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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has the power to appoint to his Cabinet candidates who lost in the national and local elections in May last year, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Friday. The President on Tuesday confirmed he was planning a reorganization of his Cabinet after the constitutional ban on …

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy arrived in Rome on Saturday for talks with Italian officials and Pope Francis, who has said the Vatican has launched a behind-the-scenes initiative to try to end the war launched last year by Russia.  The pontiff, who makes pleas on behalf of Ukraine’s ‘martyred’ people, last …

The setback for Russia, which follows similar reports of Ukrainian advances south of the city, suggests a co-ordinated push by Kyiv to encircle Russian forces in Bakhmut, Moscow’s main objective for months during the war’s bloodiest fighting.  Head of Russia’s Wagner private army described situation in the city as a …

PHNOM PENH – Gilas Pilipinas trounced Singapore 105-45 on Saturday and clinched a semifinals berth in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games basketball tournament at the Morodok Techo Elephant Hall 2. Marcio Lassiter had 16 points on 4-of-7 shooting from threes as Gilas ended the elimination round with a 2-1 win-loss …

The Department of Finance says the grocery rebate the Liberals promised in this year’s federal budget will be extended to eligible Canadians on July 5.  Enshrines $2B top-up to federal health transfer to reduce backlogs and wait times. The Department of Finance says the grocery rebate the Liberals promised in …

Turkish citizens will vote in elections on Sunday, and polls suggest Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in power for two decades, may be defeated.  Polls suggest opposition is narrowly leading Erdogan, raising possibility of 2nd round of voting. At the front of an opposition rally in the Turkish industrial …

Consumer insolvencies have risen to their highest level since 2019, new numbers showed Wednesday, in a troubling sign that Canadians are having trouble staying on top of their debt load.  Proposals to creditors rise to highest level since 2011. Consumer insolvencies have risen to their highest level since 2019, new …

POSTPONED Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (left), standing with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The White House announced that talks on the debt ceiling were moved next week. AP PHOTO WASHINGTON, D.C.: …

DURING its leaders’ summit in Indonesia this week, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) expressed deep concern about the festering violence in Myanmar, a country that has been in turmoil since the military junta ousted the civilian government more than two years ago. The regional bloc was especially alarmed …

Jailed Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was acquitted Friday on one of two remaining drug trafficking charges filed against her under the Rodrigo Duterte administration, court officials said, putting her a step closer to freedom. De Lima, a former senator and justice minister, has been detained since February …