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…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
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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…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
Pioneering television journalist Barbara Walters, who upended a male-dominated industry as the first woman to anchor an evening news show in the United States,…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has earned his YouTube Gold Play Button — an award given to YouTube content creators who reach one million…
Michelle R. Guillang · · 2 min read
The agency also endorsed RCBC DiskarTech as among the digital channels to further promote efficiency, speed, and transparency.
DT · · 2 min read
Coca-Cola Philippines welcomed this year's holidays with its multi-channel campaign called "Christmas Always Finds Its Way". A series of activities —…
DT · · 3 min read
Rescue workers scoured muddy terrain for survivors and bodies on Saturday as the death toll from a landslide at a Malaysian campsite rose to 23, including six…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
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…
DT · · 1 min read
Twitter suspended Thursday accounts of more than a half-dozen journalists who had been writing about the company and its new owner Elon Musk.
Agence France-Presse · · 3 min read
More than two hundred Filipino and foreign stakeholders recently adopted the Manila Declaration on Creating Alternatives to Incarceration Systems in the…
DT · · 2 min read
Indonesian officials on Monday played down concerns about a new law criminalizing sex outside of marriage, saying foreign holidaymakers will not be charged as…
Agence France-Presse · · 1 min read
Where in the world can you shave a year or two off your age? South Korea — which has just passed a set of bills to abandon its traditional system of…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
Authors of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), which has come under fire for its timing and possible legal impediments, appear to have realized…
DT · · 1 min read
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…
Agence France-Presse · · 1 min read
An oversight panel said on Tuesday Facebook and Instagram put business over human rights when giving special treatment to rule-breaking posts by politicians,…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
The House of Representatives approved on final reading a bill establishing a virology and vaccine research institute in the country, which would spearhead the…
Edjen Oliquino · · 1 min read
A new law gives Turkey fresh ammunition to censor the media and silence dissent ahead of elections in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to prolong his…
Agence France-Presse · · 3 min read
From the Arab Spring uprisings to the MeToo movement in which women spoke up about sexual assaults, Twitter has proven itself a formidable ally for political…
Agence France-Presse · · 3 min read
Malaysia's perennial opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was named prime minister on Thursday, ending a days-long political impasse after inconclusive election…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read