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Hundreds of firefighters battle Madeira wildfire
A drone view shows smoke rising as vegetation burns amid a wildfire in the municipality of Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal, in this screen grab taken from a video obtained from social media, August 18, 2024. DRONE ILHA DA MADEIRA/via REUTERS
Union at BHP's Escondida copper mine in Chile signs new deal, ending risk of strike
FILE PHOTO: Workers from BHP's Escondida copper mine, camp close to 'Coloso' port owned by the copper company, strike in Antofagasta, Chile August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Cristian Rudolffi/File Photo
‘Banksy woz ere.’ London Zoo is the latest to remove street artist’s animal mural for protection
A new design of swimming fish by Banksy, which appeared on a police box in the City of London is cordoned off, in London, Monday Aug. 12, 2024. (Emily Pennink/PA via AP)
U.S. and South Korea begin joint military drills as North Korea accuses them of invasion rehearsal
A U.S. Army's M1A2 Abrams tank from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team fires during a live firing drill at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Thousands of Indian health care workers strike, protest for reform following rape and killing of doctor
Doctors shout slogans as they hold placards during a protest rally demanding justice following the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a hospital in Kolkata, in New Delhi, India, August 18, 2024. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh
RCMP commissioner says force ready to facilitate end of contract policing with lessons learned from Surrey
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) commissioner Michael Duheme pictured during an interview at RCMP head quarter Aug. 16, 2024 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
Djokovic calls for better use of instant replay after Auger-Aliassime's elimination
MASON, OHIO - AUGUST 16: Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada and Jack Draper of Great Britain meet at the net after a controversial match-ending point during Day 6 of the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 16, 2024 in Mason, Ohio. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Missing Markham realtor celebrated as a high-performing agent a day before her disappearance
Yuk-Ying (Anita) Mui, a realtor, was reported missing by her family on Aug. 9 when she failed to return home after leaving her house early that morning.
Canadian rail freight stoppage looms as workers union serves CPKC strike notice, CN Rail issues lockout notice
FILE PHOTO: Trains are seen in the yard at the at the CN Rail Brampton Intermodal Terminal after Teamsters Canada union workers and Canadian National Railway Co. and failed to resolve contract issues, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
Ken Tanigawa wins Rogers Charity Classic in Calgary for third PGA Tour Champions title
Ken Tanigawa, of the United States, hits a tee shot on the eighth hole during the final round of the PGA Tour Champions golf event in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Prince Harry and Meghan meet with Afro-Colombian leaders to wrap up their first visit to Colombia
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan get ready for a group photo after a forum on Afro women and power in Cali, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Ernesto becomes a hurricane again, causing dangerous rip currents on Canadian, U.S. East Coasts
FILE PHOTO: Waves crash along the South Shore as the eye of Hurricane Ernesto passes Devonshire Parish, Bermuda August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Nicola Muirhead/File Photo
Canada expels Uganda’s high commissioner after confrontation with protesters in Ottawa: Ugandan officials
A Ugandan flag flies above the Pflag during the kickoff for world pride 2014 at Nathan Phillips Square on June 20 2014. This is also the same Ugandan flag that was carried in the 2009 Toronto Pride parade by a Ugandan national who was twice set on fire for being gay. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Bowden Francis throws seven scoreless innings as Blue Jays shut out Cubs 1-0
Toronto Blue Jays' Brian Serven, left, celebrates with pitcher Chad Green (57) after a win over the Chicago Cubs in a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)
Do you know this missus? Newfoundland folklore archive hopes to give women their due
Marilyn Butt poses for a photograph on the campus of Memorial University in St. John’s on Friday, August 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Why Canada is on the verge of an unprecedented rail labour stoppage
CN rail trains are shown at the CN MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ont., on Monday, June 20, 2022. Railways halt more shipments ahead of potential lockout, as bargaining tensions rise.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
After second dividend cut, Algonquin aims to leave its rocky past behind
For Investor Clinic column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Miette Hot Springs reopens, but wildfire keeps rest of Jasper National Park closed
A checkpoint for returning residents on the edge of Jasper, Alberta, on Friday August 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
Pro-Palestinian encampment dismantled at Vancouver Island University
Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., have been told to pack up within 72 hours. People gather and pitch tents at a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, Monday, April. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Artificial turf is taking root on schoolyards, and even some skeptics are now ready-to-roll
A sign at the entrance to the Clarke Pulford Field at Northern Secondary School in Toronto asks visitors to respect the artificial turf, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)
