Tag: World

Canada’s Inflation Rate Tumbles to 2.8% in June Even as Grocery Prices Remain High

Statistics Canada says Canada’s inflation rate tumbled to 2.8 per cent in June, putting it within the Bank of Canada’s target range for the first time in more than two years. Statistics Canada’s consumer price index report Tuesday says the deceleration was broad-based, though lower gasoline prices compared with last year led the slowdown. But…


Xi Urges Ex-President Duterte to Maintain His ‘Important’ Role in Philippine-China Ties

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to continue promoting relations between their countries amid the Philippines’ growing ties with the United States. Mr. Duterte, whose six-year presidential term ended in June 2022, made a surprise visit to Beijing on July 17 for talks with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader….


She Planted More Than 4,500 Trees in a Day and Found an Audience of Millions

To plant more than 4,500 trees in one day, you don’t move like a gardener, you move like a machine. In a video viewed millions of times on social media, Leslie Dart walks across a desolate and burnt landscape in Saskatchewan. She plunges a small spade into the ground, levers open a hole, drops in…


House Homeland Security Hearing: ‘Strategic Competition in the Arctic’

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security holds a hearing in Washington at 10 a.m. ET on July 18, to examine the existing and future security threats in the Arctic Region and opportunities for the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security to effectively respond and address these threats….


LIVE NOW: House Homeland Security Hearing: ‘Strategic Competition in the Arctic’

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security holds a hearing in Washington at 10 a.m. ET on July 18, to examine the existing and future security threats in the Arctic Region and opportunities for the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security to effectively respond and address these threats….


Energy Secretary Warns Fuel Retailers to Stop ‘Ripping Off’ Motorists

Energy Secretary Grant Shapps has told supermarket and petrol station bosses to stop overcharging motorists for fuel. The government demanded an “immediate end to overcharging” customers at the pump, said Mr. Shapps, after a call with UK retail executives. He took to Twitter to announce that he had called on supermarkets and petrol stations to…


US Citizen Detained by North Korea After Crossing Heavily-Fortified DMZ Border

An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, officials confirmed on Tuesday, amid high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. The U.S.-led U.N. Command overseeing the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, confirmed that the U.S. citizen was on tour around the Korean border village of Panmunjom before crossing the border into North…


Feds ‘Not There Yet’ on Launching Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference, Says Minister

The federal government remains undecided on its proposed process for launching some form of a public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference in elections, with Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc saying cabinet is “not there yet” and needs to hold further talks on the matter with opposition party leaders. “We have made significant progress,” Mr….


LIVE 10 AM ET: House Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Indo-Pacific Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific” at 10 a.m. ET on July 18. Witnesses: The Honorable Daniel J. Kritenbrink Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State Mr. Michael Ronning Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia Bureau…


LIVE NOW: House Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Indo-Pacific Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific” at 10 a.m. ET on July 18. Witnesses: The Honorable Daniel J. Kritenbrink Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State Mr. Michael Ronning Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia Bureau…