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April 8

UConn concludes a dominant run to its second straight NCAA title, beating Zach Edey and Purdue 75-60
UConn head coach Dan Hurley celebrates with forward Alex Karaban (11) after their win against Purdue in the NCAA college Final Four championship basketball game, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Berrios makes strong start as Blue Jays top Mariners 5-2 in home opener
Apr 8, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) pours sports drink over left fielder Davis Schneider (36) as they celebrate winning the Jays home opener over the Seattle Mariners at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sport
Alberta minor hockey volunteer faces sex assault charge in case involving four teens
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Simms scores in OT as U.S. edges Canada at women’s world championship
Canada goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens (35) is consoled by teammates Jaime Bourbonnais (25) and Erin Ambrose (23) following their overtime loss to the United States at the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship in Utica, N.Y., Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Matthews scores goal No. 65 as Maple Leafs best Penguins in overtime
Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews (34) celebrates his goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins during third period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Trapped B.C. orca calf’s skin whitening, no sign of emaciation: Fisheries Department
An orphaned orca calf surfaces in a lagoon where its pregnant mother died over two weeks ago on a nearby sandbar, near Zeballos, B.C., on Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Rage on-deck as Toronto takes cautious approach to 2024 Blue Jays
Cathal Kelly
Total solar eclipse stuns sky-gazers with momentary plunge into darkness
The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Lac-Megantic, Que., on Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Philippe Moussette
‘Life-changing:’ Total solar eclipse rewards Niagara Falls visitors despite grey skies
Person comes forward to claim $1.3-billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon
A Powerball ticket is seen at a 7-Eleven on Friday, April 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. The ticket did not win the jackpot. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Special counsel urges U.S. Supreme Court to reject Trump immunity bid
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Green Bay, Wis., on April 2, 2024. “The absence of any prosecutions of former presidents until this case does not reflect the understanding that presidents are immune from criminal liability,” the special counsel Jack Smith wrote of Trump. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
Four arrested, including three youths, over 2021 death of man in Penticton, B.C.
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, April 13, 2018. Four people have been arrested in the death of a 22-year-old man in Penticton, B.C., after more than two years of investigation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Alberta distillery to stop making four-litre vodka jugs after minister raises concern
Alberta's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. Alberta wants to pull the plug on its electricity Balancing Pool. The pool is to be officially wound down by 2030, according to a bill introduced Wednesday by Dale Nally, associate minister of electricity. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
MPs approve rare censure of ArriveCan contractor for refusing to answer questions
GC Strategies' Kristian Firth virtual testimony at the House of Commons committee on March 13, 2024.
The NCAA women’s tourney had everything: stars, upsets, an undefeated champion. It’s just the start
South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates after the Final Four college basketball championship game against Iowa in the women's NCAA Tournament, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Cleveland. South Carolina won 87-75. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Rogers Centre renos impress Blue Jays fans but how new field plays still a question
Last minute preparations for the home opener are made ahead of American League MLB baseball action between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners in Toronto, Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Canada coach says SheBelieves Cup final against U.S. will provide benchmark for squad
Hockey Canada grants Calgary defenceman Landon DuPont exceptional player status
Hockey Canada granted Landon DuPont, a 14-year-old defenceman from Calgary, exceptional player status Monday. The Western Hockey League (WHL) logo is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Lowering Canada’s high housing costs is also a recipe for raising our notoriously low productivity
Tony Keller
Canada’s swim trials shift to Toronto from Montreal because of fire, pool closure
Caeli McKay of Canada competes during the women's 10m platform preliminary round at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup 2023 in Montreal, Friday, May 5, 2023. Swimming Canada is searching for a new site for the Olympic and Paralympic trials due to an extended closure of Montreal's Olympic pool. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
B.C. launches spring COVID-19 booster program, targeting vulnerable and unvaccinated
