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Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) conduct a counter-landing live fire exercise as part of 2024 Balikatan Exercises at the La Paz Sand Dunes in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on May 6, 2024. (Walter Bollozos / The Philippine STAR)  MANILA, …

WestJet says it will cancel 150 flights — possibly affecting 20,000 travellers — just hours after the airline’s mechanics announced they would strike. It follows the federal government’s decision on Thursday to impose final binding arbitration to resolve the outstanding issues of their collective agreement.  Airline estimates cancellations will impact …

U.S. President Joe Biden gave no indication he intends to step aside the day after a disastrous debate performance against former president Donald Trump that had many Democrats pleading for his exit.  U.S. president gives fiery campaign speech at North Carolina campaign event day after debate disaster. Joe Biden, step …

The two CNN journalists prepared meticulously to moderate Thursday’s presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. To a large extent, it almost didn’t matter that Dana Bash and Jake Tapper were on stage.  Network determined ahead of time that Jake Tapper, Dana Bash would be questioners — not umpires. …

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft won’t return its two astronauts from the International Space Station until after engineers undertake a couple of weeks of testing to investigate the spacecraft’s thruster issues, a NASA official said on Friday.  Officials said they won’t set a return date while they do ground tests. Two NASA …

Members of Montreal’s Lebanese community fear for their loved ones’ safety in Lebanon and are reconsidering their travel plans because of growing tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.  ‘I’m always worried about Lebanon,’ says Montrealer who was there during 2006 war. For Lamia Charlebois and many other Lebanese Montrealers, travelling to …

On Saturday, an asteroid that is believed to be larger than 120 metres wide will make a close flyby to Earth.  The asteroid was only discovered earlier this month. Earth is surrounded by rocky bodies and bits of debris from when the solar system formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago. …

A giant sinkhole has swallowed the centre of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play. But no injuries were reported after the sinkhole opened Wednesday morning.  …

WestJet says it plans to cancel 150 flights — possibly affecting 20,000 travellers “with limited reaccommodation options available” — just hours after mechanics announced they would strike on Friday. “Additional cancellations are anticipated by Saturday morning if the strike is not called off, or intervention does not happen immediately,” the …

Canada’s economy grew 0.3 per cent in April, as growth rebounded in sectors including wholesale trade and manufacturing, and the economy likely expanded further in May, Statistics Canada said.  The numbers matched analyst expectations after zero growth in March. Canada’s economy grew 0.3 per cent in April, helped by strength …