ADB eyes $14-b loan to ease Asian food crisis
The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday announced plans to provide at least $14 billion over 2022–2025 in a comprehensive program ...
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World’s top music acts come together against poverty
Metallica and Mariah Carey on Saturday led an A-list of musicians, and President Joe Biden made a surprise video appearance, ...
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Metallica, Biden and Mariah Carey come together against poverty
Metallica and Mariah Carey on Saturday led an A-list of musicians, and President Joe Biden made a surprise video appearance, ...
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Super Typhoon Noru barrels towards Philippines
A super typhoon barrelled towards the Philippines Sunday and was on track to slam into the heavily populated main island ...
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Why are climate activists calling for reparations?
Pakistan's catastrophic floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations, which grew their economies through heavy use of ...
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Bangladesh PM denounces ‘tragedy’ of rich nations on climate change
A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate ...
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Toward a fossil fuel-free world
Climate advocates stage a rally outside the Chinese embassy in Makati City on the first year of Chinese leader Xi ...
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Biden brings carrot-and-stick diplomacy to UNGA summit
US President Joe Biden took a big carrot to the Big Apple for his UN speech—and for the Russians, an ...
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PBBM seeks united front to address climate change, food security
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday (Manila time) called for a united effort among nations to address climate change. CLIMATE ...
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PBBM takes to the world stage
In his first three months in office, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has had to tackle mainly domestic issues and concerns. ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.