A woman walks across the city centre bridge in Melbourne, Australia, July 16, 2021. — REUTERS/SANDRA SANDERS SYDNEY — Millions in Melbourne are readying to come out of the world’s longest coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown on Thursday Read More
METROCOM relaxing while waiting to be deployed near Malacanang on Sept. 21, 1983. — AITOR ALEGRIA Many of us still remember the box office hit Slumdog Millionaire, released in 2008. This British film was described as peddling poverty porn Read More
STARLINE Because it is the rainy season, the weather is among the many concerns that worry many Filipinos, and the damage and casualties from “Maring,” the most recent weather disturbance to affect the country, are Read More
CHINA has seen rapid urbanization; as of 2020, 61% of its population lived in urban areas. In 1960, that number was a mere 16%. Evergrande benefited from — and helped fuel — this change by borrowing funds to sell property to Read More
FREEPIK The concept of “choosing the lesser evil” seems to say that when a person is faced with two undesirable (i.e., two unfortunate or disappointing) options, then that individual should choose the less “evil” Read More
REUTERS INDIA has given out 1 billion doses of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines, a key milestone in an inoculation campaign that still faces significant challenges. The nation hit the landmark number of doses as of Thursday, Read More
Japan’s Princess Mako arrives at the Imperial Sanctuary inside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan Oct. 22, 2019. — REUTERS/KIM HONG-JI/FILE PHOTO TOKYO — Japan’s Princess Mako will marry a commoner in a subdued ritual Read More
REUTERS THE US FOOD and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorized booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, and said Americans can choose a different shot from their original Read More
KUALA LUMPUR — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should rethink its decades-long policy of non-interference in the affairs of member states, amid a worsening human rights crisis in Myanmar, Malaysia’s top diplomat said Read More
REUTERS Renaming Facebook Inc. is unlikely to enable the tech giant to distance itself from regulatory and public scrutiny around the potential harms caused by its social media apps, marketing and branding experts told Reuters. Read More
