Drake to take music break over health issue
TORONTO, Canada — Canadian rapper Drake said he is taking a break from music, just hours after dropping his latest album, in order to focus on recurring stomach issues.
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Philippines, allies kick off naval drills amid Asia-Pacific tension
MANILA: Forces from Manila, Britain, Canada, Japan and the United States kicked off on Monday two weeks of joint naval exercises in Philippine waters as a "show of force", amid flaring regional tension. With more than 1,800 participants, the drills follow last week's move by Beijing to block Philippine fishermen from Asia's most contested maritime feature, the Scarborough Shoal, held by China in the South China Sea. This year's "Sama Sama" drills are being held in the southern part of the island of Luzon, featuring naval exercises in areas such as anti-submarine warfare, air defence and search and rescue, the Philippine navy said. "With this show of force and active engagement of our allies and partners, 'Sama Sama' transcends mere military exercises," Philippine navy chief Rear Admiral Toribio Adaci said at the opening event.
Putin calls Canada’s ex parliament speaker ‘idiot’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called Canada’s former parliament speaker an “idiot” after the legislature celebrated a Ukrainian World War II veteran who had fought alongside the Nazis.
Expanded security cooperation
For the longest time, we have maintained close defense and security cooperation mostly with the United States, courtesy of the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty and the Military Bases Agreement.
Trudeau considering declassifying list of ex-Nazis in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday his administration is considering declassifying a list of suspected former Nazi collaborators who immigrated to Canada following the Second World War.
US President Joe Biden visits Vietnam as both states seek closer ties
China's increasingly aggressive maritime manoeuvres in the South China Sea, not only against Vietnam but also Taiwan, the Philippines and Malaysia, is pushing the communist government in Hanoi closer to its former rival the United States.
Rachel Weisz's painful legacy of doing Bourne stunts
Rachel Weisz has revealed that she became a true action hero for the new Bourne spy movie — in a challenge that forced her well out of her comfort zone.The London-born star carries out nearly all her own stunts in The Bourne Legacy, which expands the Bourne world to reveal Edward Norton as a manipulative intelligence chief and Jeremy Renner, from The Hurt Locker, as an agent in peril.Weisz, 42, who plays a research scientist, said “99 per cent of the time” she and Renner are performing for real in the high-speed chases and crashes shot in locations including Canada, South Korea and the Philippines.“The stunts were the challenge. There are a lot in the film,” said the Oscar-winning actress who is married to another action hero in Daniel Craig — James Bond.“In Manila, we have this huge chase scene on a motorcycle and Jeremy and I did most of it. We drove through that city and jumped over bridges and crashed into buses.
‘Evil Does Not Exist’ Heads Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Evil Does Not Exist” collected four nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, making it the narrow favorite ahead of the three times nominated “Snow Leopard,” by the late Pema Tseden. The narrow lead matches the overall pattern this year’s, where Japanese and Chinese films dominate APSA nominations proceedings. Nominations were announced at midnight on Thursday in Gold Coast, Queensland, where the final awards will be celebrated on Nov. 3. “Evil Does Not Exist,” an eco-drama that premiered in Venice, is nominated in best film, best director, best screenplay and cinematography categories.