TOKYO DOUSES OLYMPIC FLAME, ENDING PANDEMIC GAMES Tokyo doused its Olympic flame in a ceremony on Sunday that echoed the restraint of a Games that played out without spectators and were defined and transformed by the global pandemic, dazzling sport and deeply person turmoil. &nb
US VOWS CONTINUED PRESENCE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA MANILA — The US will continue to operate in the South China Sea (SCS) to ensure prosperity for all nations in the region, the United States Indo-Pacific Command said.
TALIBAN SEIZES EIGHTH AFGHAN PROVINCIAL CAPITAL IN FIVE DAYS The Taliban took control of two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, taking the number of provincial capitals the group has seized since Friday to eight.
PHILIPPINES SUSPENDS SHORTER QUARANTINE FOR FULLY VACCINATED COVID-19 CLOSE CONTACTS MANILA — The inter-agency task force (IATF) leading the Philippines pandemic response said on Wednesday it suspended the shortened quarantine period for fully vaccinated individuals who ca
LS NOD TO CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL TO RESTORE STATES’ POWERS ON OBC LIST The Lok Sabha on Tuesday evening passed the 127th Constitution Amendment Bill restoring powers of the state governments to identify and notify their own lists for OBCs and Socially and Educationall
PHILIPPINES EXITS RECESSION IN Q2, BUT RECOVERY SHALLOW MANILA — The Philippines is finally out of recession in the second quarter, posting its best annual growth rate in 32 years, but the rebound was shallow and new lockdowns triggered by the fast-spreading Delta variant
OPPN MAKES AN EXCEPTION OVER OBC QUOTA BILL The government yesterday pushed through six Bills, three of which were passed, in the Lok Sabha despite Opposition protests over Pegasus row and other issues.
WON’T ACCEPT A GOVT IMPOSED BY FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN: UNSC Members of the UN Security Council on Friday made it clear the world community wouldn’t accept any government forcibly imposed in Afghanistan by the Taliban, even as India called for the dismantling of terror
PDP-LABAN EYES BONG GO-DUTERTE TANDEM IN 2022 MANILA — A faction of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) has endorsed Sen. Bong Go and President Duterte as the party’s standard bearers in next year’s elections.
INDIA, CHINA DISENGAGE IN GOGRA; ALL TEMPORARY STRUCTURES DISMANTLED After nearly 15 months of face-off, the Indian and Chinese armies have completed the disengagement process and restored the pre-standoff ground position in Gogra in eastern Ladakh, in a significant forward move
