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‘Life skill’: Edison Nebrija proposes inclusion of road safety in school curriculum

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) mentor Edison "Bong" Nebrija has proposed that road safety be taught as part of the school curriculum, calling it...

Relieved US TikTok enthusiasts hope ‘magic’ returns as app is restored

Trump reverses previous stance, saves TikTok from ban Users worry about potential changes in TikTok ownership Content creators express distrust in government over...

Philippines, US hold joint maritime exercises in South China Sea

MANILA — The Philippines and the United States carried out joint maritime exercises for a fifth time in the South China Sea, Manila's armed forces...

Trump signals he will start pushing for a new world order in first 100...

Donald Trump’s return to the White House on January 20 2025 is widely seen as ushering in a period of significant upheaval for US...

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17, 2025, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video app by Jan....

A look at Vatican City’s new artificial intelligence law

VATICAN— The Vatican City State’s first decree regulating the use of artificial intelligence quietly came into effect this month prohibiting discriminatory uses of AI...

Malaysia takes on ASEAN mantle but tempers expectations on Myanmar, South China Sea

Malaysia hosts first ministerial meeting as ASEAN chair Says hopes should be managed on Myanmar, maritime code ASEAN committed to helping Myanmar find...
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Would you pay to quit TikTok and Instagram? You’d be surprised how many would

Social media is a problem for economists. They don’t know how to value it. It has long been argued that it ought to be in...

‘The complicated zone where the beautiful and the damned collide’: Remembering David Lynch

The acclaimed American filmmaker David Lynch has died at the age of 78. While a cause of death has yet to be publicly announced,...
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TikTok stops working for US users, disappears from Apple, Google stores

White House dismisses TikTok's comment as a stunt Supreme Court upholds ban, Biden unlikely to intervene Users explore alternatives, rivals see share rise WASHINGTON — TikTok...

Bird feathers, blood found in both engines of crashed jet in South Korea, source...

Seoul — Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air 089590.KS jet that crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 people, a...

TikTok tells users it will be ‘temporarily unavailable’ in the US on Sunday

WASHINGTON — TikTok told users in the United States late on Saturday it would be "temporarily unavailable" on Sunday when a law banning the app takes effect...

ASEAN and China must start tackling thorny issues of South China Sea code, Philippines...

Scope, legality of code 'essential' in negotiations Philippines sees no change in U.S. stance in region Myanmar election must be transparent, Manalo says LANGKAWI, Malaysia — The...

Philippine navy holds exercise near disputed shoal amid standoff with China

MANILA — The Philippine navy said on Friday its ships were holding drills near a contested shoal in the South China Sea, a day after...

Joe Biden’s legacy: Four successes and four failures

The Biden administration comes to an end on January 20. Joe Biden joins Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush on the list...