aliens, deep tunnels and rocket tourism.

Meta, the owner of social media titan Facebook, will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in "the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history", CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday.

True to its word, Microsoft has phased out Internet Explorer on Wednesday, June 15.