2025 budget is ‘suboptimal’ | The Manila Times
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said the government was remedying what he described as a "suboptimal" 2025 national budget.The...
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Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Firefighters clear trees off the road in the Palisades Fire zone in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday,...
Azerbaijan begins trials of Karabakh ex-separatists including billionaire
BAKU - A billionaire former banker and 15 other ex-officials in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region which Azerbaijan retook in 2023...
Major Japanese firms pay record winter bonuses
Bonuses paid by major Japanese companies in winter 2024 averaged ¥891,460, rewriting an all-time high for the first time in...
Trump swearing-in will move inside Capitol Rotunda because of intense cold
US president-elect Donald Trump may take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts...
Why Malaysia-led ASEAN could go toe to toe with Trump
With the imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House and intensifying superpower rivalry in the Indo-Pacific, the year...
New Zealand-Singapore Defense Relations in a Volatile World – The Diplomat
2025 will be a special time for relations between New Zealand and Singapore. In August, Singapore will commemorate its 60th...
Philippine navy holds exercise near China-controlled reef
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy said its warships held exercises Friday in the South China Sea as part of...
Israel’s security Cabinet recommends approval of ceasefire in Gaza; awaits full Cabinet’s decision
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (center) convened his security Cabinet to vote on a ceasefire deal after confirming an agreement had...
Pakistan launches first home-made observation satellite
KARACHI - Pakistan launched its first home-made observation satellite on Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China,...
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