
Rising obesity projected to hamper developing economies: report
Rising levels of obesity are set to cost the world economy 3.3 percent of GDP by 2060, slowing development in lower-income countries and making it hard for…
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Rising levels of obesity are set to cost the world economy 3.3 percent of GDP by 2060, slowing development in lower-income countries and making it hard for…
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The Department of Health on Tuesday said that the 50 percent booster coverage set by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for his first 100 days…
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The United Nations' massive annual summit returns in person Tuesday to a world divided by multiple crises starting with Ukraine.
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The National Capital Region is back to moderate risk case classification for COVID-19 as its positivity rate is now at 16. 4 percent, the Department of Health…
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Consumers and businesses around the world are facing steeper prices for everything from Mexico's beloved tortillas to the aluminium cans used by beer companies.
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Religion should not be used as a prop for power, Pope Francis told an inter-faith meeting in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
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A 50-year-old German man was jailed for life Tuesday for shooting dead a petrol station cashier because he was angry about being told to wear a mask while…
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Ukraine said Monday its forces recaptured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) in the southern Kherson region after claiming huge gains in the east over…
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The fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria has saved 50 million lives over the past 20 years, the Global Fund said Monday, appealing for $18 billion to…
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has signed Executive Order No. 3, allowing the voluntary use of masks in outdoor settings, Malacañang…
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Ukraine's army has recaptured around "2,000 kilometers of territory" in September, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on the 10th of the month,…
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Moscow announced Saturday that it was withdrawing forces in the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine, after Kyiv said its troops had made sweeping gains in the…
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Pope Francis heads to Kazakhstan next week, despite an injured knee, for a visit likely to be dominated by tensions in the Central Asian region following…
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Russia's war against Ukraine appears to be settling into a grinding conflict that could last years and prove increasingly risky for Kyiv's Western allies,…
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Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion welcomed the recommendations of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to lift the…
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Russia said Monday it blacklisted 25 US citizens including Hollywood actors Ben Stiller and Sean Penn, in response to sanctions from the United States.
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A Russian court on Monday stripped investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta, whose chief editor last year was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, of its print…
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China's top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, Chinese state media reported on 4 September.
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