Japan’s Crown Princess Masako on Sunday pledged to do her best despite feeling ‘insecure’ about becoming empress in mere months, in a candid statement released on her 55th birthday. Emperor Akihito will step down on April 30, 2019 – the first abdication in the Japanese imperial family in more than two centuries. His eldest son and Masako’s husband…
At first glance, there is little that seems extraordinary about the hospital that risks being cut out of a country. Save for the palm trees in its grounds or the dramatic views across volcanic hills and reef-bound lagoons, it could be a health facility just about anywhere in the First World. Yet the Central Hospital…
The United States on Friday added Canada to a priority watch list of countries that it says have failed to enforce intellectual property rights, citing concerns over poor border control and pharmaceutical practices. The Office of the United States Trade Representative moved Canada from its watch list to its priority watch list, which includes 11…
Bungie has announced a plan to make a new, more accessible version of the hardest weapon to get in Destiny 2 – and now the community is questioning the very nature of the grind itself. Redrix’s Claymore is a legendary quality pulse rifle with a unique perk combo: Outlaw and Desperado. In combination, these two…
What if public infrastructure projects built in B.C. came with more than just the bridge, tunnel, dam or highway listed on the construction blueprint? What if they came with significant benefits to your community? They can — and they can help us address the looming skilled trades shortage at the same time. Over the next…
The Mexican actress who arranged for Sean Penn to meet Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has said that she would kick the two-time Oscar winner in the groin were she to see him again, lashing at out what she perceives as Penn’s betrayal of her, as she announced she was suing the Mexican government for $60…
World leaders are failing to protect children deliberately targeted in war, international children’s charity Unicef has warned. In an analysis of conflicts in 18 countries over the last 12 months, Unicef has warned of the dangers millions of children around the world are facing. Children living in countries at war have come under direct attack,…
The man accused of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane was jeered in court as his identity was revealed publicly for the first time. Jesse Kempson, 26, was called a “scumbag” by a heckler in the public gallery during his first appearance before a judge at Auckland’s District Court in New Zealand. He appeared in a…
OTTAWA — An extension of drug patent protections in the Canada-EU free trade deal could end up costing Canadians an estimated $392 million a year, and federal coffers up to $270 million more annually, says a new report from the parliamentary budget officer. The report released Thursday sets out to put a price tag on…
Two leading cardinals allegedly linked to sexual abuse have been dismissed from Pope Francis’ inner circle. Australian Cardinal George Pell and Chilean Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz have been removed from the so-called C9 Council of Cardinals, an advisory body set up by Francis, the Vatican said on Wednesday. Cardinal Pell, appointed head of the Vatican’s economic secretariat…