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Marcos Jnr announced the current central bank chief, Benjamin Diokno as the new finance secretary to help revive the pandemic-hit economy that is US$19.1 billion in debt.

Rescuers searching waters after a fishing vessel and cargo ship collided; 13 of the 20 crew members were picked up by another boat.

Job losses and pay cuts hit aviation workers hard, and many have switched to less volatile careers, resulting in a lack of manpower to handle the recovery.

The Twin Otter aircraft with 19 passengers and three crew members took off from the town of Pokhara at 9:55am but soon lost contact with air traffic control.

Some black men, in the country for years, say they are frequently questioned, which humiliates them and potentially damages their reputations; speaking Japanese helps to alleviate the situation.

Anthony Albanese’s comments come as China undertakes a region-wide diplomatic offensive raising concerns among Western powers.

Nearly 400 years after its construction, the Mughal-era mausoleum and iconic Indian landmark has become the latest target of revisionism in an increasingly polarised country, where a ultranationalist propaganda campaign is being waged against historical truth.

On Sunday, North Korea reported 89,500 new patients with fever symptoms, taking the country’s total to 3.4 million. It did not say whether there were additional deaths.

Film shines a light on the challenges faced by Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong, who are often regarded as second-class citizens and sometimes ill-treated by employers.

Around 90,000 tonnes of Siberian light crude will be sent to the country’s only refinery and millions of dollars from India until IMF loan; island nation’s 22 million people suffering worst economic meltdown.