Crumbling Ukraine ceasefire to form backdrop for Canada’s military mission

KYIV, Ukraine — It will be the middle of summer at the earliest before the Canadian military fields its military training mission to Ukraine, which is...

French president holds emergency meeting over NSA intercepts

PARIS — French President Francois Hollande is holding an emergency meeting with the country’s top security officials to respond to WikiLeaks documents saying that the U.S....

Obama’s use of taboo word begs the question: Is it ever OK to use the N word?

TORONTO — The word had barely slipped from President Barack Obama’s lips before the first headlines were being written. A sitting U.S. president, the first African...

Smithsonian’s black history museum on track for 2016 opening

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a bronze metal and glass structure taking shape on the National Mall, the Smithsonian Institution said Thursday that its new National Museum...

Australia to be among largest shareholders in China-led bank

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia announced on Wednesday it will become a founding member of a Chinese-led Asian regional bank and its sixth largest shareholder. Joining...

Major heat wave in southern Pakistan kills over 600 people

KARACHI, Pakistan — A scorching heat wave across Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has killed at least 622 people, authorities said Tuesday, as morgues overflowed with the...

$2.5-million defamation action against Balita’s Cusipag and Marquez

TORONTO, Canada – Kol Hope Foundation for Children, a Canadian charity to help kids in need, and Filipino-Canadian philanthropists Melinda Rustia (the President of Kol Hope) and her...

Tiny space, large living: Filipina designs small, efficient home

House panel may recommend banning DMCI to get gov’t projects

MANILA — The House committee on Metro Manila Development on Tuesday warned DMCI, the contractor of Torre de Manila, that the firm might be banned to...

MRT-3 prototype to arrive by August; dynamic testing to start in November — DOTC

MANILA — Returning from last week’s inspection of the manufacture of 48 new light rail vehicles (LRVs) for the Metro Rail Transit III (MRT-3) system in...