7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (770+ words) SEN. Bam Aquino renewed his call for the House of Representatives to approve the Citizen Access and Disclosure of Expenditures for National Accountability (Cadena) Act, saying full transparency in government spending is urgently needed as severe flooding again battered communities…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (150+ words) Newswav Chinese Embassy accuses Teodoro of falsifying claims One of the longest-running English broadsheets in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines —The Chinese Embassy on Saturday slammed Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro for “falsification and defamation” and distorting facts regarding the arrest of…...

7+ hour, 18+ min ago   (529+ words) THE Philippines joined the United States and 39 other countries in calling for at least 24 hours’ advance notification of launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and space launch vehicles (SLVs), amid growing concerns over the risks posed…...

6+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1141+ words) Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has received £20m in donations from cryptocurrency investors since the general election, The Independent can reveal. An analysis of Electoral Commission data shows that a staggering 60 per cent of the right-wing eurosceptic group’s funding comes from wealthy…...

13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (319+ words) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The long-delayed Malaysia-Brunei border issue was among the topics discussed at the 27th Annual Leaders’ Consultation (ALC-27) between the two countries today. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that, so far, the two countries have completed about…...

3+ hour, 52+ min ago   (611+ words) There is a respectable case to be made for cryptocurrencies. They offer a store of value that is independent of governments and central banks – which is partly why they are associated with economically liberal or libertarian politics. But there is,…...

10+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1503+ words) Andy Burnham thinks Britain’s political culture is broken. While his first few weeks in Downing Street have focused on grassroots policy, the new prime minister has made no secret of his plan to make his premiership a “circuit breaker” for…...

9+ hour, 11+ min ago   (220+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has described the 27th Malaysia-Brunei Annual Leaders’ Consultation (ALC-27) as having achieved its main objective of strengthening the bonds of brotherhood and strategic cooperation between the two countries. In a Facebook post today,…...

15+ hour, 22+ min ago   (392+ words) At least 16 people were killed and 130 others were injured following Russian drone strikes on a shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday afternoon, according to Ukrainian authorities. Oleksandr Hanzha, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast…...

7+ hour, 16+ min ago   (464+ words) THE Philippines appeared to be conducting a resupply mission over the weekend for its military outpost aboard the BRP Sierra Madre at Second Thomas Shoal, according to monitoring by the maritime transparency initiative SeaLight. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has…...