Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 60-year-old Wells Fargo employee was found dead in her cubicle at the bank’s corporate office in Tempe, Ariz., and police believe she may have been there unnoticed for four days. Denise Prudhomme was found unresponsive at her desk Tuesday, Aug. 20, prompting building security to call…
Despite castigation from provincial premiers over lagging federal contributions to health spending, an analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly outpaced increases to provincial health budgets. In 2023, federal health transfers amounted to $47.1 billion, a 212 per cent increase over 2005, when the transfers were $15.1 billion….
The Bank of Canada is widely expected to deliver a third consecutive interest rate cut on Wednesday as inflationary forces continue to cool on both sides of the Canada-United States border. Markets are also calling for the U.S. Federal Reserve to start its own easing cycle later this month, a move that economists tell Global…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP every year as they bear a heavier burden than the rest of the world from climate change, a new report said Monday after one of the continent’s hottest years on record. The World Meteorological Organization said many…
Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licenses with Israel because there was a risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, foreign minister David Lammy said on Monday. Lammy said the decision to suspend the licenses did not amount to a blanket ban or an arms embargo, but…
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris plans to use Monday’s joint campaign appearance in the industrial city of Pittsburgh with President Joe Biden to say that U.S. Steel should remain domestically owned — coinciding with the White House’s earlier opposition to the company’s planned sale to Nippon Steel of Japan. Harris “is expected to say that…
The U.S. government has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States in violation of sanctions and export control laws. The Dassault Falcon 900EX was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to the custody of federal…
BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country’s east, and was set to finish at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote, projections showed. A new party founded by a prominent leftist also made an immediate impact, while the parties in Chancellor…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 1, 2024 12:01 pm Updated September 1, 2024 2:45 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Toronto Blue Jays have recalled left-handed pitcher Brandon Eisert and infielder Luis De Los Santos from Triple-A Buffalo. Both players were made active for Sunday’s contest…
Donald Trump is back to shilling digital trading cards, but this time the Republican presidential nominee is attempting to sweeten the deal for some prospective buyers by throwing in a literal piece of the suit he was wearing when he debated President Joe Biden in June. Earlier this week, Trump posted a video to social…
