Oliver Smith 
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is asking members of the United Nations to counter growing political polarization abroad while taking shots at Conservative rhetoric at home. Joly put women’s rights and international law at the centre of her address to the UN General Assembly, in what could be the Trudeau government’s last speech at the … Read more
Tel Aviv: In a targeted airstrike on Saturday, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) struck Beirut, resulting in the death of Eid Hassan Nashar, a high-ranking commander of Hezbollah’s Medium-Range Rocket Unit. Sharing a post on X, the IDF wrote, “Dismantled: Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets Force. IAF fighter jets struck and eliminated commanders and infrastructure over … Read more
The US government is seeking to consider a firefly species as endangered for the first time, according to a proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The Bethany Beach firefly, found in coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, is facing increasing dangers to its natural habitat because of climate change-related events. They include sea level … Read more
Qatar Airways plans to buy a 25% stake in Virgin Qatar Airways has announced it intends to buy a 25% stake in Virgin Australia from its current owner Bain Capital. Subject to regulator approval, the deal will launch Virgin launch flights to Doha from Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, Virgin said in a press release … Read more
Article content Halton Regional Police are asking for help identifying a suspect wanted in several break-and-enters. Article content In June, police started investigating several break-and-enters in Burlington. Police say the suspect is wanted for at least five break-and-enters along the Lakeshore area ranging from Aldershot to near Oakville. Police believe the suspect is wanted for … Read more
GE Healthcare ‘s quiet outperformance is becoming harder to tune out — and its new drug used in radiology to improve the diagnosis of heart disease can help the Club stock make some more noise. In a note to clients Sunday, Wells Fargo analysts said that GE Healthcare’s diagnostic agent Flyrcado is “possibly the most … Read more
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the recent half percentage point interest rate cut shouldn’t be interpreted as a sign that future moves will be as aggressive, in fact indicating the next moves will be smaller. The central bank chief asserted during a speech in Nashville, Tennessee, that he and his colleagues will … Read more
(NewsNation) — After Helene swept through western North Carolina, the storm left behind a trail of devastation, leaving those in the city of Asheville cut off from the rest of the world and wiping smaller towns off the map almost entirely After making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Florida, Helene rapidly weakened to … Read more
The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict struck an apartment building early Monday. It came after Israel hit targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of people, as Hezbollah sustained heavy blows to its command structure, including the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The strike hit one apartment … Read more
Hezbollah’s deputy leader has vowed to continue fighting Israel and says the militants are ready to confront any Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, in his first public comments since the killing of chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Israel would not achieve its goals and Hezbollah knew the battle might be long, Naim Qassem said in a … Read more
