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A day after CBC News reported that 28 bodies were stored in freezer units outside a St. John’s hospital, the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Authority started buying items for a new morgue. There are three new freezer units in the hospital’s underground parking garage, now blocked from view. Health Sciences …

Dawn Lalonde of Mikkola Family Farm & Apiary in Lively, Ont., is raising money to send samples of the dead bees to a lab for further testing. She and others believe their sudden death is a warning that something is wrong in the environment. ‘I don’t want them to die …

For years, the only way to fix a damaged Apple device was to take it to an Apple store or an authorized vendor. But Apple appears to be loosening its grip and will soon allow Canadian consumers to repair their iPhones or MacBooks on their own — if they dare.  …

Indonesia’s annual inflation rate slows to 2.51 percent in June 2024, driven mainly by decreases in food, beverages, and tobacco prices, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said on Monday, July 1, 2024. (Antara) JAKARTA — Indonesia’s annual inflation rate eased to 2.51 percent in June, lower than expected but still within …

A worker holds a fuel pump nozzle at a gas station in Shah Alam, Malaysia. , Bloomberg  KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian state-owned Sabah Oil & Gas Development Corp. has signed an agreement with London-based Gibson Shipbrokers Ltd. to develop oil and gas facilities in the Southeast Asian nation’s Sabah state. …

The China Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 51.8 in June from 51.7 in May, the highest reading since June 2021.PHOTO: ELLEN ZHANG/REUTERS  TOKYO — Asia’s factory activity expanded in June on solid momentum in the global economy and brightening prospects for semiconductor output, surveys showed on Monday, offering policymakers …

Faced with the high cost of living at home, some travellers are turning to digital nomadism to save money — and countries from Portugal to Japan to Barbados have made this arrangement easier by introducing digital nomad visas intended for hybrid work and travel. Lower cost of living, chance to …

Scientists describe high activity of a specific gene in volunteers who didn’t get infected when exposed to COVID-19 on purpose. They hope better understanding early immune responses could help develop nasal spray forms of vaccines for the coronavirus.  A new study identified a specific gene in people who didn’t get …

Led by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines Chairperson Lisa Guerrero Nakpil, the nation marks today, July 1, 2024, two historic milestones: the 22nd Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day and the 126th anniversary of the start of the siege in Baler, Aurora. Last June 26, an earlier commemoration was held in …

The possibility of moneyed individuals or groups moving to buy chunks of the country while the whole nation’s attention is glued to maintaining its boundaries in the West Philippine Sea is quite disturbing Foreign occupation, which is the worst fear of nations, is upon the country and it is being …