TURKISH ELECTION VICTORY FOR ERDOGAN LEAVES NATION DIVIDED Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supporters celebrated well into the night after Turkey's long-time president secured another five years in power. "The entire nation of 85 million won," he told cheering crowds outside his enormous palace on
PHILIPPINES, US, JAPAN TO HOLD FIRST TRILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISES THIS WEEK MANILA — For the first time, the Philippines will hold a trilateral maritime exercise with the United States and Japan this week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Monday. PCG said it would conduct
PM MODI INAUGURATES NEW PARLIAMENT AMID OPPOSITION BOYCOTT In a two-part ceremony that lasted over five hours, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building on Sunday, with 21 Opposition parties boycotting the function. In the morning session, Modi performed “G
MOSCOW SIGNS DEAL TO DEPLOY TACTICAL N-WEAPONS IN MINSK Russia and Belarus signed a deal on Thursday to formalize the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear missiles on Belarusian territory, a step Moscow said was driven by rising tensions with the West. “In the context of
ALMOST A YEAR IN OFFICE, 19TH CONGRESS HAS ONLY PASSED 4 MARCOS ADMIN PRIORITY BILLS MANILA — The 19th Congress has approved only 4 of the 42 legislative priorities of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) with just one last
BSP, TDP, JD(S) OPPOSE BOYCOTT OF PARLIAMENT BUILDING INAUGURATION A day after 19 Opposition parties announced their decision to skip the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, the political war of words over the issue intensified on 
'NEXT PANDEMIC WILL BE DEADLIER': WHO CHIEF URGES PREPAREDNESS FOR NEXT BIG HEALTH CRISIS Geneva: At a time when COVID cases are somewhat stabilising around the world, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, issued a warning that the world must get ready
LAKAS-CMD SWEARS IN 19 NEW MEMBERS Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, president of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD), on Tuesday administered the oath to 19 new party members. “We welcome our new members and we are happy that they affiliated themselves with Lakas-
INDIA-AUSTRALIA TRUST NOT JUST DIPLOMATIC BUT BASED ON PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE TIES: PM MODI India's vision for global governance is guided by the credo “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayaas”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday, addressing the diaspora at
EU IMPOSES $1.3 BILLION FINE ON META, ORDERS TO STOP SENDING DATA TO U.S. London : The EU slapped Meta with a record $1. 3 billion (€1. 2 billion) privacy fine on Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest