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Ben Affleck's relationship with Jennifer Lopez has intensified because he just bought a $20.5 million «bachelor pad» in Pacific Palisades. There are now fresh reports circulating about the couple, who were previously said to be taking time apart to work on their marriage. Insiders speculate that Lopez may take a serious hit from Affleck's recent house purchase, calling it the «final insult» in their tense relationship, as per the reports of Yahoo entertainment.

Russian navy started planned exercises involving most of its fleet as well as 20,000 personnel and 300 ships, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing the defence ministry.

Coca-Cola Company on Tuesday reported a 2 per cent unit case volume growth in the second quarter of 2024 driven by growth in India, Brazil, and the Philippines. The company, which is leveraging packaging innovation in India by utilising an ultra-lightweight affordable bottle with an extended shelf life, said the package is now available in over half of the country's commercial beverage outlets and has added more than 400 million transactions in the first half of the year.

LPL has grown its presence in the Pacific Northwest with the addition of an advisor from Edward Jones.

supernatural show “Lost” are now streaming on Netflix in the U.S. as of July 1.

Marcos said Thursday that the Philippines needs to do more than protest Beijing's «illegal actions» in the South China Sea. Chinese coast guard personnel wielding knives, sticks and an axe surrounded and boarded three Filipino navy boats last week, video showed, foiling what Manila said was a resupply mission to troops manning a grounded warship on Second Thomas Shoal. It was the latest and most serious incident in a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine ships as Beijing steps up efforts to push its claims to nearly all of the strategically located waterway.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his liberty and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. The plea was entered Wednesday morning in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, an American commonwealth in the Pacific that is relatively close to Assange's native Australia and that accommodated his desire to avoid setting foot inside the continental United States.

India has witnessed the fastest jump in alternative payment share for e-commerce payments in the Asia-pacific region from 20.4% in 2018 to 58.1 %in 2023 as per a report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Options for payment other than traditional cash include UPI, debit cards and credit cards among others.

A recent study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, published right after Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, sheds fresh insight into the financial position of the AAPI community in the US.

China's Premier Li Qiang has arrived in New Zealand at the start of a weeklong tour that also includes Australia and Malaysia

underwater fault line under the Pacific ocean can trigger a major earthquake along the west coast, according to a Metro UK report. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, responsible for this potential threat, is spread across 600 miles of the US regions like California, Oregon and Washington. It also extends as far as British Colombia in Canada.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating shellfish from Oregon and Washington state as they may be contaminated with toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning

Mint at the annual advertising conference, GoaFest, McRae noted that advertising categories such as consumer-packaged goods, automobiles, QSR brands, and banking and financial services (BFSI) have been performing well in India's advertising sector. This positive trend is expected to continue in the latter half of the year, as indicated by data from Mindshare’s India arm.

US Defence official Elbridge Colby stressed that an attack by China against Taiwan could happen with little warning as China has given up on «peaceful unification», reported Taiwan News.

The Philippines is planning one of the world's biggest buildouts of natural gas infrastructure, with almost two dozen power plants announced and ambitions to become a hub for liquified natural gas for the entire Asia-Pacific region

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Wipro on Monday appointed Bruno Schenk as the country head and managing director for Switzerland, effective immediately. He will report to Wipro’s Europe CEO Pierre Bruno, the company said in an exchange filing.

Organizers of the Paris Olympics have set ambitious goals for environmental sustainability

Senior living firm Columbia Pacific Communites is being merged with Kites Senior Care. This merger is expected to create one of the largest senior living firms in India. “The merger is under process for the India business of Columbia and is unlikely to impact the existing joint ventures. Columbia Pacific Communities has a net worth of over Rs 25 crore and is likely to be valued in the same,” said multiple people aware of the development. The latter has undergone a leadership change, with Mohit Nirula resigning in July 2023 to join Oberoi Hotels. V Siva Kumar was appointed interim director at Columbia Pacific Communities and is now the CFO.

Papua New Guinea in the wake of a devastating landslide on the Pacific island nation, as per a release from the Ministry of External Affairs on May 28.This comes after a massive landslide occurred on May 24 in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, which buried hundreds of people and caused major destruction and loss of life.Also Read | South Africa following up with India after Gupta brothers arrests — Why are they in jail and what are the cases?"​As a close friend and partner under the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) and as a gesture of solidarity with the friendly people of Papua New Guinea, the Government of India extends an immediate relief assistance of $1 million to support relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts," the statement read."India has firmly stood by Papua New Guinea during times of difficulty and devastation caused by natural disasters, as in the wake of the earthquake in 2018 and volcanic eruptions in 2019 and 2023.

While many parts of India are reeling under a heatwave, it’s a matter of relief that monsoon rain prospects this year are bright. The country is expected to receive above-normal rainfall during the June-September rainy season, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra. By IMD’s measure, rainfall will be 106% of the long-period average, with a model error of 4%.