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Chinese provinces lower economic growth targets for 2022

Frank Tang and Amanda Lee, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 19 08:09 PM

The provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui, Chongqing, Sichuan and Hunan this week lowered their economic growth targets for 2022. The less ambitious goals underscore the challenges facing China’s economy, including the coronavirus and a property market downturn. Read more »

Who is Michael Hearn, Dominic Cojuangco’s groom-to-be?

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Jan 19 05:47 PM

La Greta and Tonyboy Cojuangco’s future son-in-law talks about his romance with the talented and beautiful Dominique Read more »

Germany passes 100,000 new COVID cases in past 24 hrs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 03:37 PM

Germany's record rise in coronavirus cases comes as omicron has become the dominant variant, accounting for more than 70 percent of new infections. Read more »

Meme wars on social media being used to 'evade' regulation - analyst

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 03:38 PM

Dr. Jonathan Ong, an associate professor of global digital media at the University of Massachusetts, said 'meme wars' are being strategized online because it looks 'more organic.' Read more »

Chinese couple trapped on lockdown date get engaged

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 02:52 PM

A Chinese couple who were trapped on a date thanks to a virus lockdown have been relieved to find that love, not the coronavirus, is in the air. Read more »

HK's COVID hamster cull sparks fear of owners abandoning pets

Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 02:23 PM

Scientists around the world have said there was no evidence that animals play a major role in human contagion with the coronavirus. Read more »

Bally’s new creative director is Pinoy Luigi Villaseñor

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Jan 19 07:17 PM

Fluent in the language of streetwear and luxury, Villaseñor is tasked to reinvigorate the 171-year old Swiss label Read more »

US orders WhatsApp to trace some Chinese users- report

Liu Zhen, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jan 19 07:36 PM

The US has been secretly tracking a group of Chinese users of WhatsApp since November, possibly in an effort to halt illegal opioid sales, Forbes reported. Read more »

LOOK! Star Wars Millennium Falcon covered in Swarovski

ANCX Staff
Posted at Jan 19 12:07 PM

The force is strong on this one. Read more »

Butuan wins 1M USD in Bloomberg innovation contest

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Jan 19 11:09 AM

The innovation competition supports and spreads the most promising ideas of cities worldwide Read more »

Czech anti-vax singer dies after deliberate infection

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 19 11:53 AM

An anti-vax Czech folk singer has died after she deliberately contracted Covid to obtain a health pass that would have allowed her to visit the sauna. Read more »

Some NCR pharmacies tapped to become COVID vaxx sites

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 11:34 PM

The move is aimed at fighting a surge in infections and to help fully vaccinate the country's entire adult population by early May. Read more »

Patients recovered from COVID urged to remain cautious

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 11:29 PM

The Philippines has seen a steady rise in the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19. Read more »

PH shares snap 2-day losing streak on bargain hunting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 11:13 PM

The Philippine Stock Exchange Index defied a mostly lower session in Asia. Read more »

NCR sees more COVID cases now than delta surge peak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 11:07 PM

The country's COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila and Luzon exceeded the peak numbers in last year's delta variant surge. Read more »

How to be a success in the Year of the Water Tiger

RHIA GRANA
Updated as of Jan 19 08:45 PM

This is the year to work smarter not harder—and other helpful advice in navigating another year of a pandemic Read more »

Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to Borneo

Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 03:50 PM

Indonesia's parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo island. Read more »

Australia suffers deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic

Renju Jose, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 03:17 PM

Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalization rates to record levels. Read more »

Tonga confirms 2 deaths after volcanic eruption

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 18 02:39 PM

Tonga has confirmed at least 2 people were killed in an undersea volcanic eruption off the South Pacific island nation. Read more »

Hair myths we need to set straight

PARTNER FEATURE
Posted at Jan 18 02:22 PM

Grooming expert Jigs Mayuga corrects a few kinks in your hair knowledge Read more »