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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday as a sell-off in big technology stocks spread from Asia …
Read More »Global stocks soar and oil prices drop as U.S., Iran reach tentative deal to end war
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Stock markets are rallying worldwide and oil prices are easing, after the United States and Iran …
Read More »Zahara Jolie files to legally drop Brad Pitt’s name
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. It’s been a big year for Zahara Marley Jolie. She turned 21 in January. She graduated …
Read More »Canadians are drinking less, driving the biggest drop in alcohol sales in 20 years: StatsCan
The numbers are as sobering as a zero-proof margarita. Canadians are buying less alcohol, leading to the largest annual drop in beer, wine and spirits sales in the 20 years Statistics Canada has tracked the data, according to the agency’s latest report. Sales of alcoholic beverages fell 1.6 per cent …
Read More »U.K. police drop probe into Bob Vylan comments about Israeli military
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. British police said on Tuesday they would take no further action over comments made about the …
Read More »Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO aspirations, remains against ceding territory to Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war. Zelenskyy sat down with U.S. President Donald …
Read More »With a drop in international students, campuses are seeing class waitlists, course cuts and fewer researchers
This school year has been a rough start for University of Regina student Daniella Iyaomolere. The digital marketing student is kicking off her second semester of undergraduate studies, juggling a tuition hike for international students as well as the scrapping of a plan that allowed them to pay incrementally. There’s also been a …
Read More »Checkpoints by U.S. border patrol raise concerns amid drop in Canadian visitors
U.S. border patrol officers have been setting up extra checkpoints near crossings between the U.S. and Metro Vancouver. In an unusual scene, vehicles in the U.S. that are heading north to Canada through the Peace Arch and Pacific Highway crossings are sometimes being stopped by U.S. border patrol before they …
Read More »Holland College suspends 8 programs, citing drop in revenue caused by foreign student caps
Prince Edward Island’s biggest community college is phasing out eight programs for the coming school year because of a drop in revenue from “a sharp decrease in the college’s international student enrolment.” Holland College says three other programs are being downsized because enrolment numbers have dropped. Those programs were not …
Read More »Conservatives drop B.C. candidate in New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville
The Conservatives have dropped Lourence Singh, the party’s candidate for the New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville riding in the upcoming federal election. Singh is the third candidate the Tories dropped on Tuesday, following the ouster of Mark McKenzie in southwestern Ontario and Stefan Marquis in Montreal. The Conservatives did not share a reason for …
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