
Funny old world: The week’s offbeat news
From Vietnam's leaders not being able to take a joke, to why Jude Law is proud that his new film stinks… Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the…
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From Vietnam's leaders not being able to take a joke, to why Jude Law is proud that his new film stinks… Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the…
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Kimberley Westgarth says she was so disgusted by Kanye West's recent anti-Semitic comments that she is getting rid of her tattoo of him.
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A former executive of the premier roofing firm Jacintocolor Steel Inc. is facing charges of theft, cybercrime, and violations of the anti-bouncing check law…
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More than two hundred Filipino and foreign stakeholders recently adopted the Manila Declaration on Creating Alternatives to Incarceration Systems in the…
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Indonesian officials on Monday played down concerns about a new law criminalizing sex outside of marriage, saying foreign holidaymakers will not be charged as…
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A plan to equip San Francisco police with killer robots was sent back to the drawing board on Tuesday after city council members said they were having second…
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The House of Representatives approved on final reading a bill establishing a virology and vaccine research institute in the country, which would spearhead the…
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Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla has called on the country's United Nations partners to exercise due diligence in validating alleged…
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President Bongbong Marcos, Jr. has appointed lawyer Ernesto V. Perez as Secretary of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), Malacañang announced on 14 November.
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National Basketball Association superstar LeBron James said Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving should be allowed back on court after the anti-semitism furor that saw…
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The United States government, through the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, recently gathered international…
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The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games on Thursday, saying they were "dismayed" by the NBA star's response after he was…
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Sportswear giant Adidas was under growing pressure Monday to sever ties with Kanye West after a series of anti-Semitic outbursts by the controversial rapper.
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One of the top Philippine law firms, DivinaLaw was named the winner of two gold Stevie awards at the 19th Annual International Business Awards.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday introduced martial law in Ukraine's Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that Moscow claims to have…
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President Bongbong Marcos has signed into law the measure postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to the last Monday of October 2023 from…
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NEW YORK CITY — President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. wants bigger fish caught in the enforcement of the campaign against illegal drugs, not the…
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Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday said the government need not import rice until next year, noting that local supply is projected to surpass consumer demand.
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