New data suggest that COVID-19 activity in British Columbia continues to decrease, while influenza and RSV are on the rise. This colourized electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in November 2022, shows cells, indicated in purple, infected with the omicron strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, orange, isolated from a patient sample, captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Md. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, NIAID/NIH
Skids by the Capitals, Flyers and Avalanche have altered the NHL's playoff race
A goal by Ottawa Senators defenseman Jake Sanderson (not shown) goes in past Washington Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren (79) and center Connor McMichael (24) in overtime of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Raptors centre Kelly Olynyk impressed with NCAA star Zach Edey's improvement
Purdue centre Zach Edey (15) vies for the ball between North Carolina State guard Jayden Taylor (1) and forward DJ Burns Jr. (30) during the second half of the NCAA college basketball game at the Final Four, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. Toronto Raptors centre Kelly Olynyk shook his head in disbelief when he heard that fellow Canadian Edey had won the Naismith Award as U.S. college basketball's player of the year for a second time. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Contra Guys: Why Pan American Silver is shining as a precious metals value play
This 2012 courtesy photo shows a view from the Dolores mine, a gold and silver operation run by the Canadian company Pan American Silver, in Madera, Chihuahua. Since Tuesday, May 22, 2018, tension grew when some 400 employees, at least three foreigners among them, began fearing threats from organized crime bands. (AP Photo)
15 U.S. quality stocks adapting to ever-changing interest landscapes
For Number Cruncher column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Strong demand, weak catch: Lobster prices reach historic highs in Nova Scotia
Stewart Lamont, Managing Director at Tangier Lobster Company Ltd., poses at the company's facility in Tangier, N.S. on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
Provinces signal growing backlash against exclusive deals between insurers and pharmacies
The Shoppers Drug Mart location at the south east corner of King St. East and Yonge St. in downtown Toronto, is photographed on Feb 6, 2024. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
B.C. container terminal operator calls its emissions data a ‘trade secret’
The B.C. company that operates Canada's largest container terminal is going to court against the federal government to keep five years worth of greenhouse-gas emissions data from the facility secret. Gantry cranes used to load and unload cargo containers from ships sit idle at Global Container Terminals at Deltaport, in Delta, B.C., Friday, July 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
B.C.’s government buys land for transit-oriented housing development
British Columbia's government is spearheading a new public development project on Vancouver Island oriented toward transit access. B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during an announcement in a greenhouse at Westcoast Vegetables in Delta, B.C., on Monday, March 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
New LNG entrant plots rail shipments in B.C., avoiding need for long pipeline
Sept. 21, 2023, for pic labelled PrinceRupertFairviewContainerTerminal: DP World PLC operates the existing Fairview container terminal at the Port of Prince Rupert in northern British Columbia. The port authority is collaborating with DP to study the feasibility of constructing a second container terminal. Brent Jang/The Globe and Mail Image by Brent Jang
Man convicted in London, Ont., attack on Muslim family plans to appeal, lawyer says
The lawyer for a man convicted of murdering four members of a Muslim family in what the judge deemed to be an act of terrorism says his client is seeking to appeal the convictions. Justice Renee Pomerance, from left to right, Nathaniel Veltman's lawyers Peter Ketcheson and Christopher Hicks and Veltman, standing at rear, are shown in a courtroom sketch during Veltman's sentencing hearing at the courthouse in London, Ont., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould
Iran’s Foreign Minister accuses U.S. of giving Israel ‘green light’ to attack consulate in Syria
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian during a joint press conference in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 8, 2024. Iran's foreign minister Monday accused the United States of giving Israel the "green light" to strike its consulate building in Syria that killed seven Iranian military officials including two generals. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Trucking firm Pride Group given two months to restructure $1.6-billion of debt – and it won’t be easy
The head of Canada's largest trucking firm says rampant driver misclassification is harming companies like his as well as drivers, a problem felt all the more acutely in lean economic times. A transport truck carries a cargo container at port in Vancouver, on Friday, July 14, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Terminated RBC chief financial officer stands to lose millions in pay
RBC bank logo standing out among the crowed and car traffic on Bay Street during rush hour, photographed in downtown Toronto, photographed on May 24, 2023 (Ammar Bowaihl/The Globe and Mail)
Security Council revives Palestinian Authority’s hopes of joining UN as a full member
The flag alley at the United Nations European headquarters is seen during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/ File Photo
Evening Update: Total eclipse exits Canada after skies darken across North America
The moon covers the sun during totality of the a total solar eclipse in Fredericton, Monday, April 8, 2024.
