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A joint Committee of the House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously voted to adopt three resolutions urging the government to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its investigation of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs.  Before the vote, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra told the committees on …

A newly unsealed U.S. criminal indictment has unleashed an unprecedented flood of details about an alleged plot connected to the Indian government to carry out multiple assassinations in North America, including three in Canada.  Indictment suggests there were plans to carry out 3 killings on Canadian territory. A newly unsealed …

DIPLOMATIC GIANT. In this file photo, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrives at 10 Downing Street in central London on Oct. 25, 2016. Described as a etary of state Henry Kissinger, a key figure of American diplomacy in the post-World War II era, Kissinger died November 29 (Thursday …

Hosting the UN’s biggest climate talks allows the United Arab Emirates to showcase its transition from petrostate to emerging green-energy powerhouse. But as COP28 opens in Dubai, its national oil company is also rushing to expand oil and gas production, leading some to question its commitment to meeting climate targets.  …

Israel and Hamas agreed on Thursday to extend the ceasefire in their war by at least one more day, minutes before the six-day truce was due to expire. Mediators secure deal to keep truce in place, exchange more Israeli hostages for Palestinian detainees. Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement …

Canada’s economy shrank in the three months up to September, as household spending was flat and exports declined.  Upward revision of numbers for previous quarter now show growth. Canada’s economy shrank in the three months up to September, as household spending was flat and exports declined. Statistics Canada reported Thursday …

Google and the federal government have reached an agreement in their dispute over the Online News Act that would see Google continue to share Canadian news online in return for the company making annual payments to news companies in the range of $100 million.  Agreement comes 3 weeks before Online …

The United Nations weather agency said Thursday that 2023 is all but certain to be the hottest year on record, warning of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt and heat waves in the future.  World Meteorological agency says El Niño could make next year warmer still. The …

The seat of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands is seen in this photo release by the International Commission of Jurists, a non-governmental organization advocating for human rights. (ICJ / Release)  MANILA, Philippines — Resolutions urging the Marcos administration to cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s investigation have …

Bongbong Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte, respectively as presidential and vice presidential aspirants, gesture before a massive crowd at the UniTeam campaign rally in Cebu City on April 18, 2022. (The Freeman)  MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte said her working relationship with President Marcos has not changed, even …