In some of his most hawkish comments to date, the head of Canada's intelligence agency is warning Canadians — including teenagers — against using the wildly popular video app TikTok. CSIS director says data gleaned from popular app 'is available to the government of China' In some of his most …
Read More »Japan economy contracts 0.5% in Q1
TOKYO – Japan's economy suffered a worse-than-expected contraction in the first quarter, official data showed on Thursday, in further bad news for its unpopular government. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the world's No. 4 economy shrank by 0.5 percent against market expectations of a drop of only 0.3 percent. Register …
Read More »‘That was a lie!’ Trump’s team tries to make jury doubt Cohen
There's one vital witness — a common thread — in Donald Trump's criminal trial whose testimony weaves together all the elements of the intricate case. And Trump's lawyers have spent the week pulling on that thread. Defence lawyer erupts at witness as hush-money trial nears the finish There's one vital …
Read More »Loblaw agrees to sign grocery code of conduct — but only if competitors do
Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it's ready to sign on to the grocery code of conduct as long as other industry players do, too, paving the way for an agreement that's been years in the making. Move is a shift for Canada's largest food retailer, which previously said a code could …
Read More »Faqiri family demands apology for Ontario’s ‘inaction’ on inquest
Soleiman Faqiri's family is demanding an apology from the Ford government for both his death and the province's lack of response on the recommendations put forth by the inquest into his 2016 death. The family held a news conference Thursday morning at Queen’s Park calling on Premier Doug Ford to …
Read More »Canadian businessman boosts Canadian medallists’ money in Paris
Canada's medallists in Paris will get a bump in podium prize money. A donation by Canadian health-care technology entrepreneur Sanjay Malaviya of Hespeler, Ont., will make a gold medal worth a total of $25,000, silver $20,000 and bronze $15,000 to athletes. Sanjay Malaviya also committed $4M to reward fund for …
Read More »Tourism and MSMEs: Create a circle of prosper
Tourism is a powerful force in boosting the development of a country. It has been proven in many small towns and islands all over the world, creating strong tourism industries for their countries. We don’t have to look far, our ASEAN neighbors, among them Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, have successful tourism …
Read More »‘Game of Thrones’ in the making?
Will we succumb to the tyranny of strongmen and the specter of authoritarianism, or will we rise above the fray and forge a path toward a brighter future? In this land of perpetual political drama, where clashes between rival clans make Game of Thrones look like a Sunday picnic, we …
Read More »Marcos: All Tarlac politicians don’t know Alice Guo
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in this May 7, 2024 photo (Facebook / Sen. Risa Hontiveros) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday that no single politician from Tarlac knows Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and that the government has been investigating her for some time over her …
Read More »‘Atin Ito’ convoy pulls a “Diskarteng Pinoy;” breaches China blockade en route to Bajo de Masinloc
Courtesy: Akbayan Party/Facebook The ‘Atin Ito’ coalition announced a significant breakthrough on Thursday in its mission to reach Bajo de Masinloc. In a statement, the group said it sent an advance team a day before its civilian mission successfully breached China’s imposing blockade at the reef also known as Panatag …
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