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[Title] => Democrats flip US Senate, win full control of Congress
[Summary] => Democrats have seized control of both houses of Congress, in a rout of President Donald Trump's Republicans in the midterm elections, US networks projected.
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[Title] => Donald the Lame Duck? Trump will have other ideas
[Summary] => From renewed military action against Iran to election challenges and fightbacks against Democratic investigations, Trump's post-midterms playbook could involve disruption on all fronts.
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[Title] => Canada retaliates as trade war with US escalates
[Summary] => Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on the United States on Saturday, after walking away from a "bad deal" on trade in a deepening rift between the longtime allies.
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[Title] => Political chaos must stop; major investments are waiting in the wings
[Summary] => As I write this column from Washington, D.C., one thing is abundantly clear: there is strong and growing interest in the Philippines from global investors, business leaders and strategic partners who continue to see our country as one of Asia’s most promising emerging economies.
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[Title] => Ostracize the crooks
[Summary] => There was this interesting article at The Washington Post last week about the alarming decline in the population of many countries. It cited a recent essay for The Financial Times by John Burn-Murdoch suggesting that the culprit is smartphones.
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[Title] => The window that we must not waste
[Summary] => There has been a noticeable shift in tone lately here in Washington, DC whenever the Philippines is discussed.
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[Title] => The art of royal diplomacy
[Summary] => When King Charles III arrived in Washington, DC for a four-day state visit, the optics were unmistakable.
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[Title] => Shots fired, Trump evacuated from press dinner in Washington
[Summary] => Shots were fired as US President Donald Trump attended a media gala in Washington on Saturday night, with the gunman detained at a screening area just outside the hotel ballroom where hundreds of guests had gathered.
[DatePublished] => 2026-04-26 09:07:00
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[Title] => Houthis missile attacks on Israel widen Middle East war
[Summary] => Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels joined the month-old Middle East war, claiming two missile attacks on Israel that raised concern on Sunday about the war spreading to the Red Sea.
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[Title] => The middle power moment?
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[Title] => Canada retaliates as trade war with US escalates
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[Title] => Political chaos must stop; major investments are waiting in the wings
[Summary] => As I write this column from Washington, D.C., one thing is abundantly clear: there is strong and growing interest in the Philippines from global investors, business leaders and strategic partners who continue to see our country as one of Asia’s most promising emerging economies.
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[Title] => Shots fired, Trump evacuated from press dinner in Washington
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[Title] => Houthis missile attacks on Israel widen Middle East war
[Summary] => Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels joined the month-old Middle East war, claiming two missile attacks on Israel that raised concern on Sunday about the war spreading to the Red Sea.
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