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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – An international survey said the Philippines is one of the safest countries in the world, as its citizens feel safe and trust the police. Local rights groups, however, found the results ironic, considering the police’s questionable record under the Duterte government’s drug war. According to the …

[ad_1] After weeks of buying and selling stocks with the expectation that Democrats would sweep through the White House and Congress in a “blue wave,” Wall Street investors wasted little time getting back to their traditional political stance: stagnation is good. . On Wednesday, cloudy-eyed investors, traders, executives and analysts …

[ad_1] In this file photo, US President Donald Trump raises his fist after speaking during Election Night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early November 4, 2020. | Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP. New York, USA – The US presidential election is still up …

[ad_1] The UK has pledged to donate £ 1 million (P62.6 million) to provide food and clean water to thousands of victims of Typhoon ‘Rolly’ (international name: Goni) in the Philippines and victims of the floods in Vietnam. Rolly, a Category 5 typhoon, devastated the eastern parts of the Philippines, …

[ad_1] The exit makes the US the only country among the 197 signatories to withdraw from the agreement, drawn up in 2015. The United States has formally exited the Paris Agreement, fulfilling an old promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases from the …

[ad_1] Written by Aashish Aryan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 4, 2020 7:30:02 pm Hong Kong shares swung between profit and loss after Chinese regulators scrapped Ant Group Co.’s $ 35 billion initial public offering, and when investors took in the early results of the …

[ad_1] Written by Surbhi Gupta, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 4, 2020 7:19:16 pm Baby Shark now has more than seven billion views on YouTube. A song with a catchy melody and eye-catching visuals that wowed children around the world and made several parents and …

[ad_1] The city of Batangas, a premier city in Batangas province, emerged as the global winner in this year’s We Love Cities campaign from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). In a press release, WWF said that the official announcement of the award was made online through Zoom on …

[ad_1] BEIJING: With the coronavirus vaccine possibly ready for public use in November 2020, the rapid launch of candidate vaccines still poses great logistical challenges in global vaccine transport. While China has yet to export coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine candidates for use in non-clinical trials, all stakeholders in the …

[ad_1] In Australia and Indonesia, crowds gathered around televisions in restaurants and cafes, trying to catch a glimpse of how American states were turning red or blue. In Iran, the hashtag #Elections_America was trending on Persian Twitter, while in Japan, Fuji Television spent a good chunk of Wednesday morning covering …