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By Nicole Healey Global News Posted March 10, 2025 5:52 pm Updated March 10, 2025 6:34 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Mark Carney will soon be sworn in as the new Liberal leader, with many in Saskatchewan unaware who he is and that he will soon be the Prime Minister of Canada. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. However, those representing Saskatchewan’s business world are looking forward to seeing how the economist will handle…

The Prado has been a trusty wingman for the big LandCruiser for more than 40 years, but that’s changed after a stunning redesign – not that everybody is happy.

MANILA: Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on Tuesday (Mar 11) after landing at Manila’s international airport by police acting on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant over his deadly war on drugs, the presidential palace said. “Early in the morning, Interpol Manila received the official copy of the warrant of the arrest from the ICC,” the palace said in a statement. “As of now, he is under the custody of authorities.” The Philippines president’s office also said that Duterte was in “good health”. Duterte had been in Hong Kong, where he said on Monday that he was ready to…

Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs in which, human rights groups say, tens of thousands of Filipinos were summarily executed.He was taken into custody at the airport in Manila after returning from a trip to Hong Kong, according to the Philippine government.Mr. Duterte, 79, who left office in 2022, is a populist firebrand who remains one of the Philippines’ most influential politicians, and he has enjoyed relative immunity despite several accusations against him.…

A plan to avert a partial government shutdown backed by President Donald Trump is heading for a House-wide vote on Tuesday.The House Rules Committee, the final gatekeeper before legislation hits the House of Representatives chamber, advanced the bill along party lines on Monday evening. Tuesday is expected to first see a vote to allow for lawmakers to debate the bill, known as a “rule vote,” followed by a chamber-wide vote on the legislation itself later in the afternoon.It’s a major test for Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., as they seek to corral a House GOP conference that’s been exceptionally fractured…

The Trump administration invoked an obscure statute over the weekend in moving to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the United States who recently graduated from Columbia University, where he helped lead campus protests against high civilian casualties in Gaza during Israel’s campaign against Hamas.Mr. Khalil was arrested by immigration officers on Saturday and then sent to a detention center in Louisiana. On Monday, a federal judge in New York, Jesse M. Furman, ordered the federal government not to deport Mr. Khalil while he reviewed a petition challenging the legality of the detention.Here’s what to know about the…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size B.C. Premier David Eby says trucks travelling across the border between Point Roberts and Tsawwassen could be taxed like U.S. trucks travelling through B.C. to Alaska. Eby was speaking at a press conference in Victoria on Monday morning when he was asked about the province’s plan to tax U.S. trucks using B.C. infrastructure.This is retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.The measure will be included in a legislative package that Eby said will also include changes to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers and to give the government “flexibility” to respond to Trump’s executive…

Researchers have corrected a disease-causing gene mutation with a single infusion carrying a treatment that precisely targeted the errant gene.This was the first time a mutated gene has been restored to normal.The small study of nine patients announced Monday by the company Beam Therapeutics of Cambridge, Mass., involved fixing a spelling error involving the four base sequences — G, A, C and T — in DNA. The effect was to change an incorrect DNA letter to the right one. The result was a normal gene that functioned as it should, potentially halting liver and lung damage of patients with a…

The all-nighter is a time-honored tradition of higher education (and also — let’s be honest, as I write this review in the late evening hours — of journalism). The best kind of all-nighter isn’t the solo cram session but a social event, a time of bonding through exhaustion and desperation, with the aid of caffeine and junk food.So if you take a group of five college seniors, some stimulants and a few secrets, then throw them together into a pressure cooker in the form of a nightlong work session, there should be plenty of extracurricular drama to go around. But…

Remember “Buena Vista Social Club,” the album?  Even if you don’t, now there’s “Buena Vista Social Club,” the musical, an exuberant blast from the past – old Cuban music for a new audience. The Broadway version is a stand-in for the city’s corroded grandeur, and for the studio where, in 1996, a group of old, mostly forgotten Cuban musicians recorded the album.Justin Cunningham, as Juan de Marcos: “What follows is the story of a band. Not ours, though we will do our best. Some of what follows is true. Some of it only feels true.” A scene from the Broadway…