13+ hour, 6+ min ago   (366+ words) THE Philippines has been sandwiched in between two international crises in less than a decade. - By Joseph L. Garcia While the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 kept the country in varying states of quarantine for over two years and is still a vivid…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (520+ words) When Avigail Sharon answers a phone call from one of her closest friends, it is not with “Hello?” “I always go ‘Bello’” Sharon, 21, said. “And we'll talk in Minionese at first.” Her parents do not get the dialect created for…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (360+ words) Q Is it worth giving up higher pay and career progression for better work-life balance? A For many employees, a promotion is supposed to be an automatic “yes”. It brings higher pay, greater responsibility and a sense that their career…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (490+ words) I gave my son a book recently about finding his career pathway. Its title is 80,000 Hours: How To Have A Fulfilling Career That Does Good (2026). The book is by British author Benjamin Todd, the founder and president of 80,000 Hours. The…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (486+ words) We have honed their abilities to perform an array of specific tasks, from fetching waterfowl to staring down wayward sheep. We have reshaped and refined their bodies, producing sausage-shaped dachshunds, polka-dotted Dalmatians, bushy-browed schnauzers and deeply wrinkled shar peis. And…...

14+ hour, 28+ min ago   (504+ words) But a growing number of women are beginning to question whether the same workout routine makes sense throughout the menstrual cycle. This has led to growing interest in cycle-syncing workouts—adjusting exercise intensity according to changes women may experience during…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (391+ words) Singapore has funded long life brilliantly. We need to help people discover what it is for. He sees it daily, he told me — older patients, often weighed down by several health conditions, who no longer feel their days are there…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (392+ words) The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained mare became the first female galloper to win the Makybe Diva since the race attained Group 1 status in 2013. Sent out the $8 favourite under Luke Nolen, Sheza Alibi raced away to a 2 3/4-length win from…...

17+ hour, 3+ min ago   (477+ words) As children across the UAE settle into a new school year, parents are ticking off the familiar back-to-school checklist — uniforms, books, transport and stationery. But doctors say one important check can easily be overlooked, a child’s vision. With Dubai’s 2026-27 school…...

21+ hour, 4+ min ago   (385+ words) Juan stands in front of a convenience store refrigerator, deciding what to drink. On one shelf are soft drinks. Beside them are bottled coffee, milk tea, flavored milk, yogurt drinks and iced tea, mostly promoted with images of leaves, fruit,…...