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5 killed in twin blasts in Philippines
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], August 24 (ANI): At least five people were killed after two explosions hit the insurgency-plagued town of Jolo in the southern Philippines on Monday.
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Filipino club United City FC sign Trevor James Morgan as head coach
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Aug 22 (ANI): Philippines Football League club United City FC have signed former East Bengal and Kerala Blasters coach Trevor James Morgan as their new head coach.
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ADB approves USD 1 billion package for rapid transit system in India
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], August 18 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 1 billion (about Rs 7,485 crore) loan to support the construction of the modern, high-speed Delhi-Meerut regional rapid transit system, a first of its kind in India.
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Phase 3 trials of Russian COVID-19 vaccine to start in Philippines in Octo
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], August 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Phase 3 clinical trials of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine will be held in the Philippines from October to March, Philippine presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday.
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Philippine President Duterte volunteers to be test subject for Russia-made
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Aug 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said that he would volunteer to take the Russia-made coronavirus vaccine to test it, and the country's government on Tuesday voiced a readiness to cooperate with Moscow on the vaccine's clinical trials a
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Global economy could lose $108 billion in remittances: ADB
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Aug 3 (ANI): Global remittances will fall by 108.6 billion dollars if the Covid-19 economic impact persists throughout the year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday.
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Philippines COVID-19 tally exceeds 100,000 with fourth consecutive record
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [The Phillipines], August 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines has exceeded the 100,000 marks with a record 5,032 new infections registered on Sunday, the Health Ministry's data showed.
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ADB, GCF commit to partnership to boost green recovery from COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], July 22 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on Wednesday agreed to partner toward a 'green recovery' for members confronting the harsh economic impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Indian border tensions echo Beijing's South China Sea Shenanigans
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 21 (ANI): Chinese activities along the Sino-Indian border eerily mimic what has been happening in the South China Sea for nearly a decade. It is thus illustrative to look at the latter to predict what may happen in the former, as events happen against a backdrop of plummet
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COVID-19 exposes Asian banks' vulnerability to US dollar funding: ADB
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], July 21 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has yet again unravelled global financial markets, putting Asia's financial resilience to the test, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday.
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Philippines calls on China to comply with 2016 arbitral ruling over South
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], July 14 (ANI): Even as Beijing with its aggressive actions continues to bully its smaller neighbours, the Philippines has publicly called on China to comply with 2016 arbitral ruling which had ruled that China has no 'historic rights over the waters of South China Sea'.
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China's use of economic sanctions now fail to serve its geopolitical goals
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 11 (ANI): China's practice of imposing economic sanctions on countries to achieve its own geopolitical goals is nothing new. The regular phenomenon of China bullying others has, infact, helped other countries to keep several options at bay, reported Minxin Pei in Nik
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