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Philippine Senate On Lockdown After Shots Fired Amid ICC Warrant On Senator

The fight over Philippine Sen. Ronald dela Rosa’s ICC warrant is no longer confined to court filings, Senate privilege, or political messaging after reports of gunfire turned the Philippine Senate lockdown into an active security crisis. Reuters reported that a witness heard over a dozen gunshots at the Senate on Wednesday, where dela Rosa was […]

Equinox Gold To Acquire Orla Mining In $18.5 Billion Tie-Up Forming North American Gold Major

Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX) has agreed to acquire Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA) in a largely all stock deal that creates a new senior North American gold producer with an implied market capitalization of roughly $18.5 billion and combined annual production of approximately 1.1 million ounces. Under the terms of the definitive arrangement agreement announced […]

King Charles Calls For Digital ID Scheme In Sweeping UK Legislative Agenda

King Charles III announced a landmark digital ID scheme during the King’s Speech on May 13 at the State Opening of Parliament in London, marking a cornerstone of the UK government’s ambitious legislative agenda. The plan, part of over 35 bills outlined for the new parliamentary session, aims to modernize public service access while stirring […]

BYD in Talks to Acquire Stellantis Factories in Europe as Expansion Accelerates

BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle giant, is in active discussions with Stellantis NV and other European automakers to acquire underutilized car manufacturing facilities across the continent. Executive Vice President Stella Li confirmed the scope of these talks, noting, ‘We are talking to not only Stellantis, we’re talking to other companies too.’ The negotiations mark a […]

Canada’s Deepfake Bill Expands to Cover Near-Nude Images—Closing a Grok-Exposed Loophole

A House of Commons justice committee has amended Canada’s proposed deepfake legislation to cover “nearly nude” images, closing a loophole that would have left AI-generated sexual images outside the law’s reach. The amendment to Bill C-16 came directly in response to the Grok chatbot controversy earlier this year. When Elon Musk’s Grok proliferated on X, […]

Canada’s First Sovereign Wealth Fund: What the Canada Strong Fund Is, How It Works, and Why Critics Call It a Debt Fund

Canada is getting its first national sovereign wealth fund — built differently from almost every comparable fund in the world, and that distinction is the source of both its ambition and its central controversy. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Canada Strong Fund on April 27, a day before Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the […]

Carney’s Senate Announcement Raises More Questions Than It Answers

Mark Carney will use Trudeau’s Senate appointment model — a decision he kept to himself for more than a year, and revealed only after his government secured majority status “We will be appointing senators in due course and I will take into account the advice of the independent advisory committee that was established by my […]

The Most Important Meeting of Trump’s Second Term—and China Has the Upper Hand

President Trump departed Washington on Tuesday for a two-day summit with President Xi Jinping, bringing the largest CEO delegation ever to accompany a sitting US president abroad — and arriving at a moment when China holds more leverage over the meeting than Washington does. Trump is expected to land in Beijing on Wednesday evening, with […]

Lower-Income Americans Are Drowning in Credit Card Debt

On the surface, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Q1 2026 household debt report delivered good news on credit cards: balances fell $25 billion to $1.25 trillion, and the early delinquency rate ticked down from 8.7% to 8.6%. A seasonal paydown after holiday spending, delinquency trends are moving in the right direction. The surface […]

Cameco Waits On Temporary Smoothstone River Bridge Fix To Restore Supply Flow

Cameco’s uranium disruption has shifted from an unknown access problem to a month-end infrastructure test after Saskatchewan moved to install a temporary replacement for the collapsed Smoothstone River Bridge. CKOM reported that Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways has brought in a contractor to build a temporary crossing over the river, after the bridge failed during widespread […]