
POTUS urges allies to secure Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday demanded US allies help secure the Strait of Hormuz, but European powers resisted a military mission to…
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday demanded US allies help secure the Strait of Hormuz, but European powers resisted a military mission to…
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The Makati Business Club (MBC) on Tuesday, 17 March gathered business leaders and policymakers for its 2026 Agriculture and Food Security Summit, calling for…
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Amid rising global oil price uncertainties, police authorities in the MIMAROPA region have stepped up efforts to safeguard fuel supply and prevent disruptions…
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The saddest part is that nations bearing the most economic pain — from the Philippines to South Korea, India to the European Union — had no seat at the table…
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Trump threatened to delay a planned summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this month if Beijing does not assist with reopening the strait.
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BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Twenty Thai crew members of a cargo ship attacked in the crucial Strait of Hormuz arrived in Thailand on Monday, with three of their…
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Lawyer Levito Baligod on Monday accused the government of suppressing information on what he described as intensified moves by supposed “coup plotters,”…
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MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump called for other nations’ warships to help protect world oil supplies passing through the Strait…
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‘We commit to fully implement relevant ASEAN economic agreements to minimize disruptions in regional food supply chains, ensure that markets are kept open, and…
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A 48-year-old Croatian woman was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday after authorities discovered approximately P28.2 million worth…
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China calls for restraint even as it continues to purchase Iranian crude.
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Trump said the US Navy would start escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz ‘very soon’ to restore oil exports.
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Keeping too much cash in the bank as savings can also be counterproductive in an inflationary environment.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts…
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MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Nepal has started selling half-filled cooking gas cylinders to curb hoarding and panic buying, officials said Friday, following import…
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Iran leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said the Strait of Hormuz must remain effectively shut.
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Moscow said on Friday that the global energy market “cannot remain stable” without its oil, piling pressure on Washington to…
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