Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib seeks royal pardon
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/WIKIPEDIA KUALA LUMPUR — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has applied for a royal pardon, the speaker of parliament…
Retailer’s CFO plunges to death at NYC’s Jenga tower
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WIKIMEDIA COMMONS BED BATH & BEYOND, Inc.’s chief financial officer (CFO) fell to his death from New York’s Tribeca skyscraper known as…
Special presidential envoy asks pope to ‘pray for Taiwan’
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ANNETT KLINGNER-PIXABAY TAIPEI — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s special envoy met Pope Francis on Sunday and asked him to “pray for Taiwan,”…
Making time, vulnerability are dating green flags for Gen Z — Tinder
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Ivan Radic/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 A 2022 survey of Gen Z Filipinos on the dating app Tinder found that 73% of respondents prefer…
Where’s the beef? Brazil balances barbecues and forest protection
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Dalma Food AB/CC BY 3.0/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS RIO DE JANEIRO — Among a raft of more conventional presidential campaign promises, Brazil’s former leader…
Chile overwhelmingly rejects progressive new constitution
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WIKIMEDIA COMMONS SANTIAGO — Chileans overwhelmingly voted against a proposed new constitution on Sunday, rejecting what would have been one of the…
California temperatures soar to new records, adding strain to power grid
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PXHERE Record high temperatures were expected in California’s Central Valley from Sacramento to outside of Los Angeles on Sunday, with officials warning…
Suntory eyes US canned cocktail push as young Japanese shun booze
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MINUS196.COM.AU TOKYO — Japanese drinks giant Suntory Inc. last year debuted a strong, lemony brew in Australia that quickly became the top…
China’s Shenzhen to adopt tiered COVID measures; Chengdu extends lockdown
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REUTERS BEIJING/SHANGHAI — China’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen said it will adopt tiered anti-virus restriction measures starting on Monday, while the…
Federalism, parliamentarism, and regional autonomy
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Federalism, parliamentarism, and regional autonomy – BusinessWorld Online
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