Three out of four PHL youth believe life will improve in next 5 years — survey
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Young men and women attend their graduation ceremony in Pasay City. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBAN Three-fourths of Filipino youth aged 15…
Budget deficit widens to P99B in October
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Reporter The National Government’s budget deficit ballooned to P99.1 billion in October,…
UK pork producer pays £4M to hire Filipino butchers
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REUTERS One of the UK’s biggest pork producers has spent £4 million ($4.8 million) hiring butchers from the Philippines, after a staffing…
In Britain, nurses prepare for unprecedented strike over pay
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REUTERS GOSPORT, England/LONDON — Chukwudubem Ifeajuna, a nurse in the south of England, loves his job, but next month will walk out…
Researchers test mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine
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FREEPIK An experimental vaccine provided broad protection against all 20 known influenza A and B virus subtypes in initial tests in mice…
Slower Fed hikes spell relief from Tokyo to Buenos Aires
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REUTERS FRANKFURT — The Federal Reserve’s signaling of a slowdown in the pace of US interest rate hikes takes pressure off global…
Weapons industry booms as Eastern Europe arms Ukraine
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152mm artillery ammunition. — MIL.IN.UA/FLICKR PRAGUE/WARSAW — Eastern Europe’s arms industry is churning out guns, artillery shells and other military supplies at…
China hustles on summit sidelines to challenge US outreach
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REUTERS When Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo sat together last week to watch a trial run of…
Singapore’s gig workers to get work injury, pension coverage
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GRAB SINGAPORE SINGAPORE — Singapore will extend work injury insurance and pension coverage to food delivery and ride-hailing workers under proposed legislative…
Spanish painter Betsy Westendorp, 94
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Spanish artist Betsy Westendorp, who made a name in the Philippines for her portraits and her atmosferografias, passed away on Nov. 23 in…