King Charles will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Buckingham Palace says monarch's medical team 'very encouraged' by progress King Charles will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Charles took a break from public …
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Ending Sudan’s civil war may require help of the very countries inflaming it
Players beyond the borders of Sudan — from its African neighbours to the Gulf States and beyond — are influencing the course of the conflict for their own purposes and increasing the chances of it metastasizing, analysts say. U.A.E., Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran among countries seen to be taking sides …
Read More »Here’s what’s happening on U.S. campuses as student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza grow
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. University students face arrests amid calls for ceasefire, demands to stop support for Israel Some U.S. universities called in police to break …
Read More »End of the road? Philippine jeepneys face uncertain future
In this photo taken on April 3, 2024, an older model of a passenger jeepney produced since the 1950s by Sarao Motors, is displayed at the workshop in Las Pinas City, suburban Manila. About 70 years after the first jeepneys rolled on to the streets of the Philippines, the noisy, …
Read More »Canadian banks need to do more to stop abusive e-transfers, survivors say
Women who have received threatening and abusive e-transfers from their former partners say Canadian banks need to step up and do more to prevent the misuse of their banking applications. Former Australian banking exec says banks should make sure services aren’t weaponized by abusers CBC News speaks to an Ontario …
Read More »Ukraine’s ambassador slams Canada for Airbus sanctions waiver on critical Russian mineral
Ukraine's ambassador to Canada has called out the Trudeau government over a decision to grant Airbus Defence and Space a waiver that will allow the European aerospace giant to continue to use Russian titanium in the manufacture of its aircraft engines. It comes after the company vowed to find a …
Read More »Iran-linked Popular Mobilization Forces report explosion at military command post near Baghdad
Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces said its command post at Kalso military base, about 50 km south of Baghdad, was hit by a huge explosion late on Friday, and two security sources said it resulted from an air strike. 3 wounded in blast that happened hours after explosions in Iran Iraq's …
Read More »Trudeau dismisses plea from doctors to reconsider capital gains tax change
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting a request by doctors to reconsider his government’s capital gains tax hike. The doctors warn that the tax change could undermine efforts to recruit and retain physicians in Canada and threaten the stability of the health-care system. 'We are asking the most successful in …
Read More »PBBM to PNPA grads: Evaluate your careers by the quality of your service, not your speed of promotion
President Bongbong Marcos at the PNPA Commencement Exercises for the Layag-Diwa Class of 2024./PCO/ (Eagle News)–Your careers should not be measured by the speed with which you are promoted but by the quality of your service. This was the message of President Bongbong Marcos in the Philippine National Police Academy …
Read More »Freeland defends budget measures as premiers push back on federal involvement
The federal finance minister said Sunday she's optimistic provincial leaders will come around on measures that touch on their jurisdiction, such as housing. Premiers criticize what they call lack of consultation on such issues as housing Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she thinks unhappy premiers will …
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