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MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday released the scheduled activities for the 2025 mid-term national and local elections. Under Resolution No. 10999, the Comelec en banc set the election period from Jan. 12 to June 11, 2025. During this period, the poll body said gun ban is imposed …

A momentous event in American politics now rests on 12 jurors, the Manhattanites deciding the case of Donald Trump. As they enter their second day of deliberating whether a former U.S. president will also become a convicted felon, here is a rundown on three potential outcomes. Guilty? Not guilty? Mistrial? …

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Albanian Defense Minister Niko Peleshi at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, January 26, 2023. (AFP / Saul Loeb)  SINGAPORE, Singapore — The US and Chinese defense chiefs are set to hold rare direct talks in Singapore this weekend, offering …

Tens of thousands of Canadians are emigrating to the United States and the number of people packing up and moving south has hit a level not seen in 10 years or more, according to data compiled by CBC News.  Census says 126,340 people left Canada for the U.S. in 2022, …

Ex-US President Donald Trump  New York – Prosecutors pleaded with jurors Tuesday to use their “common sense” and find Donald Trump guilty, as the first ever criminal trial of a former president reached its dramatic final phase. With both sides wrapping up their closing arguments, the stage is now set …

HEAT. A woman holding an umbrella poses for a photo along a path leading to India’s war memorial in this May 22, 2024 photo. The capital recorded an all-time high temperature of 49.9°C on Tuesday (May 28, 2024). (Anadolu) NEW DELHI – With heatwave conditions prevailing in several parts of India, the capital …

Israel’s brief seizure of The Associated Press’s video equipment last week may have proven to be a step too far in the government’s limiting of press freedoms amid the war in Gaza.  Advocates say government restrictions, media self-censorship mean realities of Gaza war unseen in Israel. Warning: This story contains …

Now an Independent MPP, Sarah Jama is not allowed to speak in the Legislative Assembly. The censorship by Premier Doug Ford’s government came after Jama posted statements in support of Palestinians after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Ontario Superior Court of Justice determined it doesn’t have the authority …

A federal labour arbitrator has given Air Canada the green light to test a strand of a flight attendant’s hair for drugs after two of the man’s housemates — and fellow employees — claimed he was smoking a bong and making jokes about hijacking. According to a decision posted last …

Interest is growing in mass-timber construction and new manufacturing facilities are popping up all over Canada. Proponents say the material is more sustainable and faster to work with than concrete and steel, but some builders and climate experts are skeptical. The material is touted as a way to quickly build …