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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government’s support for the International Court of Justice as a key institution of international law does not mean it backs the premise of the genocide claim brought by South Africa against Israel.  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismisses genocide allegation against Israel as a ‘shameless’ …

Some small business owners in Canada are asking for the federal government to reckon with the challenges they face as they confront a looming deadline to repay a portion of emergency government loans issued during the pandemic. Around 900,000 businesses signed on to government loan program. Some small business owners …

President Rodrigo Duterte, in his speech during the inauguration of the new Communications, Navigation, Surveillance / Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Systems Development Project at the Philippine Air Traffic Management Center (PATMC) in Pasay City on January 16, 2018, issues a stern warning on the local government officials who are found …

WIDODO ENDS VISIT. Indonesia President Joko Widodo greets well wishers as he leaves a hotel in Makati City on Thursday on the third and last day of his official visit to Manila. Avito Dalan  Indonesian President Joko Widodo gave a glimmer of hope for Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina on …

 Former justice and congressman Vicente Veloso stepped forward as a leading petitioner for a people’s initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution.  “Drawing from my tenure as the chairman of the House committee on constitutional reform, I understand the intricacies and the profound responsibility involved in amending our Constitution,” Veloso said. …

Some passengers have talked about fearing for their lives aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 as the Boeing 737 Max 9 was forced to make an emergency landing last week after a door-sized cabin panel blew off.  Some passengers at risk of PTSD after fuselage blowout, trauma specialist says. Passengers aboard …

Some researchers say the moment is here when coal consumption in power plants around the world finally peaks before beginning a perpetual fall.  Forecasters have been wrong before about discounting coal’s staying power. With the COP28 climate summit now in the rearview mirror, some researchers say the moment is here …

To find out if safety concerns are part of what keeps some of the city’s homeless population away from the core, CBC News spoke with people camping in different parts of the city, as well as to outreach workers, police, a city councillor and a researcher.  People say their reasons …

The U.S. and British militaries were bombing more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, several U.S. officials said.  Biden says Canada among nations supporting operation to stop Houthi attacks on commercial …

Congressional leaders on Wednesday said the clamor of the business sector for economic and investment reforms in the Constitution must be heeded to create more job and income opportunities for the people.  Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. made the appeal in reaction to the report of …