Real estate wealth has devalued the status of being a millionaire in Canada
Rob Carrick
Police in Prince George find drugs from B.C. safer-supply program during bust
Police in Prince George, B.C., say they have arrested two people over allegations they were trafficking safe-supply drugs that are prescribed as an alternative to the toxic drug supply in the province. Items seized by the Prince George RCMP, from what it calls an alleged case of safe-supply drugs being trafficked, are seen in an undated police handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-RCMP, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Total eclipse peeks through clouds at Niagara Falls
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Politics Briefing: New defence plan to raise spending by billions but still falls short of NATO targets
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference regarding Canada's new defence policy at CFB Trenton, in Trenton, Ont., Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
How to tactically retreat on the carbon tax
Canadians living in provinces where the federal carbon tax is collected are expected to receive their first Climate Action Incentive rebate today. A man pumps gas in Montreal, Friday, March 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Crown blames most of Ibrahim Ali murder trial delays on defence, ‘extraordinary events’
The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. A Crown lawyer says delays to the trial of a man found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl were mostly attributable to the defence and "discrete exceptional events," in his arguments against the case being thrown out on the basis of the holdups. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
PMO, top ministers and senior officials received 34 briefings on foreign interference since 2018, CSIS says
The classified document, dated Feb. 21, 2023, was tabled at the Commission of Inquiry into Foreign Interference in response to media stories including one in The Globe and Mail that outlined a sophisticated campaign by People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its proxies to interfere in the 2021 election.
Spring housing market surge unlikely as affordability, cost of living weigh on buyers
New homes are constructed in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. The Bank of Canada's next rate announcement is unlikely to spur much immediate movement in the national housing market, but economists say it may be just a matter of months until buyers come crawling back from the sidelines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada’s new defence policy marks a crucial shift in strategic thinking
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with troops following a press conference regarding Canada's new defence policy at CFB Trenton, in Trenton, Ont., Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Deportation hearing set for truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu walks into the Kerry Vickar Centre for his sentencing in Melfort, Sask., on March 22, 2019. A deportation hearing for Sidhu, the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash six years ago, has been scheduled for next month.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kayle Neis
My toddler was upset about my stillbirth too. I had to find a way to help her through it
Schools shouldn’t be places where kids go hungry
André Picard
Protesters in Mexico set state government building afire demanding answers in 2014 student disappearances
A man walks past vehicles on fire, after students from Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College threw petrol bombs at the facilities of Guerrero Government's Palace, during a protest to demand justice for their slain colleague Yanqui Kothan Gomez, in Chilpancingo, Mexico, April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Oscar Guerrero
Former Nova Scotia Liberal Party president files complaint against Auditor-General
Nova Scotia auditor general Kim Adair answers questions at a news conference in Halifax on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
View of the total eclipse from Mexico
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Vatican’s declaration of gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity denounced by critics
Pope Francis meets with volunteers of the Italian Red Cross in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A divided Amazon Labor Union lurches toward leadership election two years after historic win
FILE - The Amazon logo is seen in Douai, northern France, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Amazon said Wednesday, April 3, 2024, it's cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS as part of a strategic shift. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)
Syncrude Canada to pay $390,000 penalty for death of worker at oil sands project in 2021
Oilsands operator Syncrude Canada Ltd. has been ordered to pay a $390,000 penalty in relation to the death of a worker in 2021. A dump truck works near the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the city of Fort McMurray, Alta., on June 1, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Crypto survey shows less consumer skepticism, but a third expect bitcoin price fall
Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022
8 tax tips for first time tax filers
A sign outside the Canada Revenue Agency is seen Monday May 10, 2021 in Ottawa. The Canada Revenue Agency has now fired more than 200 people for falsely claiming a federal income benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Hootsuite buys analytics firm Talkwalker as CEO foresees social media disruption
Irina Novoselsky, shown in a handout photo, is chief executive of Hootsuite, a Vancouver-based social media business. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Stock moves suggest belief in ‘no landing’ economy, Morgan Stanley says
A view of the Morgan Stanley London headquarters at Canary Wharf financial centre in London, Britain June 24, 2016.
