Triple train crash: Over 280 dead, hundreds hurt in India

At least 288 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision in India, officials said Saturday, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Wreckage debris was piled high at the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, where some carriages had …

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Welcome to the ‘Oatside’

Popular Singaporean oat milk brand Oatside is finally available for retail in the Philippines. The young and popular brand, which founder and CEO Benedict Lim started in 2020, is often spotted in cafes and supermarkets in neighboring Asian countries such as Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Oatside …

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Damaged water bomber won’t be back in service this year

An oft-delayed decision on the fate of a grounded water bomber will be pushed back further.  In February, the Newfoundland and Labrador government issued a request for qualifications to short-list companies capable of fixing the aircraft, which hasn’t been in the air since 2018. That document stressed that the decision …

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Tourism ready to stand as economy’s 3rd brace

THE tourism sector is poised to stand as the third leg of the economy, which has been propped up by remittances from Filipino migrant workers and income generated by the business process outsourcing sector. This was the plan of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who earlier identified tourism as a so-called …

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