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The Filipino community and others in Vancouver will come together Sunday to remember, celebrate and mourn victims of the attack at the Lapu Lapu Day festival almost a year ago. Eleven people were killed and dozens more were hurt when an SUV drove down a crowded street near the end of the celebration last year.Sunday’s Lapu Lapu Day of Togetherness will be held at the Italian Cultural Centre in East Vancouver, a venue that organizer Filipino BC says will allow for enhanced safety planning and a supportive environment.Filipino BC says in a statement that it recognizes some in the community…

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin says its New Glenn rocket booster has touched down after its launch, marking its first landing of a reused booster.The rocket lifted off on Sunday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the booster touchdown happened about 10 minutes later.New Glenn carried AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite to low-earth orbit in a flight that marks a pivotal step for the company.The mission was key to demonstrating that New Glenn, a 29-storey heavy-lift rocket, has a reliable booster reuse capability and can compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.The rocket’s booster, dubbed “Never Tell Me the Odds,”…

After talks in Switzerland, the two sides also made progress on a protocol for ceasefire oversight.Published On 19 Apr 202619 Apr 2026The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and rival M23 rebels have agreed to ease aid deliveries and release prisoners, as mediators push to resolve a years-long conflict that has persisted despite multiple peace deals.The two sides announced the measures in a joint statement shared by the US Department of State on Saturday, following five days of talks in Switzerland.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“The parties agreed to refrain from any action that would…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday faced federal lawmakers for the first time since September as he sought to defend a more than 12% proposed cut to his department’s budget and dodge arrows from angry Democrats along the way. In his testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, kicking off an expected sprint of seven budget hearings he’ll attend across congressional committees and subcommittees over the next week, Kennedy emphasized the administration’s work to reform dietary guidelines and crack down on waste, fraud and abuse.Republicans on the committee praised Kennedy as a “breath of fresh air” and asked…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In his final appearance for WWE, Hulk Hogan, undoubtedly the greatest wrestler in the history of the company, was booed.By the time Jan. 6, 2025, his last appearance, had rolled around, Hogan became outwardly supportive of President Donald Trump, which turned off some of his followers.”But he never expressed regret. He stood by who he was,” Brian Storkel, the director of Netflix’s upcoming documentary on the late wrestler, said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. Businessman Donald Trump and World Champion Wrestler Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania Vl Convention Hall in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michigan authorities have identified the man responsible for the murder of 16-year-old Sheri Jo Elliott, putting an end to a four-decades-old cold case and marking the latest crime to be solved using advanced DNA technology. Roni Collins, a 75-year-old resident of Grand Blanc, has been named as Elliott’s killer, according to the Michigan State Police.On Nov. 16, 1983, Elliott left her home in Flint to walk to the bus stop and was never seen again.She was reported missing several hours later when she failed to return home from school.GENETIC GENEALOGY THAT CAUGHT NOTORIOUS…

Two First Nations in Manitoba have declared states of emergency over concerns higher temperatures could lead to flooding, with both communities expecting evacuations will be needed. In a video statement posted Saturday, Peguis First Nation Chief Stan Bird said the community’s emergency was declared because the “flood risk is now a certainty.”Water levels are expected to exceed the banks of Fisher River “in the coming days,” he said. “Evacuations of our residents will be required.”He also said information available that morning suggested a flood similar to 2022 could occur, which saw the evacuation of more than 1,000 people.Bird went on…

Rat poison has been found inside a jar of HiPP baby food, Austrian police say after the product was recalled from 1500 SPAR supermarkets in the country over safety fears.A statement from police in Burgenland said that a sample from one of the 190-gram jars of carrot with potato baby food reported by a customer in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district had tested positive for rat poison.HiPP had said on Saturday that it could not be ruled out that a dangerous substance was introduced into the product and that its HiPP Vegetable Carrot with Potato jars may have been tampered with.Consuming the…

There are two global problems you probably don’t like to think about. First, burning gas and coal is still heating up the planet. Second, the thousands of AI data centers popping up all over the country consume enormous amounts of power, which produces even more carbon pollution – and drives up our electric bills. And as Garth Sheldon-Coulson says, this is not going to stop. “We’re still at the beginning of this demand,” he said.Sheldon-Coulson, the CEO and co-founder of Panthalassa, in Vancouver, Wash., hopes to address both problems at once with wave energy. “The ocean is really unlimited in…

NewsFeedA displaced woman returned to southern Lebanon after a ceasefire to find her house reduced to rubble by Israeli attacks. Zahra Eid had fled Tayr Debba with her daughters at the start of the war.Published On 19 Apr 202619 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo