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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new data that show most countries are not using taxes to discourage the consumption of unhealthy products such as alcohol and sugary sweetened beverages (SSBs). The data reveal that the global average of excise taxes on these products is low and that some countries even tax water, which … Read more
Philippine troops, backed by airstrikes and artillery fire, killed 11 suspected Islamic militants near a hinterland village in the country’s south, authorities said Saturday, in one of the military’s bloodiest anti-insurgency offensives this year. The military launched the offensive Friday after receiving intelligence about the whereabouts of suspected leaders and armed followers of the Dawla … Read more
Encinitas Award Program Honors the Achievement ENCINITAS October 31, 2023 We are thrilled to announce that Mo Tennis Training Academy has been chosen as the recipient of the 2023 Best of Encinitas Award in the Tennis Club category by the Encinitas Award Program. The 2023 Encinitas Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based … Read more
Great Tibet Tour is excited to announce that Dram/Zhangmu border has reopened for tourists in Sept and now tourists can choose to enter Tibet either through Dram or Kyirong. According to China Tibet News at 10:00 on September 1, the Dram/Zhangmu border in Shigatse City, Tibet was officially re-opened for tourists. The Dram/Zhangmu border is … Read more
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Friday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping both agreed that the present challenges in West Philippine Sea should not be the sum of the two countries’ relationship as they met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) summit. President Marcos made the remarks when asked … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) officially launches the “Stop the lies” campaign as a vital initiative to protect young people from the tobacco industry and their deadly products, by calling for an end to tobacco industry interference in health policy. This campaign is supported by new evidence from “The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023”, published by … Read more
PARIS — Security alerts ramped up following Islamists attacks in France and Belgium, following a pair of Islamist attacks. A spike in anti-Jewish acts and a string of bomb alerts. Once again, some European countries are seeing the spillover of another conflict in the Middle East, a month into the Israel-Hamas war. But there are … Read more
VOA News, MANILA — Japan and the Philippines announced Friday the start of negotiations for a defense pact that would allow troops to be deployed to each other’s territory, a move analysts say is largely prompted by China’s increasingly aggressive behavior in disputed waters. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. … Read more
TEL AVIV, 26.10.2023 by EZRA HAMDAH NEWS CORRESPONENT UN Secretary General António Guterres spoke on Wednesday, hours after Israel said it would stop issuing visas to UN personnel to “teach them a lesson” over Guterres’s initial comments, which were made during a meeting on Tuesday. Officials working for the U.N. who had staff position and offices in Israel are now visa refused, … Read more
