April 04, 2019 / By mobanmarket
A "very, very happy" Saudi teenager who caused a sensation by defying her family and seeking asylum abroad was welcomed with open arms in Toronto on Saturday at the end of a dramatic but exhausting international odyssey. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland greeted Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun after she landed in Toronto, wearing a skirt, a gray […]
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TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Helly Hansen, a maker of sportswear and workwear based in Norway, for $985 million. Under the deal for the company controlled by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Canadian Tire also assume $50 million in debt. The retailer said outdoor and workwear are core […]
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Earlier this year, Just Cause developer Avalanche announced its first self-published game: Generation Zero. Described by the studio as a sci-fi “guerilla action” game, it’s set in an alternate version of 1980s Sweden invaded by giant machines. When the game’s trailer was announced, however, some found it looked oddly familiar. On Twitter, YouTube, and Eurogamer’s […]
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Vox, Spain’s populist, far-Right party, on Wednesday agreed to back the conservatives’ bid to rule the southern Andalusia region jointly with the centre-right. The deal ends 37 years of Socialist rule, after the conservative Popular Party (PP) secured the support of both the centrist Ciudadanos and far-Right Vox in feverish negotiations on Wednesday. The December 2 election was won by […]
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TORONTO — Ontario’s governing Liberals, who are weeks away from an election, were dealt a blow Wednesday as the province’s auditor general said their financial statements “dramatically understate” their deficit by billions of dollars. The declaration from Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk came in a pre-election report that built on past criticism of accounting principles applied […]
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OTTAWA — Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt is accusing Finance Minister Bill Morneau of hypocrisy when it comes to budget measures aimed at boosting the equality of women and their participation in the workforce. The accusation prompted a tense exchange Monday during an appearance by the minister before the House of Commons finance committee, in […]
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The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration’s restrictions on transgender people from serving in the military to take effect while court challenges continue. The policy generally bars transgender people from the armed forces unless they serve "in their biological sex" and do not seek to undergo gender reassignment surgery. It reverses a policy […]
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TORONTO — HSBC says it is discounting its variable mortgage rate starting Thursday to a level that undercuts the recently discounted rates of other major banks, as competition in the space intensifies. The bank says it will offer a five-year variable closed rate of 2.39 per cent, down from 2.49 per cent and 1.06 percentage […]
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Colombia’s leftist ELN rebels claimed responsibility on Monday for the bombing of a police academy in Bogota that killed 20 people as well as the attacker, and derailed peace talks being held in Havana. The National Liberation Army said Thursday’s car bombing, which sparked nationwide protests, was a reprisal attack after the government of President […]
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Turkey has responded furiously to a threat from US President Donald Trump to devastate its Nato ally’s economy if they attacked Kurdish partners in Syria. Mr Trump tweeted late on Sunday that the US will “devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds." Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister, sharply rebuked Mr Trump, saying that strategic partners […]
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