PARIS — France’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a bill seeking penalties on ultra-fast fashion products, sold by companies like China’s Shein, aimed at helping to offset their environmental impact.The bill calls for gradually increasing penalties of up to €10 per individual item

GLOBE TELECOM, Inc. has partnered with Converge ICT Solutions, Inc. for co-build projects in Bicol and Leyte to extend fiber optic networks. “By pooling our resources and expertise, we’re not only expanding our network more efficiently but also significantly lowering the costs associated with such extensive

FENCER MAXINE ESTEBAN — AUGUSTO BIZZI / FIEFENCER MAXINE ESTEBAN has clinched a quota place in the Paris Olympics after her recent strong performance in the 2024 Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Foil Grand Prix in Washington D. C., United States.But the 23-year-old former Ateneo stalwart,

WOMAN GRANDMASTER JANELLE MAE FRAYNA— FACEBOOK.COM/WGMJANELLEWOMAN Grandmaster (WG) Janelle Mae Frayna seeks to reclaim her old throne as she sees action in the Philippine National Women’s Chess Championships that unfolded yesterday (Sunday) at the Malolos City Hall in Bulacan.Ms. Frayna last topped the annual

ALLAIN GANAPIN got his second chance to compete in the Paralympics after earning a spot to the quadrennial games via taekwondo’s Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai’an, China on Sunday.All the 25-year-old native of Marikina City, whose right arm is amputated due to a congenital disorder,

DEFENDING champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Russian fourth seed Daniil Medvedev will clash in Sunday’s final of the Indian Wells in a rematch of last year’s summit clash after both prevailed in intense three-setters on Saturday.Mr. Alcaraz came from behind to beat Jannik Sinner

Bizarre may well be too mild an adjective to describe the turn of events that marred the end of what appeared to be yet another classic confrontation between the Lakers and Warriors. As if the premature departure of All-Star Anthony Davis due to an uncalled

WITH China’s deflation at its worst in 15 years, a volatile stock market and bank interest rates too low for her liking, 18-year-old Tina Hong is placing her financial security in gold beans. Weighing as little as one gram, the beans — and other forms of

A VOLCANIC ERUPTION takes place near Grindavik, Iceland, March 16, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters. — PUBLIC SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF ICELANDIC POLICE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS COPENHAGEN — A volcano in Iceland erupted on Saturday for the fourth time since December, the country’s meteorological