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Digital, green projects to improve life quality, lure investments

TAIPEI: South Korea’s capital Seoul is determined to push for digital and green projects to improve the people’s quality of life, attract investments and foster further collaboration with the international community in turning these visions into reali…

Filipinos in Lebanon warned anew amid latest Israeli strikes

MANILA: Filipinos still in Lebanon have been warned anew due to the new Israeli strikes reaching deeper into the country as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates.

In a security advisory released Wednesday, the Philippine Embassy in Beir…

Australia, ARTA partner on biz process management training

MANILA: The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and Australia have partnered on business process management (BPM) to help the Philippines improve its government processes.

Last week, 10 personnel from the ARTA received training on BPM and System Dynamics …

Search resumes for 6 missing workers after US bridge collapse

WASHINGTON: Authorities resumed a search Wednesday for six missing construction workers presumed dead after a massive cargo ship struck a vital bridge in the US city of Baltimore, causing it to collapse.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore said dive teams sp…

World wasted over 1B meals daily in 2022: UNEP report

GENEVA: Worldwide, more than a billion meals a day were squandered in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity, according to a UN report released on Wednesday.

The UN Environment Program (UN…