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Trump says no concessions on Turkey tariffs

A day after Trump's tweet on August 10, the Turkish leader wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times, warning the USA was jeopardising ties with Ankara, an...

U.S. sanctions 6 Russia-flagged vessels, 4 companies & 2 individuals - treasury

They are accused of acting for or on behalf of Divetechnoservices to help the company circumvent United States sanctions. "Absolutely. You will continue witho...

Britain's foreign minister says Russian Federation is making the world more unsafe

However, whether he can persuade Europe to continue that journey is another matter. Britain's foreign minister, Jeremy Hunt, said that Russian President Vladi...

Post Malone Is On a Flight That Needs to Make Emergency Landing

The plane was expected to make a crash landing at Teterboro around noon, but was diverted to Westfield-Barnes. Post Malone performed with Aerosmith and 21 ...

Trump 'Not Thrilled' with Fed Chairman Powell Over Rate Hikes

Trump has attacked the Fed for raising rates in the past. He was surprised that Powell has continued his predecessor's policy of gradually raising interest rate...

Goats caught roaming New York City subway tracks

Two runaway goats wandering the tracks of the New York City subway created unexpected delays for commuters on Monday morning. Legendary comedian Jon St...

PepsiCo to buy Israel's SodaStream in US$3.2b deal

Purchasing the Israeli company, known for DIY seltzer makers like the SodaStream Mix , will push Pepsi's image in a health-focused direction, according to CNN...

Plastic pollution: 'Stop flushing contact lenses down the loo'

First, the team surveyed 139 people to determine how contact lenses end up in wastewater. About 45 million people in the USA alone use contact lenses, accor...

Gatwick Airport posts flight info on white boards after digital screens fail

Hundreds of passengers have resulted to huddling around a single whiteboard as staff write gate information by hand. The problems have been going on for at le...

Congress, BJP spar over economy

Similarly, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said that over 10 per cent growth rate during the Rajiv Gandhi government was debt funded, leading to the disast...

Annual inflation rate jumped to 3.0% in July, highest reading since 2011

At 9:35 a.m. EDT (1335 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading 0.56 percent higher at C$1.3078 to the greenback, or 0.7644 US cents. The October crude ...

U.S. trade official hopes for breakthrough in NAFTA talks

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Thursday expressed hope a breakthrough could be made in coming days on reworking the NAFTA trade deal, though...

Only 2 out of 3 now in Talks — NAFTA Negotiations

Departing from earlier talks at Lighthizer's offices, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo suggested there was still work to be done before agreement...

Tesla takes Ontario government to court over pulled plug on rebates

The incentives were funded by Ontario's cap-and-trade program, which the government also canceled in the name of reducing gas prices. The Ontario Transportati...

House of Fraser website offline amid reported delivery 'wrangle'

This came a day after it hit the off button on the houseoffraser.com website due to House of Fraser's US-owned warehouse operator, XPO Logistics, having "paused...

Tesla shares fall as CEO admits job stress is getting to him

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has acknowledged exhaustion from overwork, as he deals with a reported probe by regulators into a plan divulged on Twitter to take hi...

Business Extra Podcast: Musk's tweets put Tesla in the spotlight

Members of the Tesla board apparently had no idea Musk was contemplating taking the company private, and have since formed their own committee to look into the ...

Jobless rate falls to lowest in nearly six years

Employment, however, fell by 3900 jobs to 12.575 million in the month and the participation rate fell by 0.1 point to 65.5 per cent. There's been a strong cli...

Air Canada exec to become new CEO of Air France-KLM

The French state has a 14 percent stake in Air France-KLM, while Delta Airlines and China Eastern Airlines each hold 8.8 percent. Smith, who has acted as chie...

U.S. threatens more sanctions in Turkey crisis World News

Memories of past emerging market crises, such as the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and Turkey's 2001 crisis, came back to haunt investors this week and promp...

Trump asks SEC to study ending quarterly earnings for public companies

He added that he has asked the SEC to examine moving to a six-month reporting schedule, instead of the current system of reporting corporate results every three...

Victims' families to boycott Genoa state funeral over bridge 'negligence'

A state of emergency has since been declared, as rescuers continue to look for survivors, while Saturday has been declared a national day of mourning, on which ...

Court again rejects United States pastor Brunson’s appeal for release

It also rejected an appeal for his travel ban to be lifted, Anadolu reported. Both Brunson and top U.S. officials say the accusations are false. "He's a very ...

Turkey will respond if U.S. imposes more sanctions - trade minister

Qatar defied US President Donald Trump on Wednesday and promised to plough $15 billion into Turkish financial markets and banks, amid a collapse in the value...

Google employees sign protest letter over China search engine

Sundar Pichai told a company-wide meeting that providing more services in the world's most populous country fits with Google's global mission. Back at the be...

Turkey slaps more tariffs on U.S. goods, escalating trade tensions

Turkey slapped another round of steep tariffs on US goods as the two countries escalate their trade battle and push the relationship to a breaking point. Writin...

Attorney general says government won't license illegal marijuana dispensaries

As announced in February, Ontario will be using Shopify Inc .'s e-commerce platform for all transactions and will utilize a cloud-based model that allows for...

China’s Tesla-killer ready to go public in NY

Li Bin, founder and CEO of NIO Automobile, said in an open letter in the foreword of the prospectus that 50 million shares, i.e. one-third of the total shares...

US Condemns Turkey's New 'Regrettable' Tariffs

Following the announcement, the lira firmed briefly to 5.8699 from 6.04 to the US dollar, but later eased back to 6.0200 at 1538 GMT. Optimism about better re...

Erdogan to ban U.S. electronics in spat while lira plunges

Investors are also anxious about the effects of the dispute between two North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies. While the Brunson matter appeared far from ...

Death toll climbs following Italian bridge collapse

Autostrade per l'Italia said on Wednesday that it had carried out regular, sophisticated checks on the structure before the disaster and that these had provid...

John A. MacDonald statue in Victoria Park staying put

However, Jones had said that while Macdonald's role in Canadian history is a "cause for much discussion", Canadians can not ignore the role he played in foundin...

Steel tariffs will save industry

The president is engaged in trade disputes with several major economies, including China . U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about trade at the Granite Ci...

Qatar to make direct investment of $15B in Turkey

The latest blow was sparked by sanctions imposed on Turkey by the Trump administration over the detention of Pastor Andrew Brunson , who was jailed for alleged...

Is China printing India currency? Rubbish says government

Liu Guisheng, Chairman of China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation , wrote in an article in May in China Finance, a bi-monthly journal run by Chin...