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Amid rise in fuel prices, government readies new round of Uplift aid for farmers, transport sector

THE administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is readying a new round of fuel assistance under the Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (Uplift) to provide relief to vulnerable sectors as the benchmark Brent oil hit $100 per barrel on Sept. 9 — the first time since July amid renewed …

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Iranian advisers helped Yemen's Houthis capture Red Sea coast

For more than a month, the Houthis have been striking Saudi oil infrastructure and shipping in the Red Sea, stepping up pressure on global oil prices and boosting Iran’s leverage in its war with the United States. The Houthi advances have seemed to come with little resistance from Saudi-backed Yemeni government forc…

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[Wang Son-taek] The president and ‘responsibility overload’

President Lee Jae Myung is facing one of the most difficult moments of his presidency. His approval ratings have fallen into the 30s after exceeding 50 percent several months ago. At the same time, the democratic and progressive coalition that helped bring him to power has become increasingly divided since the June …

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Lapid to host all five change bloc leaders for coordination meeting ahead of elections

Opposition leader Yair Lapid will host the leaders of the "change bloc," former prime minister Naftali Bennett, Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman, and Democrats party chairman Yair Golan, at his Tel Aviv home on Saturday night for talks on coordinating their moves ahead of the …

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Defense minister, top U.S. envoy discuss OPCON transfer, air base relocation

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul met with the top U.S. envoy to South Korea on Wednesday to discuss key alliance issues, such as the wartime operational control (OPCON) transition and the relocation of a regional air base shared with U.S. forces, the defense ministry said.

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