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Group bats for motorcycle taxis joining regular transport sector

A transport advocacy group has appealed to Congress to prioritize bills seeking to legalize motorcycle taxis to help commuters cope with the current transportation...

Gatchalian: Focus on ‘crisis’ in education

Addressing the education crisis will be the focus of Senator Win Gatchalian’s priority measures under the 19th Congress. Gatchalian, who will retain his chairmanship of...

Out of the frying pan: Indonesians pay price of cooking oil crisis

By Marchio Gorbiano About three weeks after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Indonesian housewife Liesye Setiana was forced to close her banana chip business as cooking...

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka set for uneasy ‘economic war cabinet’

By Amal Jayasinghe Sri Lanka was set to form a new cabinet on Monday as bitter political rivals make common cause to tackle a worsening economic...

Ecuador’s president seeks cabinet change amid rise in gang violence

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday demanded the resignation of his cabinet almost a year into a term that has been marked by a...

Thousands in Russia protest Ukraine war, hundreds detained

Russian police have detained more than 1,700 people at anti-war protests across dozens of cities as thousands took to the streets after President Vladimir...

Putin made early call to Belarus leader about Ukraine attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin made an early morning call to his Belarusian counterpart Thursday, informing him that Moscow was launching a military operation on Ukraine,...

‘Unprovoked and unjustified:’ world reacts to attack on Ukraine

World leaders swiftly condemned Russia's military attack on Ukraine on Thursday, with Western capitals pledging new sanctions on Moscow and the UN chief demanding...

UN Security Council to vote on resolution condemning Russia

The United States and Albania will soon submit their draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, seeking to condemn Russia for its recent...

Twitter mistakenly pulled accounts monitoring Russian troops

Twitter acknowledged Wednesday it suspended in error some accounts relaying information about Russian military movements as the threat builds for an attack on Ukraine. The...

East Ukraine rebels ask Putin for military backing against Kyiv

Rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine have asked Moscow for military help against Kyiv, the Kremlin announced late Wednesday, in a move that opens the...

Austerity, far right, feminism: Merkel’s ambivalent legacy

"What she leaves behind is marked by light and shadows." Crises have a knack for felling leaders. Not Chancellor Angela Merkel. During 16 years in power,...

French COVID advisory bodies urge booster shots for all

Two bodies set up to advise the French government on its handling of the COVID-19 crisis have recommended making booster shots available to all...

Defiant Afghans wave flags amid fears of Taliban crackdown

Defiant protesters waved Afghan flags at scattered rallies Thursday to mark the country's independence day, as a UN document suggests the Taliban are rounding...
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