WORLD MUST TELL RUSSIA TO STOP 'BLACKMAIL' INVOLVING UKRAINIAN GRAIN, BLINKEN TELLS UN U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on August 3 took aim at Russia in a speech to the UN Security Council in New York, accusing Moscow of "blackmail" over its recent withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain
INFLATION FURTHER EASES TO 4.7 PERCENT IN JULY MANILA -- Inflation further eased for a sixth consecutive month in July, the state statistics bureau said Friday. The consumer price index rose 4.7 percent last month, which was slower than the 5.4 percent inflation rate reported in June,
LOK SABHA CLEARS BILL THAT CLIPS DELHI GOVT WINGS Amid protests and a walkout by some Opposition parties, the Lok Sabha passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, by a voice vote on Thursday. The Bill replaces the ordinance on control of servic
AT LEAST 44 KILLED IN PAKISTAN AFTER EXPLOSION AT ISLAMIST POLITICAL RALLY At least 44 people have been killed in an explosion in Pakistan during a rally organised by an Islamist party. More than 100 people were also injured in the explosion in north-west Bajaur district, where Jamiat Ulem
EU PRESIDENT VON DER LEYEN IN MALACAÑANG FOR BILATERAL TALK WITH MARCOS European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived at the Malacañan Palace on Monday to have a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. To recall, Marcos met the
GOVT FAILED IN MANIPUR, PM INDIFFERENT, OPPN DELEGATION TELLS GOVERNOR A day after visiting relief camps in Manipur, the delegation of 21 Opposition MPs met Governor Anusuiya Uikey in Imphal on Sunday and submitted a memorandum in which they flagged the “anger” and “aliena
BIDEN ORDERS US TO SHARE RUSSIA WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE WITH ICC Washington : President Joe Biden has taken a significant step by instructing the US government to share evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. This decision comes after
MARCOS SEALS $285M IN DEALS FROM MALAYSIAN EXECS BEFORE GOING HOME Malaysian business leaders on Thursday pledged a total of $285 million in investments during a roundtable meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Malaysia. “I had the benefit of meeting a number of Ma
GOVT CONFIRMS: IN BALI, MODI AND XI SPOKE ON NEED TO STABILISE RELATIONS Eight months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Bali for their first in-person meeting in public view since the start of the standoff along the LAC in May 2020, the
PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AGREE TO DEVELOP BARMM, HALAL INDUSTRY MANILA — The Philippines and Malaysia on Wednesday agreed to lead bilateral efforts in developing the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and the halal sector, which President Ferdinand Marcos J
