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The Department of Agriculture (DA) temporarily banned the importation of domestic and wild birds from Australia following outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strains H7N3 and H7N9 in Victoria. The outbreaks were reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) on May 23, 2024, in Meredith and on …

Anita Linda Aquino MANILA, Philippines — Another member of the Monetary Board (MB), the highest policy-making arm of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has resigned amid the controversy over ghost employees in the BSP. Former banker Anita Linda Aquino submitted recently her resignation letter to President Marcos, a ranking BSP …

AT least six fishermen were killed when an explosion and a fire hit their boat at sea off the coast of the City of Naga, Cebu, coast guard officials said Thursday, adding six others were rescued. Surviving crew members, including the skipper of the FBCA King Bryan were still being …

Israel’s army said on Friday it had killed 17 militants the day before in an air strike on a UN school in central Gaza, raising its previous toll from nine. Thursday’s Israeli strike hit a school operated by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, in the Nuseirat area of …

Workers at ports of entry across Canada will go about business as usual over the coming days. A strike and any job action were averted by the 4 p.m. ET Friday deadline as union leadership and the government have extended mediation until Wednesday.  CIU had set deadline of 4 p.m. …

The annual gathering of western leaders in Normandy is always steeped in symbolism — an occasion for the nations whose troops stormed these beaches eight decades ago to reflect on wars both past and present.  The number of veterans who remember the operation that turned the tide grows smaller each …

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, the state news agency Ritzau reported Friday.  Copenhagen police confirmed on X that one person was arrested in the case. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a …

The Bank of Canada has cut its key interest rate by a quarter of a percent, the first such cut since 2020. But is it going to make life in Canada any more affordable?  An interest rate cut of a quarter of a percent might not sound like much. But …

Three food trucks have withdrawn from participating in Pride events in a town in southern Manitoba after receiving threats of vandalism, the president of Pembina Valley Pride says.  3 food trucks have withdrawn from participating in Pride events in Altona this weekend. WARNING: This file contains descriptions of homophobia. Three …

Canada’s northernmost NHL team is seeking to do what none of its peers on this side of the border have been able to do during the lifetime of Connor McDavid: Take home the Stanley Cup.  Oilers seeking to bring home first Cup during lifetime of current captain Connor McDavid. Canada’s …