CTALK – Cito Beltran – The Philippine Star August 16, 2024 | 12:00am In almost 37 years of living in the Philippines, my beloved wife Karen has tried her best to get her side of the family in the Netherlands to come and visit the Philippines. She extended repeated invitations, shared photos after photos, offered free food and accommodations as well as land travel arrangements, etc. For her effort, her dad visited twice, her brother and sister came once and her brother in-law visited twice, once for tourism and once for work. Miracles upon miracles, she finally got her nephew and his fiancée to visit just before Christmas 2023. But that was after she threatened to disown the whole lot and not come home to the Netherlands. In the past, we thought it was all about funds and costs of… Source link
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Search engine platforms have been rolling out new features, especially since AI search features became the norm. Google has been one of the leads, with new ways for users to obtain information, and its competitors like Bing with Copilot, are no different. Opera, a long-standing browsing platform is now joining in, as they’ve added more features to their portfolio. Opera has released its new browser, Opera One, now for Apple users. Opera One New Interface With a full screen interface and easy to use controls for iOS. Those who have used the Opera One desktop version may notice the uniqueness of this design as compared to the other. “Our research shows mobile phone users are six times more likely to be happy than not, after switching away from their system’s default browser,”… Source link
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CTALK – Cito Beltran – The Philippine Star August 16, 2024 | 12:00am In almost 37 years of living in the Philippines, my beloved wife Karen has tried her best to get her side of the family in the Netherlands to come and visit the Philippines. She extended repeated invitations, shared photos after photos, offered free food and accommodations as well as land travel arrangements, etc. For her effort, her dad visited twice, her brother and sister came once and her brother in-law visited twice, once for tourism and once for work. Miracles upon miracles, she finally got her nephew and his fiancée to visit just before Christmas 2023. But that was after she threatened to disown the whole lot and not come home to the Netherlands. In the past, we thought it was all about funds and costs of… Source link
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New Delhi: India will be hosting the Third Voice of the Global South Summit (VOGSS) on August 17 at a time of geopolitical churning with the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars continuing to rage adding to the already existing global challenges of food and energy security and climate change. As was the case in the first two summits held in January and November of 2023 during India’s G20 presidency, this time, too, the summit will be held in a virtual format. The VOGSS is an initiative launched by India to bring together countries from the Global South to discuss shared challenges and priorities. It emphasises the importance of South-South cooperation, where developing countries can collaborate, share resources, and support each other’s development goals. It seeks to build… Source link
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