This frame grab from handout video footage taken and released on April 30, 2024 by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Bagacay (C) being hit by water cannon from Chinese coast guard vessels near the chinese-controlled Scarborough shoal in disputed waters of the South …
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Austin blasts China’s WPS actions as ‘irresponsible’
Defense chiefs from the US, Australia, Japan and the Philippines vowed to deepen cooperation and increase the tempo of joint military exercises amid concerns over China’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea. The Hawaii meeting came a month after the four countries held their first joint naval exercises in …
Read More »Marcos calls journalists ‘crucial’ in fight vs misinformation
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos answers questions from members of the media during a forum with the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) that was attended by members of the Philippine military and foreign diplomats, at a hotel in Manila on April 15, 2024. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said on …
Read More »Pimentel: PCG should have water cannons too
SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III said Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ships should be equipped with water cannons so that they can also blast water at Chinese vessels the next time the latter use this tactic to harass Filipinos in the West Philippine Sea. The senator made the suggestion after …
Read More »Under threat of military incursion, Palestinians in Rafah face feces-infested waters, illness: WHO official
Aid workers are concerned about what will happen to the Gaza Strip’s already fragile health-care system if Israel follows through on invading the city. ‘From a public health point of view, it’s a really disastrous situation,’ says Nyka Alexander. Aid workers are concerned about what will happen to the Gaza …
Read More »At long last, the Hogue inquiry lays the foundation for a real debate about foreign interference
The most grave allegation levelled during the foreign interference saga was that the Liberal government willfully turned a blind eye to Chinese state meddling. Justice Marie-Josée Hogue’s initial report seems to at least cast significant doubt on that claim. ‘The evidence I have heard to date does not demonstrate bad …
Read More »Canadian police make 3 arrests in Sikh separatist’s slaying that sparked a spat with India
Photo Credit: NBC News VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian police said they arrested three suspects Friday in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader last June that become the center of a diplomatic spat with India, and are investigating possible ties between the detainees and the Indian government. Three …
Read More »Hope Hicks, once a top Trump aide, tells court Access Hollywood tape rattled the campaign
Hope Hicks testified Thursday there was a clear consensus the tape of Trump’s comments on the Access Hollywood TV show would create a crisis when it was released to the public in 2016. Hicks is the 1st person who worked directly for Trump to testify in hush-money trial. Hope Hicks, …
Read More »‘A lot of subtext going on here’: Why King Charles gave daughter-in-law Catherine a rare honour
When King Charles awarded Catherine, Princess of Wales, a rare honour the other day, it was more than a recognition of her role within the Royal Family. It also drew attention to the warm relationship that has developed between Charles and his daughter-in-law since she joined the family through marriage …
Read More »Ontario’s carbon emissions jump back to pre-pandemic levels
New figures show Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions jumped for a second straight year, following a pandemic-induced plunge, and have risen back to the level they were before Premier Doug Ford’s government came to power. New data show province’s greenhouse gas output in 2022 was on par with 2017. New figures …
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