Less than 200km south of Taiwan, Batanes is the Philippines' northernmost province. Growing maritime tensions with China and Manila's deepening defence ties with the US and Japan are drawing fresh attention to the strategically located island chain.
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NGCB Chair Mike Dreitzer called prediction market sports contracts scams that falsely claim peer-to-peer status while exploiting casual bettors. He rejected innovation claims, citing 18+ wagering and operations violating state penal codes, with $8B+ bet on Kalshi by young users since Jan. 1. Comment…
The Emir of Zazzau, Malam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, has appointed former NNPC Chief Financial Officer, Mallam Isiaka Abdulrazaq, as Tafidan Yamman Zazzau.
Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters. Tehran has tried to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on […]
Ukraine is more vulnerable, after the US eased sanctions on Russian diesel and declared an energy ceasefire that Moscow is not heeding, says war studies lecturer Samir Puri.
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