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by Beiyi SEOW China’s premier has sounded an unusually stark warning about the world’s second-largest economy, saying it must return to normal as the country’s zero-Covid strategy bites into growth. China is the last major economy welded to a policy of mass testing and hard lockdowns to eliminate virus clusters, but the strict curbs have battered businesses. Restrictions around the nation in recent months — including on the manufacturing hubs of Shenzhen and Shanghai as […]
Hundreds of Indian air travellers were stranded inside their planes after the low-cost airline SpiceJet cancelled or delayed flights due to an “attempted ransomware attack”, the company has said. Many angry passengers, some of whom were left waiting inside their planes for up to five hours earlier this week, complained about a lack of communication from the budget carrier. “Certain SpiceJet systems faced an attempted ransomware attack last night that impacted our flight operations,” the […]
by Mikhail FLORES Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr said Thursday he would uphold an international ruling against Beijing over the disputed South China Sea, insisting he would not let China trample on Manila’s maritime rights. China claims almost all of the resource-rich waterway, through which trillions of dollars in trade passes annually, with competing claims from the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam. Beijing has ignored a 2016 decision by The Hague-based Permanent Court […]
Former Socioeconomic Secretary Felipe Medalla chosen for top BSP post (Eagle News) — President-elect Bongbong Marcos has chosen Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Benjamin Diokno to lead the Department of Finance under his administration. In a press conference held a day after he was proclaimed as the country’s next president, Marcos also announced he has chosen former Socioeconomic Secretary Felipe Medalla to take the helm of the BSP with Diokno assuming the new post. In […]
(Eagle News) — President-elect Bongbong Marcos has chosen former Davao del Norte Rep. Anton Lagdameo to be his special assistant. Marcos made the announcement on Thursday, May 26, in a press conference after his proclamation as the country’s 17th president. He will take the helm at noon on June 30, when President Rodrigo Duterte steps down after six years in office. According to Marcos, he believes Lagdameo will do a good job, noting that “we’ve […]
SMC chief Manuel Bonoan tapped to lead DPWH under next administration (Eagle News) — President-elect Bongbong Marcos on Thursday, May 26, bared his picks for Trade and Public Works secretaries during his administration. According to Marcos, he has asked former University of the Philippines president Alfredo Pascual to sit at the helm of the Department of Trade and Industry. Meanwhile, SMC Chief Manuel Bonoan, Marcos said, has been tapped to head the Department of Public […]
by Michael Mathes / Gerard MARTINEZ Grief at the massacre of 19 small children at an elementary school in Texas spilled into confrontation Wednesday, as angry questions mounted over gun control — and whether this latest tragedy could have been prevented. The tight-knit Latino community of Uvalde on Tuesday became the site of America’s worst school shooting in a decade, committed by a disturbed 18-year-old armed with a legally bought assault rifle. Wrenching details have […]
by Charlotte Plantive with David Stout in Mykolaiv © Agence France-Presse Kyiv, UKRAINE (AFP) — Fierce battles raged in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, with Russian troops on the verge of encircling a key industrial city, as President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a bitter rebuke of the West for not doing enough to help Kyiv win the war. Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday described fighting outside of the industrial city of Severodonetsk, a key military goal […]
by Sunghee Hwang and Kang Jin-kyu © Agence France-Presse Seoul, SOUTH KOREA (AFP) — The United States said Wednesday it would seek new sanctions on North Korea at the United Nations after Kim Jong Un’s regime fired a volley of missiles, including possibly its largest intercontinental ballistic missile. The launch came just hours after US President Joe Biden left Asia following a trip overshadowed by Pyongyang’s saber-rattling. North Korea has also been conducting “operational tests” […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree simplifying a procedure to obtain a Russian passport for residents of the southern Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. The southern region of Kherson is under the full control of Russian troops, while the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia is partially controlled by Moscow. Moscow and pro-Moscow officials have said both regions could become part of Russia. The official order published Wednesday came […]
Historic proclamation of first majority president and vice-president in the post-1986 era, says Congress (Eagle News) — “Wish me well. Pray for me. I want to do well for this country.” This was the statement of Philippine president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., shortly after he was proclaimed as the 17th president of the country. His running mate, presidential daughter, Sara Duterte, was also proclaimed as the country’s next vice-president at the end of a […]
https://youtu.be/fGsCY5xwt2U The monkeypox outbreak that has been reported in 16 countries and several regions of the world can still be contained and the overall risk of transmission is low, the UN health agency said on Tuesday (24 May). “What we know from this virus and these modes of transmission, this outbreak can still be contained, it is the objective of the World Health Organization and Member States to contain this outbreak and to stop […]