Calgary Stampeders to add former coach, GM Wally Buono to team’s Wall of Fame
The Calgary Stampeders will add former head coach/GM Wally Buono to their Wall of Fame, the CFL club announced Monday. Buono pauses during a news conference in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday November 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Saskatchewan teachers pull volunteer services indefinitely in labour dispute
Saskatchewan teachers have withdrawn all volunteer services today as they ramp up an ongoing labour dispute with the province. People march in front of the Midtown Mall during a provincewide, one-day strike organized by members of Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation in Saskatoon, Sask., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
27 people charged in ‘Panama Papers’ trial as worldwide money laundering case begins
People enter the courthouse where the "Panama Papers" trial is being held in Panama City on April 8, 2024. 27 people will be tried starting on June 8, 2024, for the "Panama Papers" case, eight years after this scandal broke out, revealing how personalities from around the world would have hidden money through the defunct Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)
Premier Doug Ford requests LCBO reinstate free paper bags
The LCBO store at 272 Queen St. West, is photographed on Jan 11, 2023. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
Citi analyst believes easy money has been made in oil stocks. Plus, is more pain ahead for BCE?
FILE - A pumpjack of Wintershall DEA extracts crude oil at an old oil field in Emlichheim, Germany, on March 18, 2022. Surging oil prices charged energy stocks through 2022 and could keep supporting the sector despite a looming recession and stubbornly hot inflation squeezing consumers. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Defence policy update falls short of NATO 2% spending target
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is given a tour of a training facility prior to a press conference regarding the release of Canada's new defence policy at CFB Trenton on Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The big business bet on psychedelic drugs
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Two bids for Yonge-Eglinton home as market heats up
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Globe Climate: Today, we are all part of the eclipse cosmic community
People watch the sunrise near Horseshoe Falls on the day of the Solar Eclipse that will take place across parts of the United States and Canada, at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, April 8, 2024. (Carlos Osorio/The Globe and Mail)
Harvesters refusing to fish crab in Newfoundland and Labrador, saying price too low
The union representing inshore fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador says its members are refusing to catch crab because the prices offered to them at the wharf are too low to make a living. Fish harvesters and their supporters protest outside the Confederation Building in St. John's on Thursday, March 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Drone footage shows a lively Gaza turned to wasteland since war began
Palestinians walk through the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive after they withdrew from Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)
Jones to say goodbye, Homan looks to cap dominant season in style at Grand Slam finale
Team Manitoba-Jones skip Jennifer Jones, right, gestures to her teammates as Team Ontario—Homan skip Rachel Homan looks on at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Jones will soon call time on one of the best careers in curling history. Rachel Homan is set to put a bow on one of the best seasons ever played. Two of Canada’s best skips will be in the spotlight this week as the Grand Slam of Curling circuit concludes with the Princess Auto Players' Championship at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Auger-Aliassime tops Nardi at Monte Carlo Classic to set up showdown with Alcaraz
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime plays a forehand return to Italy's Luca Nardi during their Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament round of 64 tennis match on the Rainier III court at the Monte Carlo Country Club on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
Actor Jonathan Majors avoids jail time for assaulting his ex-girlfriend
FILE - Jonathan Majors leaves a courtroom in New York, Dec. 18, 2023. Majors is scheduled to be sentenced Monday, April 8, 2024 in a New York court after he was convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
Biden plans to cancel student loan debt, 23 million Americans may be affected
President Joe Biden waves as he walks to Marine One for departure from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Washington. Behind the President is Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, and Adm. Linda Fagan, right, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. Biden is headed to Maryland. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
German troops arrive in Lithuania, their first long-term foreign deployment since World War II
Lithuanian Chief of Defence Gen. Valdemaras Rupsys, right, and German Army Chief Lt. Gen. Alfons Mais pose with German Bundeswehr soldiers of the Headquarters initial command element of the Bundeswehr's 45th Brigade Lithuania at airport in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, April 8, 2024. Germany has made a commitment to deploy a heavy brigade with three maneuver battalions and all necessary enablers, including combat support and provision units, to Lithuania. In total, approx. 5 thousand German military and civilian personnel are expected to move to Lithuania with families in stationing the Brigade. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Solar eclipse 2024: Canadians in the path of totality witness once-in-a-lifetime event
Craig Johnson, of West Lafayette,Ind., tries on his eclipse glasses at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Brazil’s Lula scraps meeting on future of Petrobras CEO, sources say
FILE PHOTO: Jean Paul Prates, the CEO of Petrobras, listens to a question from a reporter at a news conference, during the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
The most oversold and overbought stocks on the TSX
The TSX ticker is photographed in Toronto, on Thursday, February 27, 2020.
