<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Honda is to return to Formula 1 in a formal capacity in 2026 as engine partner for the Aston Martin team. The company officially pulled out of F1 at the end of 2021 but its engines are still used by the two Red Bull
After more than three years, the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency is officially over. Yet it’s still killing at least one person every four minutes and questions on how to deal with the virus remain unanswered, putting vulnerable people and under-vaccinated countries at risk. A
A HEALTH WORKER at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute pushes a patient in a wheelchair in this Aug. 15, 2021 photo. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASLONDON — Britain recruited a record number of international nurses in the last financial year to plug hospital staffing
Military personnel take part in a parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency on April 26, 2022. — KCNA VIA REUTERSWASHINGTON
REUTERSSINGAPORE — Climate-related disruptions to the crucial Hindu Kush-Himalayan water system are posing risks to economic development and energy security in 16 Asian countries, and concerted action is needed to protect regional water flows, researchers said on Wednesday.The basins of the 10 major rivers that
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Office workers in central London are spending on average 2.3 days a week in the workplace, according to a report that warns against a wholesale switch to working from home. The thinktank Centre for Cities carried out polling of office workers in the capital
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, will permanently cease operations, just months after a major mission failure. The California-based firm, which had already filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States in early April, has auctioned
ENERGY.AGPGLOBAL.COMMANILA/SINGAPORE — With just four years before the Philippines’ only gas field is set to run dry, the country has started importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), creating a fresh headache for a government struggling to curb high inflation.LNG is needed to help replace gas from
ROBERT LAURSOO-UNSPLASHUsed tires, millions of them, usually end up in landfills. People can recycle only so much of them, turning them into planters or trash bins or other things. At some point, in the 1970s-1980s, many used tires ended up in oceans as artificial reefs
As expected, a number of business groups and organized employers have opposed any kind of across-the-board legislated wage hike. The statement of the business groups projected images of widespread begging and business closures. One headline read, “Wage hike plan to send 42 million begging for
Last Monday, there was good news — the Fitch upgrade of its outlook on the Philippines from “negative” to “stable.” The Philippines’ rating remains at “BBB” which is considered “investment grade” and above the “speculative grade” of “BB” to “D.” A rating of BBB means
ROBIN JONATHAN DEUTSCH-UNSPLASHMEETINGS, especially those prescribed by company by-laws or regulatory agencies, are set up in advance, checking the availability of attendees and the agenda to be taken up. VIPs with their busy schedules involving some financial crisis, visits from investors, appearances in congressional hearings,