The Associated PressTom Krisher DETROIT–U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. The problem could be responsible for as many as eight deaths. Vehicles made by Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Mitsubishi […]
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The Associated PressNick Perry WELLINGTON, New Zealand–New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday that she and French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting in Paris next month seeking to eliminate acts of violent extremism and terrorism from being shown online. Ardern said she and Macron will ask world […]
The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina–Tomas Ruiz embraced his father one last time at the Buenos Aires airport before he boarded a plane in search of a new life in Ireland. His sister recently did the same when she moved to Spain. Like many other young Argentines, the siblings hold […]
The Associated Press Beijing today lashed out at a U.S. decision to impose sanctions on countries that buy Iranian oil, calling it a violation of China’s interests that will intensify turmoil in the Middle East and international energy markets. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the U.S. is operating outside […]
By Tom Krisher The Associated Press DETROIT — U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. The problem could be responsible for as many as eight deaths. Vehicles made by Toyota, […]
By Jessica Gresko The Associated Press WASHINGTON — None of the Supreme Court’s justices wanted to say the four-letter word. The high court was discussing a trademark case Monday involving a Los Angeles-based fashion brand “FUCT.” But the justices did some verbal gymnastics to get through about an hour of […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON–Humanity got its first glimpse yesterday of the cosmic place of no return: a black hole. And it’s as hot, as violent and as beautiful as science fiction imagined. In a breakthrough that thrilled the world of astrophysics and stirred talk of a Nobel Prize, scientists released […]
The Canadian PressDan Healing CALGARY–Direct employment in Canada’s oil and gas sector is expected to fall by more than 12,000 jobs this year, according to a new report from PetroLMI. The number of workers is forecast to drop to about 173,300 in 2019, a decline of 23 per cent from […]
By Dan Healing The Canadian Press CALGARY — Direct employment in Canada’s oil and gas sector is expected to fall by more than 12,000 jobs this year, according to a new report from PetroLMI. The number of workers is forecast to drop to about 173,300 in 2019, a decline of […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–A semi-annual report on complaints about Canada’s phone, internet and television services shows that the two biggest headaches for consumers continue to be billing mistakes and contract terms that are either misleading or not disclosed. Incorrect billing charges accounted for 16.5 percent of all issues raised in […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — The financial strength of Canada’s defined benefit pension plans apparently improved over the first quarter of 2019, recovering some of the ground they lost when stock markets took a dive last December. Two of Canada’s largest pension advisory firms say conditions for Canadian defined benefit […]
By Andy Blatchford THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the economy needs a longer lift from stimulative interest rates to overcome domestic and global economic hurdles, though he predicts the country’s recent economic weakness will only be temporary. Poloz, speaking Monday to a business […]
