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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland questioned the point of a parliamentary committee’s hearing on the rising cost of housing Thursday after the meeting descended into loud crosstalk and shouting.  Freeland accused Conservative MP of being ‘rude’ and ‘inappropriate.’ Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland questioned the point of a parliamentary committee’s hearing on …

Canada’s financial intelligence agency says it has levied a $1.3-million penalty against CIBC for non-compliance with money laundering and terrorist financing measures.  Second fine levied by Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre this week, after RBC Monday. Canada’s financial intelligence agency says it has levied a $1.3-million penalty against CIBC …

The head of Canada’s biggest grocery chain says the looming implementation of the grocery code of conduct would lead to higher prices for consumers, not lower ones.  Head of Loblaws says proposed new rules are bad for business and consumers. The head of Canada’s biggest grocery chain says the looming …

TARGET HARDENING. Manila Police District head Col. Arnold Thomas Ibay inspects the vicinity of Quiapo Church in Manila on Wednesday as the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) gears up for the incoming Simbang Gabi festivities. Norman Cruz Police hardens targets in Metro Manila as 2 suspects in Marawi blast …

The Philippines’ employment rate soared to 95.8-percent under the Marcos administration which was seen to be the highest in 18 years, a lawmaker highlighted on Thursday.  Following the release of the October 2023 Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Bulacan 6th District Rep. Salvador Pleyto lauded the …

India’s alleged role in overseas assassination plots has drawn rare criticism inside the U.S. Congress. “This is not the behaviour of a respectable democracy,” said one U.S. senator, in what might be the most detailed denunciation yet from a high-profile U.S. politician since the allegations surfaced.  At U.S. congressional hearing, …

After almost two months of war, few places in the Gaza Strip are safe from Israeli bombardment, but Emad Soliman Robaya Robaya refuses to leave the land where he grew up, partly because it is so vital to his music.  Palestinian man plays flute fashioned from metal tube with holes …

Two months after his historic ouster as House Speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year. In op-ed, McCarthy reveals he’ll leave House ‘at the end of this year.’ Two months …

The Bank of Canada decided to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at five per cent. Economists starting to think rate cuts will start happening in 2024. The Bank of Canada decided to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at five per cent. The move was widely expected, as after …

Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release.  85-year-old had been serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses. Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, …