NEW YORK CITY: Federal aviation authorities are investigating claims by a Boeing engineer that the 787 Dreamliner suffers from assembly defects that threaten safety, US officials said on Tuesday. Attorneys for the whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, accuse the company of putting profit over safety and retaliating against him after he raised …

Plans are settling into place for an attempt to rescue a young killer whale calf stranded in a tidal lagoon near the Vancouver Island village of Zeballos within four or five days, says the area’s First Nation chief.  Calf has been stuck in tidal lagoon since last month. Complex operation …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he was “horrified” by the supposed secret agreement between former president Rodrigo Duterte and China on the West Philippine Sea, saying such a deal compromised the “territory, sovereignty and the sovereign rights of the Philippines.” Speaking to reporters in San Juan City, the …

WORKING hours for local government units in Metro Manila will be moved up to 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting April 15 to ease traffic congestion. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) issued a resolution to this effect, saying the persistent traffic congestion in Metro Manila “demands innovative solutions” to …

An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday, relatives and official Hamas media say. Haniyeh’s sons are among the highest-profile figures to have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas.   Israeli military confirms strike, says sons were military …

A half-hour into his appearance before the public inquiry into foreign interference, Justin Trudeau arrived at a dramatic moment, from 2019, that would reverberate three and a half years later when Canadian journalists began reporting on a series of intelligence leaks.  Doubt about the democratic process thrives without clarity and …

The Biden administration has weighed in for the first time on a major cross-border legal dispute that could shut down portions of Enbridge’s Line 5 Canada-U.S. oil pipeline. The opinion came in an amicus brief that, although nuanced, argued against shutting down the pipeline, partly in order to preserve diplomatic …

A week after an earthquake in Taiwan killed 13 people and injured more than 1,000, a Canadian couple are nursing their injuries and recounting their own tale of survival.  Pair from Montreal and Edmonton walked to safety despite serious injuries from falling rocks. A Canadian couple’s near-death experience in Taiwan …

The Bank of Canada has held its key interest rate at five per cent for the sixth consecutive time since July, saying it will be looking for signs that slowing inflation is sustained before moving on rate cuts.   ‘We are seeing what we need to see, but we need …

Canada’s health minister is promising “hundreds of thousands” of seniors will receive subsidized dental work next month under the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP), despite low sign-up rates among the dentists who are expected to provide that care.  Mark Holland says Ottawa working to make it easier for dentists to …