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The Philippines has raised the age of sexual consent to 16 after amending a near century-old law, a move child rights activists said Monday would help protect youngsters from rape and abuse. The Catholic-majority nation had one of the lowest ages of consent in the world, allowing adults to have …

The World Bank said its executive board on Monday approved a $723 million package of loans and grants for Ukraine, providing government budget support as the country battles a Russian attack. The package includes a $350 million loan supplement to a prior World Bank loan, augmented by about $139 million …

Vietnam has urged China to respect its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf after Beijing announced drills in the East Sea. The Hainan Maritime Safety Administration announced March 4 the establishment of a no-go zone for military drills in the East Sea (known internationally as the South China Sea), …

Moderna Inc said on Monday it plans to develop and begin testing vaccines targeting 15 of the world’s most worrisome pathogens by 2025 and will permanently wave its Covid-19 vaccine patents for shots intended for certain low- and middle-income countries. The U.S. biotechnology company also said it will make its …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday accused the Russian army of scuppering the evacuation of civilians through humanitarian corridors agreed after talks with Moscow. “There was an agreement on humanitarian corridors. Did that work? Russian tanks worked in its place, Russian Grads (multiple rocket launchers), Russian mines,” Zelensky said in …

Vietnam has urged China to respect its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf after Beijing announced drills in the East Sea. The Hainan Maritime Safety Administration announced March 4 the establishment of a no-go zone for military drills in the East Sea (known internationally as the South China Sea), …

Binh Chanh, Can Gio and Cu Chi districts all target to develop into cities within Ho Chi Minh City. Party Chief of Binh Chanh District Tran Van Nam said the model of district-level administration is no longer suited to the speed of urbanization and socio-economic development of the district, and …

The Health Ministry confirmed 147,335 new local Covid-19 cases in 63 cities and provinces Monday, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 4,502,649. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 32,317 cases, Nghe An with 10,153 cases, and Bac Ninh with 7,873 cases. Of the …

For the last eight years Mathilde and her family have called Hong Kong home, but as the coronavirus tears through the city they are joining an exodus of foreign workers looking for an escape route. “We are leaving and we will come back to empty our house whenever that is …

Thailand is scrambling to encourage its people to have more babies to arrest a slumping birth rate, offering parents childcare and fertility centres, while also tapping social media influencers to showcase the joys of family life. The campaign comes as the number of births has dropped by nearly a third …