Life’s a ball in Vienna as city tops world rankings for 10th year

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:04:16 +0000

  PARIS: Vienna has been named the city with the best quality of life for a 10th consecutive year in a survey published Wednesday. The Austrian capital was one of…READ

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Duterte, Congress meet to break 2019 budget impasse

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:14:42 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will meet with leaders of Congress today, Tuesday, to break the impasse that has stalled the passage of the 2019 national  budget. In a press conference, Palace…READ

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‘Running priest’ refuses police ‘ironic’ offer of protection

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:22:53 +0000

ONE of the priests claiming to have received death threats for being a vocal critic of the government’s war on drugs rejected the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) offer to protect…READ

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Seoul closely monitoring NKorea for ‘missile launch’ – military

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:13:11 +0000

SEOUL: South Korea’s military said Monday it was closely monitoring North Korean facilities after a series of satellite images triggered international alarm that Pyongyang might be preparing a long-range missile…READ

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‘London patient’: second case ever of HIV remission

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:06:58 +0000

  PARIS:  A second person is in sustained remission from HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, after ceasing treatment and is likely cured, researchers said Tuesday in what was hailed…READ

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As the web turns 30, is it an ‘out-of-control monster’?

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 08:58:55 +0000

MEYRIN, Switzerland: Thirty years ago this month, a young British physician working at a lab near Geneva invented a system for scientists to share information that would ultimately change humanity….READ

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UN chief launches global push against hate speech

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 09:46:10 +0000

GENEVA: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday launched a new global strategy to combat hate speech, a growing scourge he said has “poisoned” debate on crucial challenges like migration….READ

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Olivia Colman: two times a queen, and now film royalty

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:45:22 +0000

LONDON: Olivia Colman’s Oscars triumph crowns a meteoric rise for the British actress that suddenly sees her starring as two queens — an 18th century one on film and a…READ

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Duterte signs expanded maternity leave, says former top aide

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 04:37:38 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that would provide 105 to 120 days of paid maternity leave for working mothers in both government and private sectors. Former…READ

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Thai party fighting for survival after gaffe with princess

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 09:44:30 +0000

BANGKOK: The Thai political party that took the unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful step of nominating a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister was fighting for…READ

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