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Stock image of a tattoo artist/Image by Felix from Pixabay  MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) stressed on Sunday that its policy prohibiting police officers from bearing visible tattoos is not discriminatory against inked individuals. The PNP recently released a memorandum prohibiting their personnel from having visible tattoos, …

Joe Biden tried taking a victory lap this week, celebrating a coveted foreign policy win. Yet in the streets near his house, he was being jeered over a different foreign crisis — the one that’s threatening his presidency. Biden needs votes from a group with a rock-bottom opinion of Israel’s …

Players beyond the borders of Sudan — from its African neighbours to the Gulf States and beyond — are influencing the course of the conflict for their own purposes and increasing the chances of it metastasizing, analysts say.  U.A.E., Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran among countries seen to be taking sides. …

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has given Premier Doug Ford a deadline to reverse the ban on the wearing of keffiyehs at the provincial legislature or else she says the NDP will defy the ban. Demonstrators rallied against ban on Friday as civil liberties group called ban ‘undemocratic.’ Ontario NDP …

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which vastly exceeded all expectations, has relayed its final transmission back to Earth. Now it’s onto a new phase of its mission where it will continue to collect data for future explorers to retrieve. The helicopter will now collect data from its final resting spot for …

The Government of Canada has announced multiple rounds of sanctions against various parties in the Middle East since October 7. But it still hasn’t engaged sanctions against violent Israeli settlers, despite promising to do so. Joly says her department is still ‘working on’ sanctions announced in February. The Government of …

Canada’s poverty rate rose to 9.9 per cent in 2022, approaching pre-pandemic levels as government financial benefits introduced during the COVID-19 crisis ended, according to a Statistics Canada report released Friday. Food insecurity numbers are ‘sickening’ but not surprising, says researcher. Nearly nine million Canadians lived in food insecure households …

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says attempts by Air Canada staff to take her headdress from her on Wednesday have created “a pivotal learning moment in history.” ‘I don’t want to feel like that anymore’: Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak. Assembly of …

The distinction between neighbourhood infill supporters and critics was so stark that one speaker wanted to “break the stereotype that every boomer is opposed to rezoning.” Council hearing shows split between older and younger, haves and have-nots. It was gearing up to be a battle for the ages: Calgary’s big …

HAPPY TEARS. Samantha Catantan breaks down after officially claiming a Paris Olympics berth via the Asia-Oceania Zonal Qualifier in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates on Saturday (April 27, 2024). She nipped Kazakhstan’s Sofia Aktayeva, 15-14, in the women’s foil final to become the 12th Filipino qualifier. (Photo courtesy of International Fencing Federation) MANILA – Samantha …