Dulux paint maker Akzo Nobel plans to cut about 2,000 jobs globally as part of efforts to reduce costs, targeting positions in its head offices, the Dutch company said on Tuesday.
ACTOR Ako Mustapha’s mother-in-law passed away due to Covid-19 on Thursday, reported Berita Harian.
MANILA: Vice President Sara Duterte has been impeached by the House of Representatives after a total of 215 lawmakers have endorsed the fourth impeachment complaint, fast-tracking the processing and sending of the petition to the Senate for a trial.
ON Sept 18, a 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed while on his way to school in China. The date carried a tragic historical echo, marking the anniversary of Japan’s invasion of China in 1931.
AkzoNobel has missed expectations for third quarter sales and core profit, hit by weak consumer demand and lower pricing in China, and as the Dulux paints maker continued to implement its cost-cutting plan.
When we only support the already-successful, we award and reward people for winning awards, making the path to success even more difficult.
AFTER 63 years apart, a previously married couple have once again tied the knot, Kosmo! reported.
(Reuters) - Slovaks vote for a new president on Saturday in an election that could give Prime Minister Robert Fico a boost in his drive to gain more control of public media, soften anti-corruption laws and withhold key support for Ukraine.
REPAINTNG your home is always a major endeavour. Having invested so much into the paint and other materials, plus time and effort into giving your home a facelift, you would definitely expect to get the results you want.
A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced a student to two months imprisonment for sedition over pro-independence social media posts she published while studying in Japan.
Around once a decade, Alstom SA suffers an oh-so-very French existential crisis. A train manufacturer prone to such frequent calamities requires a stronger balance sheet.
Imagine living in an open-air prison for years with electricity and water allowed for only three hours a day, she says.
THE ultimate buzzword nowadays, especially among defenders of democracy, is “disinformation”: namely, the deliberate and systematic distortion of public opinion to serve, in most cases, authoritarian-populist ends.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Probinsyano Ako Rep. Rudys Caesar Farinas I is pushing for the creation of a police force that is dedicated to ensuring the safety of all members of Congress, as well as protecting the properties of both chambers.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): A 35-year-old Filipino lawyer, John Albert 'Jal' Laylo, who had been shot in the head while travelling in an Uber car with his mother in Philadelphia to visit relatives in the United States died on Sunday (June 19), hours after being confined in critical condition in a local hospital.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): The proposed P5.268 trillion national budget for 2023, the government’s highest ever spending proposal, is set to be received by the House of Representatives on Monday (Aug 22) from the Executive department.
THERE was something eerily familiar about Philippine President Marcos Jr’s speech at the 77th United Nations General Assembly (Unga).
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday (Oct 26) that he did not believe an alleged key conspirator in the killing of radio commentator Percival 'Percy Lapid' Mabasa died of natural causes inside prison.
President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Friday that if needed, military force would be used to ensure that the 2022 elections are peaceful, free and fair.
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq/HAJNOWKA, Poland (Reuters) - When Kamaran Mohammed travelled with his wife and three children to the Belarus capital Minsk last month from their home in northern Iraq, they went as tourists.