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an Afghan man is now married to a girl who is only 6 and the incredible happened when the Taliban, of all government, intervened to tell the man he must wait until the girl is 9, allegedly for marriage consumption

Malacañang insists Philippine-China relations remain "good" despite sharp exchanges between Defence Secretary Teodoro and Beijing, as the Palace reaffirms Manila's commitment to asserting its rights through diplomacy rather than provocation

The World Bank upgraded its classification of the Philippines to upper-middle-income status. But high prices, underemployment, and income inequality continue to beset millions

Ford rehired more than 300 "veteran" engineers less than a year after the company was "systemically deploying AI".

From Gallup's State of the Global Workplace 2026. 50% of Filipino workers experienced stress. The Southeast Asian average is 25%, and worldwide it is 40%

For a change, - The wife of a Ukrainian oligarch who had her legs blown off in a bomb attack in Monaco has been pictured for the first time. The couple suffered multiple shrapnel wounds on Monday evening after a backpack full of nuts and bolts exploded in the foyer of their apartment block in the Mediterranean principality.

The Hofuku Maru has been found off the western coast of Luzon (the Philippines). It sank on 21 September 1944, with 1,289 British and Dutch prisoners of war aboard; 1,047 died.

While the war in the Middle East, especially the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has been challenging for much of Asia, especially Southeast Asia, China is emerging as somewhat of a winner, says the New York Times

Police is probing other cases but says there are similarities between Thunchanok Donhomla’s alleged murder and two other deaths in past two years in same region but no evidence of any links so far. Aussie man is now charged

Starting this week, users can reserve a username ahead of the feature's launch later this year.

The Philippines has expressed grave concern over escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz following ship strikes and US action against Iran, urging all parties to uphold existing peace commitments and pursue diplomacy.

The Violinist, a Singapore-led animated feature and official Singapore-Spain-Italy co-production, has won the Cristal for a Feature Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2026, to ac...

Lee Kuan Yew was a genius, wrote Mr Musk in an X post. He shared a post that reads "Lee Kuan Yew: Air conditioning was a most important invention for us, perhaps one of the signal inventions of history. It changed the nature of civilization by making development possible in the tropics. Without air conditioning you can work."

The number of Bumble users fell more than 11% to about 3.7 million last year.

From an Instagram post of a Singaporean man who is now based in San Francisco. He said that Singaporeans admire every other country in the world, calling it the "dumbest trade-off" while extolling the virtues of SG, Many commenters pushed back.