China’s increasing naval power, the country having surpassed the United States as the world’s largest maritime force, is giving Beijing crucial sway
When the Philippine presidential election of 2022 concluded in a landslide victory for Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the Philippine Stock Exchange Index sank by 0.6% at 6,720.93. Losses from investor sell-offs amounted to an estimated total of 488 billion PHP (9.3 billion USD). At-the-close of market, the index’s total market capitalization fell by 168.27 billion
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U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday that last weekend's mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, in which a white teenage gunman allegedly killed 10 Black people at a grocery store in a racist rampage was "domestic terrorism" fueled by "white supremacy … running through our body politic."
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is due to meet Wednesday in Washington with Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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After enduring 82 days of bombardment an estimated 264 Ukrainian soldiers were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant.
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The Ukrainian government says it is continuing efforts to complete the evacuation of its fighters from the Azovstal steel plant
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The United Kingdom said it had imposed sanctions on Friday against Russian President Lyudmila Ocheretnaya's ex-wife and other members of the Russian president's entourage.
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi is ready to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but without his mediators and on the terms of dialogue, not ultimatums.
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Officially recorded remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are expected to increase by 4.2 percent this year to reach $630 billion
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Afro-Latino identity is a distinct one, with deep roots in colonial Latin America. As a result, it can often exist alongside a person’s Hispanic, racial or national origin identities
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