The move marks the first time the country's central bank has raised interest rates for 17 years.
Friction has grown between Manila and Beijing over competing claims in the South China Sea.
Russia's president addresses thousands in Moscow after official figures suggest he won 87% of the vote.
The firm has benefited from the AI boom, making it the third-most valuable company in the US.
The former president must either pay the full amount in cash or secure a bond to continue his appeal.
The move comes decades after dozens of other Western nations took steps to ban the carcinogen.
Bodies pile up even in the "safest" areas of Port-au-Prince, a capital city reeling from gang warfare.
Former billionaire Hui Ka Yan has been fined and faces being banned from the financial market for life.
The actress says it was crucial to look "ugly and messy" in her new role in comedy series Big Mood.
The actress plays the Newsnight journalist in a new film that recreates her Prince Andrew interview.
Fewer than a third of councils in all areas have enough spaces for children under two, a charity finds.
At a key lecture in the City of London, the shadow chancellor will also vow to reform the Treasury.