The embodiment of Filipino human security
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS What Filipino scholars, practitioners, and thought leaders say about human security blends well with its strategic meaning, which…
A strategic plan for creative industries
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PIKISUPERSTAR-FREEPIK (Part 1) Google “Filipino Talents Worldwide,” and you will be amazed at the number of Filipino singers, dancers, and other artists…
The vaccine-hesitant could use some friendly shame
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PIKISUPERSTAR-FREEPIK THE experience of the global COVID-19 pandemic raises a troubling question about the state of human society: Why would so many…
Regulating fake news on social media platforms
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FREEPIK Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok, play a vital role in the dissemination of information, as well…
N. Korea signals it’s preparing for a nuclear test
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REUTERS NORTH Korea looks set to detonate its first nuclear bomb in more than four years, as the US’s sanctions disputes with…
Biden’s Putin power remark raises questions about United States’ long-term Russia strategy
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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin. — REUTERS WASHINGTON — US President Joseph R. Biden, his aides and Western allies are scrambling to explain…
World’s longest passenger flight plans to avoid Russian skies
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A CATHAY PACIFIC aircraft takes off at the airport in Hong Kong, China on March 5, 2020. — REUTERS CATHAY PACIFIC Airways…
Russian oil firm shuffles Venezuela assets as sanctions bite
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A Russian oil company used to provide a workaround to U.S. oil trading sanctions on Venezuela is scrabbling to avoid another set of sanctions, documents show, this time from Europe and the…
Cryptoverse: Buoyant bitcoin helps market cruise past $2 trillion
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REUTERS As a bleak first quarter draws to a close, crypto seems to have the wind in its sails. It has pushed…
U.S. Treasury refines proposal to enforce 15% global minimum corporate tax
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Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury on Monday proposed a new mechanism to comply with and enforce a 15% global corporate minimum tax agreed to last year by 136…