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Trump’s $200 billion tariff hit swells budget deficit to $2.1 trillion for 2026, CBO confirms thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Trump’s $200 billion tariff hit swells budget deficit to $2.1 trillion for 2026, CBO confirms

The federal government’s tariff windfall is evaporating faster than expected, and the Congressional Budget Office says it’s blowing a $200 billion hole in...

Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could ‘a happiness-segregated society by marriage’ be why? thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could ‘a happiness-segregated society by marriage’ be why?

For nearly 50 years, one number barely moved. Every year or two, the General Social Survey asks Americans how happy they are, and...

Everything’s bigger in Texas: Musk’s planned $16.8 billion chip factory is five times bigger than the world’s current largest building thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Everything’s bigger in Texas: Musk’s planned $16.8 billion chip factory is five times bigger than the world’s current largest building

Elon Musk is betting that the next phase of his sprawling technology empire will require a building on a scale that has never...

Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral

In the hills of Emilia-Romagna, a bank vault holds more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, worth well over 300 million...

Current price of oil as of August 7, 2026 thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Current price of oil as of August 7, 2026

At 5:20 a.m. Eastern Time, oil was priced at $86.04 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later...

Watch Slayyyter Cover Hole’s “Violet” thumbnail
San Diego Daily

Watch Slayyyter Cover Hole’s “Violet”

Well, there we have it: the worst girl in America is, in fact, a Hole fan. During a recent appearance on triple J’s...

One Meralco Foundation extends immediate relief to Habagat-hit communities thumbnail
San Diego Daily

One Meralco Foundation extends immediate relief to Habagat-hit communities

One Meralco Foundation (OMF) OMF and Meralco Balagtas Business Center volunteers went house-to-house in Barangay San Juan in Balagtas, Bulacan to provide relief...

BoP swings to $1.5-B deficit in July thumbnail
San Diego Daily

BoP swings to $1.5-B deficit in July

Container vans are stacked at the Port Area in Manila, June 20, 2026. — PHILIPPINE STAR/NOEL B. PABALATE By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter...

Philippine gov’t weighs timing of RTB offering thumbnail
San Diego Daily

Philippine gov’t weighs timing of RTB offering

BW FILE PHOTO By Aaron Michael C. Sy, Reporter THE GOVERNMENT is waiting for more favorable market conditions before proceeding with a retail...

Recovery in infrastructure spending not likely until Q4 thumbnail
San Diego Daily

Recovery in infrastructure spending not likely until Q4

WORKERS from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) install a protective net beneath the northbound lane of the Magallanes Flyover in...