THE Philippines’ global influence took a slight hit this year, slipping one spot to 53rd in the 2025 Global Soft Power Index, a new report from a brand valuation consultancy showed.

A couple of weeks ago, I recall citing Dr. Nina Mba’s description of biographers as “People ... clever by half in its ...

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In the absence of institutional reforms, such as changes in IMF and World Bank governance, rising powers could challenge the existing order, creating their own parallel or alternative institutions.

LAHORE: Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique has said the Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif is taking historic and revolutionary steps in the health sector. “A law will be ...

THE country's debt service burden rose by 13.9 percent to $15.74 billion as of the end of November from $13.81 billion a year earlier, preliminary Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data showed.

Al Ula, Saudi Arabia, – February 16, 2025: On the sidelines of the inaugural annual global Conference on Emerging Market Economies in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia (February 16-17), the Saudi Finance Ministry ...

KYIV: Ukraine on Sunday said it retook a mining village near the embattled strategic city of Pokrovsk, which Russia has tried to capture for months, after President Volodymyr Zelensky said his ...

The government took the decision to join the new bank as part of its plans to reduce dependency on the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which give loans with political ...

THE Philippines has been tagged as one of the top 10 countries that saw a rapid surge in romance scams last year, Moody's said Thursday. Moody's identified 1,193 new entities and people globally with ...

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