WASHINGTON—The United States urged Southeast Asia’s regional bloc on Tuesday to do more to combat human trafficking after two of its member states were blacklisted for failing...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Australia on Wednesday defended returning dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers back home after intercepting them at sea and rejected allegations they were mistreated....
TOKYO—A typhoon paralyzed transportation and knocked out power to thousands on the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday. The Okinawan government said 17 people were...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—The rival candidates in Indonesia’s presidential election each claimed victory Wednesday, raising uncertainty about the political and legal landscape in a nation that made the...
BEIJING—A Chinese citizen kidnapped in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah a month ago has been freed, the official Xinhua News Agency and a Malaysian newspaper...
SPRING, Texas — Six people are dead, including four children, after someone opened fire at a home in a normally quiet neighborhood in a northern Houston...
SEATTLE — A Russian man recently arrested on bank fraud and other charges hacked into computers at restaurants in Western Washington, hundreds of other retail businesses,...
TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas won’t be issuing any report cards this year on how well its public school students performed on standardized reading and math tests...
JERUSALEM — Israel stepped up its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday, pummeling scores of targets and killing at least 14 people as Israeli...
NEW YORK — A woman accused of abandoning her baby at a Manhattan subway station was arrested Tuesday after telling detectives she was homeless and felt...
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Did you know that a mother’s cells can live in her child’s body for their entire lives? This fascinating phenomenon...
At 25, I imagined life at 50 would mean I’d be past my prime and grumpy. Little did I know,...
Spring has sprung! This season is perfect for spring cleaning, but why stop at our homes? We can also rejuvenate...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a woman who wants her happily ever after. I certainly did. After 21 years...
Margaret Atwood aptly captured this dynamic with the phrase, “Old money whispers, new money shouts.” Let me elaborate on this...
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Mikaela Ariar, Philippine Canadian Inquirer July 5, 2026 CANADA – Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. concluded his visit to...
Trisha Matabalan, Philippine Canadian Inquirer July 3, 2026 CANADA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrived on Canadian soil on July...
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