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The cost of power

The scandal and outrage of our people at the trillion-plus pesos reportedly lost to alleged machinations related to Republic Act 12116, or the General Appropriations Act of 2025, led to the Trillion ...
As Artificial Intelligence reshapes the global economy, the world faces the question whether it is we entering a modern ...
If you can afford the average cost of health care as you age, you'll be closer to solving one of the thorniest problems in retirement planning. When it comes to bills in retirement, health care isn’t ...
Malawians have voted in presidential and parliamentary elections, following a turbulent five years that has seen the economic crisis worsening in the southern African nation. President Lazarus ...
Dmitrii Stepanov always figured it made more sense to rent and invest than to buy a house. "But kids change everything," he ...
Contrary to popular belief, the cost of living in the so-called Mega Manila or the provinces just outside Metro Manila is more costly than in the country’s capital, according to a congressman. Citing ...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed earlier this year that there are no plans to issue any more cost of living payments in 2025. Between 2022 and 2024, the DWP issued a series of ...
national nature reserve in the Scarborough Shoal, calling it a “clear pretext for occupation”, as Beijing moves to reinforce sweeping territorial claims across the waterway. China has approved the ...
Social Security beneficiaries could see a 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026, which is slightly above the 2.5% increase U.S. retirees received in 2025. That's according to an estimate from ...
OzHarvest opened its first free supermarket in Adelaide in August 2024. The organisation says the market has so far provided more than 340,000 meals. OzHarvest says it will continue to support as many ...
The Philippines “strongly protests” a newly approved Chinese plan to create a nature preserve in Scarborough Shoal, a contested territory claimed by both countries in the South China Sea. China’s ...
I knew things were bad when I considered whether the nachos I was making really needed cheese because it was going to cost almost $10 for one packet. Initially, I feared I had become a cheapskate. Who ...