
Hong Kong halts trading, closes schools post-typhoon
Asian finance hub Hong Kong halted trading at its stock exchange on Monday and closed schools after Typhoon Koinu generated torrential rainfall overnight.
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Asian finance hub Hong Kong halted trading at its stock exchange on Monday and closed schools after Typhoon Koinu generated torrential rainfall overnight.
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Hundreds gathered outside a morgue in western Hanoi Wednesday, waiting to hear if their families and friends were victims of a devastating apartment fire that…
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Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted Tuesday of her final tax evasion charge, in the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay…
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Oil prices jumped Tuesday after Russia and Saudi Arabia extended cuts to supplies, while stocks slid on worries this could fuel inflation and hobble growth.
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Hiring in the United States logged a surprise jump last month, government data showed on Friday, while unemployment rose to the highest level since early 2022.
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What could possibly be more attention-grabbing than to open your school application letter with the words: "I was born in prison."
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Jose Maria Sison, who launched one of the world's longest-running Maoist insurgencies, has died at 83, the Communist Party of the Philippines announced…
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The Bureau of Treasury has once again recognized Security Bank as a Market Maker for 2023 under the enhanced Government Securities Eligible Dealers program.…
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As Filipino consumers "cry" over the skyrocketing price of onions, P255,000 worth of the vegetable, a household staple, were confiscated in public…
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The war raging in Ukraine and other overlapping crises are taking a toll on labor markets worldwide, the UN said Monday, suggesting a "sharp"…
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All qualified and registered power producers using renewable energy sources should enjoy the option of preferential dispatch in the Wholesale Electricity Spot…
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Ayala-backed mobile e-wallet GCash will roll out a new feature by year's end that would let users conveniently trade stocks, encouraging more investors to…
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A fire engulfed a skyscraper Friday in the central Chinese city of Changsha, with authorities saying that no casualties had yet been found.
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Jordanian mother Israa Raed said she was indescribably happy Thursday, after emergency workers rescued her four-month-old daughter Malak from the rubble of a…
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The peso closed marginally weaker against the dollar for the third straight day, reaching a new record low of P 57:$1.
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