After President Marcos said he was “horrified” by a secret deal on the West Philippine Sea (WPS), former president Rodrigo Duterte has broken his silence on the issue – and tossed in insults directed at his successor.
China has lashed out at Australia after the federal government announced plans for a big boost in defence spending, as an expert warns the increase may not be enough. Defence Minister Richard Marles on Wednesday unveiled the new national defence strategy and investment program which will which nearly double annual defence spending to $100 billion […]
Fragile recovery, low growth, global debt, AI, the climate The organisations founded in 1944 have lots to talk about this weekThere is likely to be a sense of relief when the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their half-yearly meetings in Washington this week. Not because the world is crisis-free – it clearly isn’t – but because since they met six months ago no fresh crisis has emerged.The past half-decade has been as tough as any period in the history of the two...
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The leadership of the House of Representatives is preparing to look into the so-called gentleman’s agreement between former president Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the West Philippine Sea issue.
A cooperation agreement among the Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, President Marcos said on Friday, while seeking to assure China it was not a target.
The expected influx of investments from the US and Japan that stemmed from the historic trilateral summit won’t affect China’s investments in the Philippines, President Marcos said yesterday.
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China already has enough battery manufacturing capacity to supply all global EV production, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. BNEF estimates to global battery-cell demand for both EVs and energy storage came in at around 950 gigawatt-hours in 2023—but manufacturing capacity was more than twice that, at around 2,600 gigawatt-hours
His midnight mauling of Bulgarain threshing machine Vladimir Georgiev didn’t just bring him his 12th straight win, it also underlined his case to be a major name in the domestic and international middleweight division. Watching him dismantle a genuinely tough and unpredictable opponent with some obscene body shots was an awe-inspiring experience for Saturday’s fight fans at the Magna Centre. Thompson, who had celebrated his 27th birthday the day prior, had to navigate plenty of wild windmill...
In 2013, Dutch scientist Mark Post unveiled the world’s first cultivated meat burger on live television — taking lab-grown meat from the realm of science fiction to science fact. Post ended up turning his invention into a startup called Mosa Meat. The new venture promised to bring the “world’s kindest burger” to supermarket shelves. Today, Mosa Meat announced it has secured another €40mn — just two years after closing a $85mn Series B funding round. Lowercarbon Capital and M Ventures led...