Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country's deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday. Country's deadliest rail accident in decades Rescuers found no …
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Tired of getting spam calls? Here’s why you may never be rid of them
Spam calls — or "scam calls" as they’re also known — have become an infuriating part of life. Some 18 months ago, many Canadians hoped they'd disappear thanks to new technology to combat the problem. Now, however, they aren't expected to stop anytime soon. 'There's no silver bullet' to the …
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MANILA, Philippines — Beyond pageantry, the Miss Universe 2015 edition has attained a mythical status. When host Steve Harvey announced the wrong country as the winner, pop culture had an immediate reset. The Oscars in 2017 even had a bootleg version when the legendary co-stars of "Bonnie and Clyde" — …
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At least 288 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision in India, officials said Saturday, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Wreckage debris was piled high at the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, where some carriages had …
Read More »Trudeau continues to stand by David Johnston despite calls for him to step down
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is committed to keeping David Johnston in place as Canada's special rapporteur on foreign interference, despite a majority of MPs voting to call on him to resign. MPs passed a motion this week urging Johnston to step down from as special rapporteur on foreign …
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Veteran actor John Regala – John Paul Scherrer in real life – passed away early Saturday morning at 55 years old after battling liver and kidney complications. His wife, Victoria Scherrer, said the actor had been under critical care for three weeks at the New Era General Hospital in Quezon …
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Sometimes I am surprised by what’s happening to me. My husband and I used to go out frequently, either out of town or walking through malls or having lunch with his male friends or entertaining at our home. Then the pandemic came. We found ourselves glued at home. I decided …
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MANILA, Philippines — It has been 50 years since the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) debuted. But if there’s something that time hasn’t changed, it is the orchestra’s enduring passion to bring music to every Filipino. Three years after the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) opened its theaters, a music …
Read More »Live in the garden? You can, in Suncheon!
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Read More »Self-driving cars know the rules of the road — but not rules of humanity
When it comes to reading cues from human drivers, autonomous vehicles have a ways to go. When it comes to reading cues from human drivers, autonomous vehicles have a ways to go Driving a vehicle involves more than following the rules of the road. It is a social activity involving …
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