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Politics Political "brinksmanship" in Michigan risks allowing Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. to abandon plans for a $500-million tunnel that would protect an ecologically sensitive Great Lakes waterway from the controversial Line 5 pipeline, business leaders warned Wednesday. An aboveground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station. …

MANILA – No Filipino has been reported to be among the casualties in the escalating exchange of airstrikes and rocket fires between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported Wednesday. In a statement, the agency assured that the Philippine government has contingency plans in …

BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno MANILA – Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) continue gaining access to credit partly through the establishment of credit surety funds (CSFs), as at least 15 additional CSFs are expected to register until end-2021. In a virtual briefing Wednesday, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin …

Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Joel Egco (File photo) MANILA – The government’s anti-insurgency task force has more “important” and “urgent” priorities rather than picking fights with lawmakers, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Joel Egco said on Wednesday. Egco, who was recently designated as spokesperson for “Mass Media …

AstraZeneca vaccine (Photo courtesy of PNP-PIO) MANILA – The fresh batch of delivered AstraZeneca vaccine, about 2 million doses set to expire in June, would be administered only to priority groups A1 to A3, a health official said Wednesday. “Hindi po natin ibigay sa A4 ang (We cannot give to …

(PNA file photo) MANILA – A joint panel of the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure providing a national energy policy and regulatory framework for the use and development of electric vehicles and their development as an industry. The House Committee on Energy, in a joint meeting with …

British Columbia·New Indigenous leaders are calling for an investigation into the conduct of Mounties on Vancouver Island after two members of a small First Nation were shot by police in the last three months. Judy Wilson, the secretary-treasurer of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, pictured in North Vancouver, B.C., …

British Columbia·New Indigenous leaders are calling for an investigation into the conduct of Mounties on Vancouver Island after two members of a small First Nation were shot by police in the last three months. Judy Wilson, the secretary-treasurer of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, pictured in North Vancouver, B.C., …

India's coronavirus death toll passed 250,000 on Wednesday as the World Health Organization said the variant fuelling the surge had been found in dozens of countries across the globe. Relatives mourn as they arrive for the cremation of their loved one who died due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a …

World·Analysis Donald Trump is on the cusp of cementing his stranglehold on the U.S. Republican Party, which is voting Wednesday on purging a rare member of its leadership who is critical of the former president. Liz Cheney and her defenders call this a defining moment for democracy. Donald Trump, shown …