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Philippines

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  1. Mans Carpio Defends ₱205,000 Japan Dinner and ₱556,000 Nike Purchases as Sara Duterte’s Impeachment Trial Nears — But Can His Explanation End the Wealth Controversy?

  2. ₱30.57-Million Kalinga Irrigation Project Ends Farmers’ 15-Year Wait for Water — But Can It Protect Their Harvests From El Niño?

  3. Marcos Has Until November 20 to Act on Private-School Voucher Bill as 147,000-Classroom Shortage Grips Philippines — But Will Poor Families Finally Get More Choices?

Business

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  1. Binance CFO Kaiser Ng Exits Days After Record $6.3-Billion Crypto Hack as Justin Yek Takes Over — But Is the World’s Biggest Exchange Facing a Deeper Crisis

  2. Meta Raises Nearly $25 Billion in Bonds as Big Tech’s AI Debt Hits $415 Billion — But Is Wall Street Losing Faith in the AI Boom?

  3. China Expands 2027 Communist Party Congress to Record 2,360 Delegates as Xi Jinping Eyes Fourth Term — But Is Beijing Preparing for Its Biggest Leadership Shake-Up in Years?

Politics

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  1. US Senate’s 417-Page Energy Bill Faces November 9 Showdown as Democrats Threaten to Block Deal — But Could America’s AI and Power Grid Expansion Be Delayed?

  2. Trump Replaces Susie Wiles With Stephen Miller After Democrats Seize Congress — But Could His Hardline Choice Cost Republicans the 2028 Election?

  3. US Inflation Could Cool to 0.3% After Prices Surge 3.7% as November 10 CPI Report Nears — But Will the Fed Still Raise Interest Rates in December?

Tech

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  1. Singapore AI Stocks Crash Up to 15% as Wall Street Selloff Hits Asia — But Analysts Say the Biggest Tech Boom May Not Be Over

  2. Environmental Groups Use AI to Save Wildlife as Data Centres Face 945-TWh Electricity Warning — But Could the Technology Protecting Nature Also Be Destroying It?

  3. Snapchat Settles Teen Mental Health Lawsuits as Google Faces New AI Classroom Case — But Could Big Tech Be Forced to Redesign Its Apps?

Asia

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  1. Chiang Mai’s Hidden Villages Reveal Forest Bathing, Award-Winning Coffee and Secret Mountain Stays — But Could This Be Thailand’s Next Big Tourism Boom?

  2. Leila de Lima Demands House Probe Into 1,410-Hectare Bataan Mining Project as Ayta Communities Question 25-Year Permit Renewal — But Was Their Consent Ever Secured?

  3. Philippines Moves to Seek Global Climate Funding as DENR, UNDP Launch Disaster-Loss Strategy — But Will Billions Reach Families Before the Next Catastrophe?

United States

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  1. Trump’s GOP Revolt Erupts as 5 Senators Push to Delay November 10 Leadership Vote After Losing Senate — But Could John Thune Be Ousted?

  2. Australia Scraps A$3-Billion Defence Property Sell-Off Plan for Historic Sydney Barracks After Public Outrage — But What Happens to 66 Other Military Sites?

  3. Americans Approve $67 Billion in New Borrowing for Schools and Housing — But Could the Biggest Infrastructure Vote of 2026 Trigger a Debt and Taxpayer Backlash?

After Hours

Culture, lifestyle & sport

Entertainment

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  1. China Sends Two Giant Pandas Back to America After Two-Year Absence From Atlanta — But Is Beijing Sending Trump a Bigger Diplomatic Message?

  2. All Blacks Crush Scotland 43–21 but Lose Two Key Stars to Injury — Could Will Jordan and Jordie Barrett’s Absence Derail New Zealand Against Wales?

Lifestyle

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  1. Doctors Reveal Why Eating Mustard May Stop Painful Muscle Cramps in Minutes — But Is This Viral Remedy Really Better Than Bananas and Sports Drinks?

  2. Psychologists Reveal Why 97% of People Stay Silent About Uncomfortable Truths — But Could Keeping Quiet Be Hurting the People They Care About?

