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(UPDATE) AFTER spending four days of training and building team chemistry at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna, a banged-up Gilas Pilipinas is scheduled to leave for Estonia on Thursday night. But Gilas coach Chot Reyes isn’t expecting the entire 20-man national pool to leave Manila as four members …

Access to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is severely limited. But explorers, researchers and tourists have made numerous trips to the resting site of the Titanic. That has raised some controversy over whether such visits to an area deemed a gravesite are proper.  Search continues for missing submersible. Darren …

SAN FRANCISCO, California: President Joe Biden convened a group of technology leaders on Tuesday to debate what he called the “risks and enormous promises” of artificial intelligence (AI). The Biden administration is seeking to figure out how to regulate the emergent field of AI, looking for ways to nurture its …

BEIJING: Foreign companies are shifting investments, and their Asian headquarters out of China as confidence plunges following the expansion of an anti-spying law and other challenges, a business group said on Wednesday. The report by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China adds is one of many signs of …

WestJet’s takeover and consolidation of discount airlines Swoop and Sunwing into its main carrier has some vacationers and travel experts worried about higher prices to come. But the CEO of the Calgary-based airline says the move is good for consumers, too.  Airline says consumers will still be able to buy …

Top and trusted Philippine pharmaceutical company, Unilab Inc., has proven that its latest product, Solmux Advance Suspension, is a potent cough medicine given its double Zinc formulation, which effectively combats cough with phlegm together. Solmux Advance Suspension is part of Unilab Consumer Health Group’s (ULCH) Solmux line of over-the-counter cough …

Researchers with Maitland Valley Conservation Authority in southwestern Ontario are providing a picture of Lake Huron’s future.  Pounding waves, lack of ice are accelerating erosion on Great Lakes, researchers in southern Ontario say. Shoreline change is a problem plaguing many communities on the Great Lakes, as locals watch sections of …

A fly-in First Nation on Ontario’s James Bay Coast was forced to quickly evacuate Wednesday afternoon with a fast-spreading forest fire less than two kilometres away. Dozens from Fort Albany evacuated to Kashechewan, which now wants to evacuate elders and kids away from smoke. A fly-in First Nation on Ontario’s …

Juteah Downey manipulated vulnerable women into handing over all their earnings from sex work, a judge found. He’ll be sentenced later today. Juteah Downey manipulated vulnerable women into handing over sex work earnings, court found. WARNING: This article contains details of abuse He gave them names like Gigi, Queen and …

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. On Thursday, June 21, 2018, a wildfire was discovered in Comstock Lake, British Columbia. By the end of June, this was one …