
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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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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Zalora Philippines launches the Z-Train, its pop-up concept that makes the brand more accessible and engages shoppers in fun activities in key locations.
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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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Britain's new prime minister, set to be former finance minister Rishi Sunak, inherits a UK economy that was headed for recession even before the recent turmoil…
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Instituting reforms on the country's pension system is about time, a lawmaker-economist said on Saturday, following a 2022 index rating the Philippines as…
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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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Soaring food and energy prices are raising the risk of social unrest but attempting to tame costs through tax cuts, subsidies, and price controls would be too…
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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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A weakened peso and rising commodities prices and electricity rates could drive the September inflation between 6.6 to 7.4 percent, the Bangko Sentral ng…
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A Spanish court has ordered Colombian music superstar Shakira to stand trial on charges of fraudulently failing to pay 14 million euros in tax, filings showed…
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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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