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Drought drains Brazilian Amazon residents reliant on waterways
Not far from the emblematic site where the black waters of the Rio Negro join the brown currents of the...
Dozens arrested as protesters mark Iran’s ‘Bloody Friday’: activists
Iranian security forces made dozens of arrests Saturday as protesters in the southeast commemorated the killing of dozens of demonstrators...
Fire erupts at pipeline in west Ukraine, injuring nine
A huge fire erupted at an oil pipeline in the western Ukrainian region of Ivano-Frankivsk on Saturday, injuring nine people,...
Centrist party shown ahead in tight Slovak election: exit polls
The centrist Progressive Slovakia party is set to win the Slovak election on Saturday, two exit polls showed, ahead of...
Marcos sets P12.7B aid for 2.3M rice farmers
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the release of P12.7 billion worth of assistance to rice farmers to help keep...
‘Chinese activities destroyed 500 hectares of WPS corals’
Satellite imagery shows that between 2012 to 2016, more than 500 hectares of the Scarborough Shoal had been destroyed by...
Obiena claims first PH gold in Asian Games
HANGZHOU, China—Ernest John Obiena claimed the Philippines’ first gold medal in the 19th Asian Games on Saturday, clearing 5.90 meters...
Petron raising LPG tank price by P3.75/kl on Oct. 1
Petron Corp. is raising the price of its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by P3.75 per kilo, equivalent to P41.25 per...
Gibo plans reserve forces revamp
Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro on Saturday expressed his intention to revise the current reserve forces paradigm structure of the Armed...
Marcos legacy: Hiking PH livestock, poultry output
The Department of Agriculture (DA) aims to raise by five times in five years the local production of livestock and...
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Police have rescued a 29-year-old Vietnamese woman from the hands of three kidnappers who demanded a ransom and held her...
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The UK's Conservative Party begins its annual conference Sunday, bidding to kickstart a resurgence before a general election expected next...
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