A group organizing pro-Palestinian protests is alleging Toronto police “selectively” enforced a ban on demonstrations at a highway overpass over the weekend. The group, Eglinton-Lawrence & Don Valley 4 Palestine, says the march on Saturday afternoon was “selectively obstructed” by Toronto police officers. In a statement, the group alleges that people who presented as white … Read more
WASHINGTON – U.S. Navy ships and aircraft combed areas of the Gulf of Aden for two missing U.S. Navy SEALs on Monday as details emerged about their mission to board and take over a vessel carrying components for medium-range Iranian ballistic missiles headed for Somalia, a U.S. defence official said Monday. The official … Read more
LONDON – More executives are feeling better about the global economy, but a growing number don’t think their companies will survive the coming decade without a major overhaul because of pressure from climate change and technology like artificial intelligence, according to a new survey of CEOs by one of the world’s largest consulting firms, … Read more
Boeing told employees Monday that it plans to increase quality inspections of its 737 Max 9 aircraft, following the failure of an emergency exit door panel on an Alaska Airlines flight last week. It is the latest in a series of troubles for Boeing, whose reputation as the premier American aircraft manufacturer has … Read more
Cases of and hospitalizations for respiratory viruses, including Covid, the flu and RSV, continue rising across the US, and some health systems have begun returning to mask and limited-visitation policies as health officials warn that hospital capacity may become strained. Vaccination rates for all three illnesses remain low, despite the efficacy of updated flu and … Read more
BERLIN – Farmers drove thousands of tractors into Berlin on Monday in the climax of a week of demonstrations against a plan to scrap tax breaks on the diesel they use, a protest that has tapped into wider discontent with Germany’s government. Columns of tractors rolled through the capital ahead of the demonstration … Read more
Madison Marsh, a 22-year-old second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy School’s public policy program, emerged victorious at the 2024 Miss America pageant in Orlando, Fla. on Sunday night. Marsh, representing the state of Colorado, is the first active-duty Air Force officer ever to receive the national … Read more
OTTAWA – About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said. The November U.S. election is likely to … Read more
Harrison Ford was honoured with the Career Achievement Award during Sunday’s Critics Choice awards telecast. “I’m really happy to be here tonight to see what our business is turning into and all of the talented people who are getting opportunities that probably would not have existed in my early part of my career. … Read more
DAVOS, Switzerland – The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organization Oxfam International said Monday in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Oxfam, which for years has been trying to highlight the growing … Read more
