A survey has found that 76 per cent of voting-age Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte's performance some 100 days after he took office, apparently happy with his ultra-hardline stance on crime and unfazed by his threats to "break up" with top ally the United States.
After sinking in August from their convention highs, the favorable ratings for U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton show little to no positive momentum, found a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
Over 2,000 players will compete in the 42nd Chess Olympiad, which kicked off here on Thursday at the National Gymnastics Arena.
Ratings house Moodys Investor Services on Wednesday affirmed Australia's prized AAA sovereign rating, however fired a warning shot to the central government calling for urgent fiscal repair.
Two top-rated tourist attractions had their accreditation removed after more than 30 undercover investigations were taken at 20 scenic spots.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye' s approval rating posted a double-digit decline in her political home turf following a decision to deploy Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in its soil.
Singapore organizers of the musical "Les Miserables" have cut a scene in which two male actors kiss after complaints from the public in the conservative city state where sex between men is illegal.
The South African government is working hard to ensure that the country is not downgraded to junks status, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Tuesday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's approval rating declined to the lowest since she took office in 2013, a pollster survey showed Friday.
Disney 3D live-action computer animated film The Jungle Book rocketed into the movietheaters of North America with a debut of $103.6 million in weekend ticket saless
Global credit rating companies have assessed that recent surge in geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula, caused by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear test and rocket launch, will have a limited, temporary impact on South Korea's economy, Seoul's finance ministry said Tuesday.
A latest poll result showed that the approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has declined to 36 percent, the lowest level since he took office in December 2012, local media reported on Tuesday.
The tiny superhero film "Ant- Man" bested "Pixels" to win the North American box office race for the second week in a row, according to projections released Saturday by tracking firm Rentrack.
The affirmation by Fitch Ratings of the credit standing of the Philippines has buoyed hopes for the continued economic growth of the country this year despite a simmering political crisis brought about by the botched police operation in the Southern Philippines last Jan. 25.
New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English said in a statement Friday, the AAA sovereign credit rating of New Zealand by Moody's Investors Service proves the country has a faster and more stable growth in recent years.
An official with Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that his country looks forward to creating a system involving rating agencies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, claiming leading western agencies downgraded his country's rating out of political motivation.
For the smaller credit rating agencies (CRAs) based in Europe, a draft technical standard outlined by the European Banking Authority (EBA) for the mapping of ratings would mean exclusion from entering into the covered bond market, CRAs have denounced.
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