December 6, 2023
THE stock market returned to the 6,300 level, but the peso weakened slightly at the start of a shortened trading week. The currency dipped by two centavos to P55.40 against the dollar, while the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) added 40.07 points, or 0.64 percent, to end the day at 6,309.57. It was the
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said 13 released Israeli hostages had entered Israeli territory late Friday, November 24, hours after they were freed as part of a four-day ceasefire. The freed hostages had received an initial medical assessment and were being taken to Israeli hospitals where they would be reunited with their families, the IDF
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According to Russian media, the deputy commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, has personally taken over command of Russia’s Dnipro Grouping of Forces, responsible for the occupied areas of Kherson region. ADVERTISEMENT Repelling Ukrainian attacks across the Dnipro River and holding territory in the occupied Kherson region remains a high-priority objective
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The history of Gaza is one of conflict and conquest that stretches back millennia. The 363 sq km strip of land changed hands between empires over many centuries, before becoming one of two Palestinian territories under Israeli occupation in the modern era. Now, as Israeli forces pound Gaza with air strikes and prepare an expected
READ MOREInternet and phone services collapsed in the Gaza Strip under intensified Israeli bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from the outside world and each other, as Israel’s military said it was “expanding” ground operations in the besieged territory. The military’s announcement signaled it was moving closer to an all-out invasion of
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A UN adviser in Gaza has described as “catastrophic” conditions in the besieged Palestinian territory, which has been pounded by Israeli warplanes since Hamas militants carried out their mass assault on the Jewish state. Adnan Abu Hasna, media adviser for UNRWA, the UN Palestinian refugees agency, said on Thursday that there was no mains electricity
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President Vladimir Putin’s spiritual adviser has been appointed to a diocese in annexed Ukrainian territory. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided Wednesday to appoint Metropolitan Tikhon to head the Diocese of Crimea, located in an occupied region of Ukraine. Tikhon is known to be a close ally of the Russian president and
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Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighbourhood by neighbourhood on Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory as Israel vowed retaliation for Hamas’ surprise weekend attack that would “reverberate … for generations.” More than 187,000 people have fled their homes in the enclave, the UN
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Russian forces are reportedly intensifying their efforts to mine the Robotyne-Verbove area in a bid to block Ukrainian troops on the front lines, away from the Zaporizhzhia region. ADVERTISEMENT Ukrainian authorities say almost a third of the country has been mined since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion last year, leaving six million people at
READ MOREIsrael intensified its bombardments of the Gaza Strip on Monday after declaring war and vowing to destroy the “military and governing capabilities” of the enclave’s Hamas rulers, as Israeli soldiers fought to dislodge Gaza gunmen from areas of southern Israel. At least 700 people have reportedly been killed in Israel — a staggering toll on
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