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Baron Geisler proud of daughter Sophia’s acting debut: ‘Nasa dugo namin ni Nadia’

Baron Geisler proud of daughter Sophia’s acting debut: ‘Nasa dugo namin ni Nadia’

Baron Geisler expressed pride over his daughter Sophia Asistio’s acting debut, saying she inherited the talent for performing from both him and her mother, actress Nadia Montenegro. Geisler spoke about Sophia during an ambush interview at…

Resilience before the rain: PLDT Home strengthens network and customer support ahead of typhoon season

Resilience before the rain: PLDT Home strengthens network and customer support ahead of typhoon season

For Filipino families, severe weather is not a rare emergency. It is a recurring reality. According to PAGASA, an average of 20 tropical cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility every year, making disaster preparedness an…

The Punch

Over 2,700 may have died due to England heatwaves — Researchers

New research estimates over 2,700 people may have died in England and Wales due to the unprecedented May and June England heatwaves. Climate change is a ma Read More…

The Punch

Ten people missing amid Spanish wildfires

France 24

Ten people missing amid Spanish wildfires

A wildfire that spread in southern Spain in the area of Almeria has killed at least 13 people, while another ten are missing. The fire has stabilised, allowing hundreds of evacuees to return to their homes, but has burned through around…

France 24

China joins US in reusable orbital rocket capability

China joins US in reusable orbital rocket capability

China has become just the second country after the United States to achieve the controlled recovery of a reusable orbital space rocket. Friday’s successful capture at sea of the booster stage of a Long March-10B rocket after its maiden…

Is China’s massive island-building push at Antelope Reef nearing the finish line?

Is China’s massive island-building push at Antelope Reef nearing the finish line?

New satellite images suggest China’s land reclamation at Antelope Reef in the South China Sea is nearly finished, according to researchers. One image taken on June 22 showed that dredgers within the lagoon of the teardrop-shaped coral…

Straits Times

France sends water bombers to tackle wildfire outside Paris

NOISY-SUR-ECOLE, France, July 13 - More than 400 French firefighters worked through the night to contain a wildfire in the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, and authorities sent two waterbombing planes on Monday to tackle the…

Straits Times

The new space race: how China plans to break SpaceX’s launch monopoly with IPO push

The new space race: how China plans to break SpaceX’s launch monopoly with IPO push

To challenge the global launch market dominance of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Beijing is adopting a coordinated, multi-company “wolf-pack” strategy fuelled by recent engineering breakthroughs in reusable rocketry. The milestones come as a wave of…

Former public servant accused in foreign interference case involving China

CBC

Former public servant accused in foreign interference case involving China

A former federal scientist in an alleged foreign interference case is accused of copying more than 2,000 documents off a shared departmental server as his lifelong career was nearing its end, with the intention of sharing them with China…

CBC

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