Government anti-terrorism agents seized a cache of firearms following the arrest of a 56-year old man who was caught transporting the loose firearms during an operation in Makati City. Police Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said he already ordered a thorough …
Read More »Pope Francis meets with pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Ozamis
Pope Francis welcomed pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Ozamis to the Vatican on Friday, Nov. 17, urging them to live as faithful disciples of the Lord. Pope Francis with pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Ozamis (Photo courtesy of the Vatican News) Ozamis Archbishop Martin Jumoad was joined by priests and …
Read More »Trudeau and Xi exchange hellos at APEC summit but don’t formally meet
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said hello and had a brief exchange with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday at a summit in San Francisco, but did not formally meet with him. China’s president confronted Trudeau last year on the sidelines of G20 talks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said hello and …
Read More »As Israel airlifts wounded soldiers out of Gaza, Palestinians have nowhere to go
The Palmachim airbase about an hour away from Jerusalem has become a critical operations centre in Israel’s war against Hamas. While injured Israeli soldiers are airlifted from the battlefield in Gaza, there’s no escape from the war for Palestinian civilians. ‘You have to be deaf not to understand that civilians …
Read More »Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022
GENEVA, Switzerland: Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the United Nations warned Wednesday. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization said levels of the three main greenhouse gases — the climate-warming carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide …
Read More »Justin Trudeau is struggling to walk a very fine line on the Israel-Hamas war
The war between Israel and Hamas creates two challenges for Justin Trudeau, as it would for any Canadian prime minister. And the strain of tackling both those challenges has only become more apparent with each passing day, culminating on Tuesday with new comments from Trudeau on the war. The PM …
Read More »TikTok prohibits videos promoting bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’
TikTok will prohibit content that promotes Osama bin Laden’s 2002 letter detailing the former al-Qaeda leader’s justifications for attacks against Americans, the app said on Thursday. Letter was written after al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the United States. TikTok will prohibit content that promotes Osama bin Laden’s 2002 letter …
Read More »Toronto police seize over 900 kilograms of cocaine, crystal meth in major drug bust
Toronto police say they have seized 551 kilograms of cocaine and 441 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in a drug bust they describe as the largest in the force’s history. Seven people, of the Greater Toronto Area, have been arrested and charged in connection with the illicit drugs, according to Supt. …
Read More »Mom of Canadian children gets 11th-hour reprieve to stay in Edmonton
Halima Abdi spent 15 months fighting to stay in Edmonton with her Canadian children. She received the good news hours before she was supposed to board a flight back to Kenya. Border agency says removal was cancelled after the issuance of a temporary resident permit. For 15 long months, Edmontonian …
Read More »Canadian-made fentanyl is an international problem, RCMP says
Mathieu Bertrand, an RCMP officer responsible for combatting organized crime, says Canada has become an internationally significant producer and exporter of fentanyl. Seizures of fentanyl precursors at border have surged, law enforcement numbers show. The head of the RCMP unit responsible for fighting organized crime says Canada is not just …
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