SINGAPORE  -Oil prices edged up on Monday after OPEC+ nations held their output targets steady ahead of a European Union ban and a price cap kicking in on Russian crude.

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TOKYO -Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa tweeted on Monday that he plans to make a “big announcement” related to space after a meeting with SpaceX owner Elon Musk.

SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday afternoon and would work from home while isolating.

MANILA, Philippines – A coalition of more than 25,000 transport network vehicle services (TNVS) drivers and operators on Monday said they are willing to work with the government to improve ride-hailing services in the country.

DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) president will visit Qatar on Monday, state news agency WAM reported, in the first such visit since Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies ended a boycott of Doha nearly two years ago.

MANILA, Philippines —  Eleven local holiday measures hurdled the Senate Committee on Local Government on Monday.

LONDON  – The pace and scale of rate hikes delivered by central banks in November picked up speed again as policy makers around the globe battle decade high inflation.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Top European Union officials intend to complain loudly to their U.S. counterparts at a trade meeting on Monday about the bloc’s electric vehicles being cut off from tax credits in U.S. President Joe Biden’s signature climate law.

MANILA, Philippines — After leading Adamson to its first Final Four appearance in four years, Jerom Lastimosa is far from done.

LUCENA CITY — Two pedestrians and a driver were killed in two separate road mishaps on Sunday and Monday in Batangas province.

QUEZON, Isabela — Police have launched a manhunt operation to arrest an alleged drug dealer who eluded arrest after selling P6.6 million worth of marijuana to an undercover agent on Dec. 3.

HONG KONG  -As Chinese assets whipsaw around hopes and fears over the country’s path out of the pandemic, big offshore investors are slowly leaving the sidelines as they plot a cautious return to one of the year’s worst-performing equity markets.

Hong Kong stocks extended their recent rally on Monday as traders cheered further moves by Chinese authorities to roll back strict Covid containment measures that have hammered the world’s number two economy.

CEBU CITY — The construction of the second runway of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) will be finished by March 2023.

The camp of American actress Amber Heard has asked the Court of Appeals of Virginia to reverse a ruling awarding $10 million to her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, citing errors on the part of the trial court.

BACOLOD CITY — A green sea turtle stranded along the coastline of Barangy Taba-ao, Sagay City, in Negros Occidental was rescued and freed on Sunday, December 4.

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CITY OF SANTIAGO, Isabela — A 39-year-old motorcycle rider died on the spot when he was sideswiped by a car along the national road in San Isidro town, Isabela province on Sunday (December 4), police said.

There is a brewing feud between actresses Nora Aunor and daughter Matet de Leon stemming from the gourmet business put up by the national artist that supposedly directly competed with De Leon’s own food business venture.

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