Canadian Cory Johnston wins second Elite Series tournament title
Canadian angler Cory Johnston is shown in a handout photo. Johnston captured an impressive second Elite Series title Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Financial criminals regularly use bankruptcy to avoid paying fines, data show, as regulators renew push to close ‘escape hatch’
Canada’s highest court has dismissed a former Ontario truck driver’s application for leave to appeal his conviction in the 2011 death of a woman at an Edmonton hotel.The Supreme Court of Canada on the banks of the Ottawa River is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, June 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Harris and Trump’s paths to the White House cross in Pennsylvania, but it’s a must-win for the Democrats
David Shribman
Online lender Nesto aims to grab market share as wave of homeowners face mortgage renewals at higher rates
The Bay Street Financial District is shown with the Canadian flag in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022. Online mortgage lender Nesto says it has acquired mortgage finance company CMLS Group. Financial terms of the agreement were not immediately available. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Israel police investigating deadly blast in Tel Aviv
Israeli police work at the scene of a bomb explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. Israeli police say one person was killed and another moderately injured. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod)
Pro-Palestinian delegates to push for Israel arms embargo at Democratic convention
Preparations continue one day ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 18, 2024. US Vice President Kamala Harris will formally accept the party's nomination for president at the DNC which runs from August 19-22 in Chicago. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
What a ‘patent box’ is and why it can help solve Canada’s productivity problem
A person makes their way past the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Liberal MP Ken McDonald says he won't run in the next federal election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Pianist and composer Bill Westcott was a master of ragtime and stride
Bill Westcott in Hawaii.
First-time home buyers are shunning today’s shrinking condos: ‘Is there any appeal to them whatsoever?’
A Concert Properties condo development is seen under construction on the waterfront near the Mosquito Creek Marina, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, July 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Border agency wants to increase import taxes. This will hurt Canadian trade
FILE PHOTO: A member of the Canada Border Services Agency speaks with travelers crossing the U.S.-Canadian border in Blaine, Washington, U.S., August 9, 2021. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo
Tips for setting up your student’s first home without breaking the bank
Anita Bruinsma
B.C.’s Shetland Creek wildfire, which destroyed multiple homes, now considered ‘held’
The Hullcar Mountain wildfire burns near Armstrong, B.C. in this Aug. 5, 2024 handout photo. Wet weather is helping firefighters in British Columbia tackle some of the wildfires burning in the south of the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, B.C. Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
I resented the Fitbit my son got me until I lost it
Jack Russell, lead singer of band Great White who was onstage during horrific concert fire, dies
FILE - Singer Jack Russell, of the band Great White, performs during a benefit to honor the memory of the band's guitarist Ty Longley at the Key Club in West Hollywood, Calif., on April 29, 2003. Russell, the lead singer of the bluesy ’80s metal band Great White whose hits included “Once Bitten Twice Shy” and “Rock Me” and was fronting his band the night 100 people died in a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island, has died. He was 63. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly, file)
Perdue recalls 75,827 kilograms of chicken nuggets after consumers find metal wire in some packages
Vegan chicken nuggets are pictured at the international meat industry fair IFFA in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on May 6, 2019. - Young butchers gathered in Frankfurt for an international contest are open to updating their trade, but have yet to be won over by "strange" meat substitutes gaining footholds in the market. (Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP)DANIEL ROLAND/AFP/Getty Images
Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, health minister says
A man disinfects a rural isolation centre where patients are being treated for cholera in Wad Al-Hilu in Kassala state in eastern Sudan, on August 17, 2024. Sudan's health minister on August 17 declared a cholera epidemic after weeks of heavy rain in the war-torn country, in a video released by his ministry. The northeast African country has been engulfed in a war since April 2023 between the Sudanese army under the country's de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP) (Photo by EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images)
Alien: Romulus bites off $41.5-million to top box office charts
Cailee Spaeny arrives at the premiere of "Alien: Romulus" on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Israel says investigation underway in Palestinian prisoner abuse case
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Black men emerge as key constituency in 2024 race, bringing dynamic views to the top of politics
Cliff Albright of the Black Voters Matter Fund, a nonprofit voting rights organization, speaks during a panel discussion on the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris during a Black Men Lab meeting, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Economists expect July inflation data to set the stage for more rate cuts
Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem participates in a news conference in Ottawa on July 24, 2024. Canada's inflation rate likely took another dip last month, according to economists who expect the Bank of Canada to continue cutting interest rates throughout the fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Back to school means back to the spotlight for Big Tech
Experts say this upcoming school year will put social media networks TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat back in the spotlight. A 11-year-old boy plays with his father's phone outside school in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Emilio Morenatti
Ukrainian president says Kursk incursion is to create buffer from Russian attacks as another aims near Kyiv
Ukrainian troops operate a tank near the Russian border, in the Sumy region of Ukraine on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. Ukraine has destroyed a critical bridge in RussiaÕs western Kursk region as it tries to sever Russian supply lines and consolidate territorial gains from its surprise offensive. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
Protests spread over Indian doctor’s rape and murder, following 24-hour strike Saturday
Members of West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front and nursing students shout slogans as they join in a rally during a protest against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata last week, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
CFL reinstates Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly with conditions
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly passes the ball while playing against the Montreal Alouettes during first half CFL Eastern Conference finals football action in Toronto on Saturday, November 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
At least 23 injured when fire breaks out on a Ferris wheel in eastern Germany
The Ferris wheel after a fire broke out at the Highfield Festival near Leipzig, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (Heiko Rebsch/dpa via AP)
Ex-RBC CFO sues bank, Canada’s rising real estate insolvencies and inside the TD Bank scandal: Must-read business and investing stories
The One Condo development project, at Bloor One West in Toronto is photographed on June 4, 2024. The receiver of the tower is seeking to sell the unfinished skyscraper for at least $1.2-billion. (Abhijit Alka Anil/The Globe and Mail)
Calgary pipe woes show ‘dire need’ for infrastructure upgrades, says municipalities group
Crews continue to work to repair a major water main break and five other weak spots in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2024. The condition of infrastructure across the country is dire and action needs to be taken now to prevent the kind of massive water main break that continues to plague Alberta's biggest city, says the president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Experts say famine is looming in Yemen as hunger surges among children
Displaced Yemenis affected by recent floods receive humanitarian in the Hays region, south of Hodeidah Governorate, west of August 16, 2024. (Photo by Khaled Ziad / AFP) (Photo by KHALED ZIAD/AFP via Getty Images)
Three peacekeepers injured in explosion in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL says
KAFARKILA, LEBANON - AUGUST 16: U.N. peacekeepers from a Spanish brigade of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol the east sector, close to the Blue Line on August 16, 2024 in Kafarkila, Lebanon. The recent assassination of a Hezbollah military commander in Lebanon, as well as the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Iran, has heightened concerns of a wider regional war between Israel and Iran-backed enemies like Hezbollah. Israel and Hezbollah have traded regular cross-border fire since Oct. 7, although both sides have seemed to calculate their attacks to avoid all-out war. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Blinken to renew push for Gaza ceasefire as Israel launches fresh strikes
A Palestinian woman evacuates Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as part of a mass evacuation ordered by the Israeli military ahead of an operation, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Harris and Walz make phone calls, rally volunteers on Pennsylvania bus tour before DNC in Chicago
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, center, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff greet supporters upon arriving at Pittsburgh International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Toronto area sees more rain a day after record-setting downpour, Montreal braces for potential flooding
People sit in the grandstands of Woodbine Racetrack after a heavy downpour of rain resulted in the cancellation of part of the King's Plate, in Toronto on Saturday, August 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Corporate crop top? Shorts? A stylist weighs in on changing workwear
Money and financial planning, young hispanic self-employed woman checking bills and doing budget with calculator, computer and papers in fashion design studio
Electric unicycles are everywhere, but aren’t they illegal to ride?
A man rides a Ninebot One electric unicycle near the venue of a Segway-Ninebot product launch event in Beijing, China August 16, 2019. REUTERS/Florence Lo
‘How could anybody believe the transparently absurd stories of a heroic Donald Trump?’ Disinformation and propaganda, plus other letters to the editor for Aug. 18
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in Bedminster, N.J., on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Trump has appointed Linda McMahon and Howard Lutnick as co-chairs of his transition team. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
Your lookahead horoscope: August 18, 2024
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