Spirit Airlines to defer Airbus deliveries, furlough 260 pilots as U.S. carrier looks to save cash
FILE PHOTO: A Spirit commercial airliner prepares to land at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Montreal home sales up in March as prices rise across all housing types
Condo for sale signs are seen in Deux-Montagnes, Que., Wednesday, March 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
A denser city? In The Annex, neighbours say no
Alex Bozikovic
Citi upgrades Japan to overweight, downgrades emerging markets to neutral
A man walks past an electronic board displaying stock prices of Nikkei 225 listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in Tokyo on April 4.
RBC’s REIT analyst updates his long list of top picks
Office and condo towers in downtown Montreal, Quebec, April 8, 2021.
BCE’s dividend yield is close to 9 per cent: Buy, hold or run for the hills?
Rob Carrick
Salvage crews have begun removing containers from the ship that collapsed Baltimore’s Key bridge
The site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the container ship that toppled it, Dali, are seen from the debris retrieval vessel Reynolds, April 4, 2024, in Baltimore. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner via AP)
Canada has a productivity problem - our young people are the solution
Farah Mohammed is the CEO of His Majesty King Charles III’s charity, King’s Trust Canada, which helps youth facing barriers gain the skills, experience and networks they need to increase their employability.
Canada’s housing crunch is hurting our labour markets
Kelly Cryderman
JPMorgan says CEO transition is a top priority, cites potential Dimon successors
FILE - Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing to examine Wall Street firms on Capitol Hill, Dec. 6, 2023 in Washington. The nation’s most influential banker, JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon, told investors Monday, April 8, 2024, that he continues to expect the U.S. economy to be resilient and grow this year. But he worries geopolitical events including the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war, as well as U.S. political polarization, might be creating an environment that “may very well be creating risks that could eclipse anything since World War II.”(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Trump says U.S. states should determine abortion law, mum on national ban
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - APRIL 06: Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump arrive at the home of billionaire investor John Paulson on April 6, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. Donald Trump's campaign is expecting to raise more than 40 million dollars when major donors gather a fundraiser billed as the "Inaugural Leadership Dinner". (Photo by Alon Skuy/Getty Images)
Biden to host Japan’s Kishida, Philippines’ Marcos as security fears mount
President Joe Biden walks from Marine One to Air Force One at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, April 8, 2024. President Biden on Monday plans to announce a large-scale effort to help pay off student loans for tens of millions of American borrowers. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
EU regulators assess Apple’s plan for complying with music streaming order
FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
As Sudan crisis rages, Ottawa is urged to do more
Sudanese refugees gather outside a field hospital in Acre, Chad, Aug. 15, 2023. Canada's former ambassador to Sudan says Ottawa should help steer a global effort to end a brutal civil war that has displaced far more people than wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo
Defence’s crash reconstructionist testifies at trial of man accused of killing cop
Umar Zameer, accused in the killing of Toronto Police Const. Jeffrey Northrup, left to right, defence lawyers Alexandra Heine, Nader Hasan, Crown attorney Karen Simone are shown in this courtroom sketch as Justice Anne Molloy and jury members look on in Toronto on Thursday, March 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould
UBS on the brink of Switzerland’s ‘too big to fail’ reckoning
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen at a branch office in Zurich, Switzerland, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Ukraine denies Russian claim that it launched drone strikes on major nuclear power plant
(FILES) A photo shows a view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 14, 2023. Russia on April 7, 2024, said Ukraine attacked the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with a drone, with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) urging restraint. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
Samsung Electronics shares offered in $330-million block sale, term sheet shows
FILE PHOTO: A worker waters a flower bed next to the logo of Samsung Electronics during a media tour at Samsung Electronics' headquarters in Suwon, South Korea, June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji//File Photo
Russia’s Foreign Minister visits Beijing to emphasize ties with strongest political ally
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service on Monday, April 8, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, walks from the plane upon his arrival in Beijing, China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic ally China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
TSMC wins $6.6-billion U.S. subsidy for chip production in Arizona
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is pictured at its headquarters, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
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