Sport

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  1. Wesley So Calls Speaking Tagalog His “Most Useless Talent,” Prompting Chess Legend Eugene Torre to Defend Filipino Identity — But Did Fans Misunderstand His Remark?

  2. Unbeaten Roma Crush Sassuolo 3-0 to Move Within One Point of Lazio as Serie A Title Race Explodes — But Could Gasperini End a 25-Year Championship Drought?

Across APAC

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Singapore

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  1. Singapore’s Rare Jumbo HDB Flats Reach S$2.18-Million Asking Price as Government Reviews Housing Scheme — But Why Are Some Owners Struggling to Sell?

  2. Singapore Military Launches New AI and Cyber Defence Command as Digital Threats Evolve — But Can Its Soldiers Keep Up With the Next Generation of Cyberattacks?

Taiwan

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  1. Super Typhoon Champi Leaves 1 Dead, 527 Injured and Over 288,000 Homes Without Power in Taiwan — But Is Another Disaster Looming as the Storm Heads Toward Japan?

  2. Typhoon Champi Knocks Out Power Across Taiwan—But the Worst Damage May Not Be Over

Thailand

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  1. Thai Nursing Assistant Killed After Stopping to Help Injured in Violent Brawl — Police Detain 20-Year-Old Driver as Investigation Expands

  2. Thailand Discovers ฿800 Billion in Overlooked Factory Output as AI Boom Lifts Growth Forecasts — But Is Southeast Asia’s Economy Stronger Than Official Data Suggest?

Malaysia

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  1. Malaysia’s King Rebukes Attorney-General as Najib’s RM50-Million House Arrest Deal Is Blocked — But Could a Second 15-Year Sentence Keep Him Behind Bars?

  2. Malaysia Approves RM10,000 Aid for Families of 54 Missing in Nepal–Tibet Floods — But After 74 Days, Will They Ever Learn What Happened?

Indonesia

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  1. Indonesia Deploys Nearly 21,000 Troops to Jakarta as Three Police Generals Are Detained in Explosive Wiretapping Scandal

  2. Indonesia Arrests Former Police Chief and 2 Generals Over Alleged Spying on President Prabowo — But Who Ordered the Secret Wiretaps?

Japan

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  1. Magnitude-5.7 Earthquake Injures at Least 24 in Japan, Shatters Windows and Disrupts Bullet Trains — But Could Stronger Aftershocks Be Coming?

  2. Uniqlo Scraps 34% Sock Price Hike as Japan’s Inflation Squeezes Shoppers, While Saizeriya Raises Prices After Six Years — But Is the Era of Cheap Japan Ending?

Hong Kong

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  1. Hong Kong Gold Jewelry Sales Soar 20.3% to HK$4.71 Billion as China’s Wealthy Seek a Safe Haven — But Could the Gold Rush Be Hiding a Bigger Economic Warning?

  2. Joshua Wong Faces Potential Life Sentence in Hong Kong — Second National Security Case Could Keep Activist Behind Bars Beyond 2027

Vietnam

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  1. EU–Vietnam Trade Is Booming, but Human Rights Are Under Fire—Will Brussels Finally Draw the Line?

  2. NBI Raids Alleged Subic Scam Hub, Secures 200 Vietnamese Nationals—What Investigators May Uncover Next

South Korea

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  1. Asia’s AI Stock Crash Triggers South Korea Trading Halt as Japan Plunges 6% — But Could a Global Tech Meltdown Be Next?

  2. Ju Ji-hoon Is Ready to Be Hated in The Remarried Empress — But Could His Betrayal Turn Shin Min-a’s Empress Into the Most Powerful Woman in the Kingdom?

China

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  1. China’s Potato Capital Transforms Into AI Empire With 109 Data-Centre Projects — But Could a Looming Water Crisis Threaten Beijing’s Tech Ambitions?

  2. Trump Loses Congress but Retains Power to Act Abroad — Could Iran, Ukraine and China Face His Boldest Foreign Policy Moves Yet?

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