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International Ilonggo

An end to an open Western World?

BY NOW, everyone would have heard of US President Donald Trump’s deportations, his confrontation with those countries that would not accept their own citizens...

Will China invade Taiwan in 2025?

A COUPLE of weeks ago, satellite images revealed China had built specialized barges for amphibious operations. Like the ships manufactured in the Normandy Invasion,...

Trump’s return

RECENTLY this week, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated the 47th President of the United States. Trump started his second term by focusing on domestic...

China’s looming economic weakness

BY JED JALECO DEL ROSARIO A LOT OF financial analysts are wary of 2025, and many think that a recession may be coming very soon. China,...

When an empire fights itself

AS DONALD Trump’s second presidential inauguration nears, both his supporters and detractors are already making predictions about his second presidency. Most of these are...

2025’s financial problems

YEAR 2025 could start with a global financial downturn. As of December 28, 2024, the Yuan, the Real, Rupee, the Korean Won and the...

Coping with global uncertainty

BY JED JALECO DEL ROSARIO PEOPLE who keep track of global current events can be usually cynical. It comes with the territory. You can’t make...

The chaos in Syria may have just begun

THERE has been a lot of talk about what happens to Syria now that Assad has been ousted. Optimists proclaim that the rebel leaders...

Syria has fallen

BY JED JALECO DEL ROSARIO WHEN I first wrote this article, I thought Syria’s Bashar Al Assad would pull through, but as things have turned...

A new type of elite

BY JED JALECO DEL ROSARIO AN INTERESTING part of Donald Trump’s 2024 United States’ presidential election campaign was how it was supported by major figures...