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A “fresh progress” has been made in the law enforcement cooperation between the Philippines and China after another group of Chinese citizens apprehended for working for a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) were sent back to China, its embassy in Manila said Saturday, Oct. 14. A total of 36 Chinese nationals employed by POGO …

The Israeli military said Saturday it had seen a “significant movement” south of Palestinian civilians, a day after ordering Gaza City residents to flee, as Israel’s prime minister promised further retaliation for Hamas’s attack last week.  ‘We will dismantle Hamas and its military capability,’ military spokesperson says. ‘It’s impossible’: A …

Experts say Friday’s court ruling against the Impact Assessment Act is a setback, but not a critical blow to the federal government’s environmental agenda, although it could have broader implications for other climate policies Ottawa is developing. Court’s ruling on environmental impact law clips federal government’s wings on climate change, …

While Israel has previously gone to great lengths to secure the release of hostages, experts say the current situation is unprecedented and complex because the hostages are being held in a war zone and Israel remains determined to punish Hamas for the brutal attacks it carried out, which killed more …

The unanimity expressed by Canadian political leaders in response to Hamas’s attack on Israeli citizens was important — even if differences inevitably were going to emerge. Partisanship is never set aside for long. And war is neither easy nor simple.  While Canada isn’t at the centre of events, that doesn’t …

Canada’s top court has delivered a highly anticipated judgment, writing in a majority opinion that Ottawa’s Impact Assessment Act (IAA), formerly Bill C-69, is largely unconstitutional. Majority of top court agreed that act’s ‘designated projects’ scheme exceeds bounds of federal jurisdiction. Canada’s top court has delivered a highly anticipated judgment, …

An Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing a Reuters videographer and leaving six other journalists injured.  International journalists had been covering clashes on Lebanon’s border with Israel. An Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists covering …

Canada’s housing market continued to cool last month, new numbers from the Canadian Real Estate Association show Friday, as the number of homes sold has now fallen for three months in a row and benchmark prices slipped lower, too.  Benchmark prices fell by 0.3% during month, first decline since March. …

The European Union wants social networks to deal with fake information or face consequences. But industry researchers and experts say it could be an impossible task — even as hundreds of accounts linked to Hamas have been removed by at least one platform. Sheer size of social platforms makes it …

Delegates at this weekend’s NDP policy convention could end up giving party leader Jagmeet Singh a bargaining chip as the party pushes the governing Liberals to introduce a universal single-payer pharmacare program. Delegates call on Jagmeet Singh ‘to go to the mat’ with the Liberals on pharmacare. Delegates at this …