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The NDP sailed to victory Tuesday night with a solid win that cements leader Wab Kinew as Manitoba’s first First Nations premier and also nets the party enough seats to form a majority government.  New Democrats emerge with enough seats to form majority government. The NDP sailed to victory Tuesday …

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial on Tuesday imposed a gag order — promising sanctions for any violations — on the former U.S. president and others in the case after Trump took to social media to lash out at the judge’s top law clerk.  Former U.S. president’s disparaging …

The United States Congress will be headless until further notice, having decapitated its own leadership Tuesday in an unprecedented event in U.S. history. Kevin McCarthy’s removal as House Speaker is the culmination of years of toxic partisanship and opens a period of uncertainty, with wide-ranging potential implications. Including for Ukraine.  …

Bank of Canada deputy governor Nicolas Vincent says businesses raising their prices more frequently than they did before the pandemic is contributing to higher-than-expected inflation.  Nicolas Vincent says some firms may keep raising prices even after legitimate reasons have gone. Bank of Canada deputy governor Nicolas Vincent says businesses raising …

The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to three U.S.-based scientists for the “discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.” Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT said they received a press release with the names of the winners hours before the official announcement.  Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says it regrets press …

Tens of thousands of commuters in Ontario who use GO Transit faced cancellations or long delays Tuesday because of CN Rail’s “network-wide system failure,” which the company said was later restored.  Company had internet connectivity issue, impacting GO Transit and Via rail trains. Tens of thousands of commuters in Ontario …

The people of Reading, Penn., are finally bidding farewell to a beloved mummy who’s been on display at a local funeral home for more than a century.  ‘This gentleman just deserves to finally rest in peace and just have his day,’ says funeral director. Warning: This story contains an image …

China has always referred to the Duterte period as when an ideal engagement had existed with the Philippines. The Philippines is earning plaudits for the Marcos administration’s tough balancing act of asserting its territorial claim on the West Philippine Sea while preventing the tense situation with China from escalating. President …

The approval ratings of the country’s two top officials dropped noticeably in the third quarter of the year, the latest Pulse Asia survey showed. From a high of 80 percent in June, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s approval rating dropped by 15 percentage points to 65 percent in September. Vice President …

At a Glance The shortlist of candidates for the board of directors of the Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) was formally submitted to President Marcos. The Advisory Body, consisting of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the National Economic and Development Authority, and the Bureau of the Treasury, transmitted its …