Lengthier job hunts for recent graduates could be major factor in unemployment rate

RBC report says longer job search for young people, not layoffs, behind the numbers Nearly a year after graduating from Carleton University with a degree in...

India, Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada’s elections: CSIS

Some Canadians are out money after CRA made last-minute change to bare trust rules

Tax agency announced an exemption for ‘bare trust’ reporting just days before the deadline to file Some Canadians are feeling frustrated after having paid hundreds of...

College athletes still are not allowed to be paid by universities − here’s why

Ever since July 1, 2021, student-athletes have been able to pursue endorsement deals. But when it comes to getting paid by the universities for which they...

Biden steps up pressure on Israel − using the key levers available against an ally with strong domestic support

The fraying relationship between the U.S. and Israel over the latter country’s conduct of its war in Gaza got even worse on April 4, 2024, several...

The cost-of-living crisis for social-assistance recipients

Inflation, particularly the increase in food prices, has been making headlines as a result of supply-chain disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion...

Gross international reserves up to $104-B in March

MANILA – The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) went up to USD104 billion as of end-March this year, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Preliminary...

PH needs 53GW by 2040 under higher RE portfolio standard

ILOILO CITY – The country would need 52.83 gigawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacity by 2040 after the Department of Energy (DOE) hiked the renewable portfolio standard...

China holds drill in South China Sea in response to 4-nation exercise

ANKARA – China’s military on Sunday conducted a naval and air patrol in the disputed South China Sea, the same day the Philippines, the US, Japan...

Nicaragua breaks ties with Ecuador after raid on Mexican embassy

BOGOTA, Columbia – Nicaragua on Saturday broke “all diplomatic relations” with Ecuador after police forcibly broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito and arrested former Ecuadorian Vice...