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Two months after his historic ouster as House Speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year. In op-ed, McCarthy reveals he’ll leave House ‘at the end of this year.’ Two months …

The Bank of Canada decided to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at five per cent. Economists starting to think rate cuts will start happening in 2024. The Bank of Canada decided to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at five per cent. The move was widely expected, as after …

Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release.  85-year-old had been serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses. Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, …

The federal government will unveil its oil and gas emissions cap framework on Thursday, a senior government official told CBC News. The framework will be implemented through a cap-and-trade system, the official said.  Emissions cap will be set lower than Ottawa’s original target. The federal government will unveil its oil …

“Without an internationally recognized basis, China said what it does near Ayungin Shoal is justified and lawful. The Chinese propaganda mill has descended to absurdity in rationalizing an indefensible incursion into the Philippines’ maritime zone, a claim that it supports through discredited historical bases. One of its mouthpieces claimed that …

This photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows a member of the Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Malabrigo manning his post while being shadowed by a Chinese coast guard ship at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea. (AFP / Ted Aljibe)  MANILA, Philippines …

VP Sara Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Crossing party lines, House rejects VP Sara’s warning vs. dialog with Reds Lawmakers crossed party lines on Tuesday to support President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s peace initiative a day after Vice President Sara Duterte warned him that resuming talks with the communists was …

There is no outbreak of the mycoplasma pneumoniae or “walking pneumonia” in the Philippines despite the rising cases of respiratory illness in China and other European countries, Health Secretary Ted Herbosa said Tuesday.  Citing the DOH-Epidemiology Bureau, he said increases in the number of flu-like cases could be attributed to …

BOMB REMNANTS. Screengrabs from ABS-CBN show the black tote bag that reportedly contained the improvised explosive device used in the bomb attack in Marawi City as well as fragments of the bomb recovered from the gymnasium of the Mindanao State University.  Police said they now have four persons of interest …

From disappearing salmon stocks and caribou herds to wildfires and a changing landscape, Indigenous leaders are sharing their impressions at the UN climate summit of how a warming planet is impacting their communities and way of life.  Climate change ‘impacts how we exist,’ says Métis leader at global climate summit. …