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Scientists hunting for answers as bird flu outbreak spreads among cows in U.S.
Dairy cows stand in a field outside of a milking barn at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Criminal trial of convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber nears end of closing arguments
Chris Barber arrives at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Why the rally in downtrodden dividend stocks has room to run
Rob Carrick
Russian snipers kill Islamic State-linked hostage-takers to end prison siege
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 21, 2020 crows fly close to a Russian flag at the top of the Russian Government building in downtown Moscow. - Russia's economic growth slowed to 1.3 percent last year, the state statistics agency said on February 3, 2020, with the lethargic pace presenting a major headache for the Kremlin. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
Justin Trudeau must call a leadership race, before it’s too late
Omer Aziz is a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard and author of the forthcoming memoir Brown Boy.
If Pierre Poilievre weren’t so unpleasant, he might get more of a hearing for his agenda. If he has one
Andrew Coyne
What if John Lennon didn’t die? Novel reimagines a life where the Beatles live on
DECEMBER 17, 1969 -- JOHN LENNON AND YOKO IN TORONTO -- Yoko Ono and John Lennon at a press conference in Toronto. Beatle John Lennon announced that he would appear at a mammoth Peace Festival at Mosport next July 3 to 5. Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono were dressed wholly in black, including a large droopy hat which Mrs. Lennon refused to remove. Freelance photo by John Wood / The Globe and Mail Originally published Dec. 18, 1969
The mischievousness in Trudeau’s appointment of Charles Adler to the Senate
Konrad Yakabuski
I loved my teaching career. COVID normalization stole it from me
Jacob Scheier, poet, essayist and journalist and past winner of the Governor-General’s Literary Award.
‘Must-know stats for investors’ from a BofA investment strategist
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 20.
Nurses recruited from West Africa say Quebec training program has left them destitute
A medical bed is photographed in the trauma bay during simulation training at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on Aug. 13, 2019. A Montreal civil rights organization says a Quebec program to recruit and train nurses from overseas is leaving some participants in dire straits. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
As more floods batter Bangladesh and India, death toll rises to 30 with more than 60,000 displaced
Volunteers use a boat to help rescue people on a flooded street following heavy rains in Mohipal, Feni, a coastal district in southeast Bangladesh, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Tuj Johora)
National security agencies should detail how they’re using AI, federal advisory body says
Canada's telecommunications sector is poised to ramp up its use of artificial intelligence to find ways of saving costs, simplifying customer experiences and increasing revenues, industry watchers say. People walk past an AI sign at the All In artificial intelligence conference, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Ukraine says it used U.S. glide bombs in Russia’s Kursk region and has retaken some land in Kharkiv
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian servicemen ride a military vehicle, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the Russian border in Sumy region, Ukraine August 11, 2024. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo
Macron meets with French party leaders in bid to try and name a prime minister
FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the village Bormes-les-Mimosas, France, August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Manon Cruz/Pool/File Photo
Lately: The tech tycoon tragedy, AI’s soaring water use and a new Nintendo Museum
British entrepreneur Mike Lynch leaves the High Court in London, Britain March 25, 2019.
Japan’s core inflation picks up in July, but demand-driven growth below 2%
People walk past a shop at Sugamo area Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Morning Update: Kamala Harris takes the stage
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WHO says partners can start talks to buy mpox vaccines before their approval
A family nurse practitioner prepares a syringe with the Mpox vaccine for inoculating a patient at a vaccination site in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeenah Moon
Business Brief: Getting the trains moving again
CN workers picket in Toronto, as the rest of the country briefly grappled with an unprecedented total shutdown of Canada's two national railways.
In Kyiv, Indian PM urges Zelensky to sit down for talks with Russia
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A parent’s life is a cycle of drop-offs and pick-ups, until the final drop-off
Andrew Clark
Heading into the outdoors? Here’s why you should get a guide
The hiking photos are from the Lost Waterfalls trail in Boquete, Panama, one of them features myself, hiking guide Patricia Quiel and guide Jennifer Cabellos. The mountain photo is of the Boquete highlands. Credit for these: Chase Harder.
Canadian know-how helps restore Torres del Paine’s bucket-list hikes in Patagonia
Volunteers take a break from trail building to go sightseeing and admire Paine Waterfall in Torres del Paine National Park. Credit will go to Las Torres Patagonia
Rules for responsible hiking from professional hiker and author Nicola Ross
For hiking travel story. Alpe Adria. Nicola Ross talks about hiking etiquette and exploring urban hiking in Ontario. Other stories include gear guide, features from Patagonia and Panama. The images are for the Ross Q&A (shot of book cover an author photo).
The best hiking gear of 2024, from boots to coffee makers
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‘Time has come’ for U.S. Federal Reserve to soon begin reducing interest rates, Powell says
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
At least 14 dead, 16 injured after bus with Indian pilgrims drives off Nepal highway
Rescue personnel gather at the site after a bus carrying Indian passengers plunged into the Marsyangdi river in Nepal's Tanahun district on August 23, 2024. The bus was travelling from the tourist city of Pokhara to the capital Kathmandu when the accident occurred in Tanahun district. "We have rescued 31 passengers so far but 14 of them were unconscious," district police spokesman Deepak Kumar Rai told AFP. (Photo by SHANKHAR ADHIKARI / AFP) (Photo by SHANKHAR ADHIKARI/AFP via Getty Images)
Last body from sunken superyacht, believed to be Mike Lynch’s daughter, has been found off Sicily
A rescue boat with rescue personnel on board resumes search operations for British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch's daughter Hannah Lynch, at the scene where a luxury yacht sank, off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
A tough calculation on EV tariffs
FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows BYD electric vehicles (EV) before being loaded onto the "BYD Explorer No.1" roll-on, roll-off vehicle carrier for export to Brazil, at the port of Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, China April 25, 2024. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
After battle with yuan bears, China is now keen to avoid sharp currency gains
Paek H.O, who defected from the northeastern North Korean town of Musan in 2018, speaks in fr North Korea has tolerated the widespread use of more stable foreign currencies like U.S. dollars and Chinese yuan since a bungled revaluation of the won in 2009 triggered runaway inflation and public unrest. Paek said she used the yuan to buy expensive goods and the won for cheap items such as sodas, vegetables and bread sold at markets. (AP Photo/Hyung-jin Kim)
Oil climbs over 2 per cent after Fed’s Powell indicates U.S. rate cuts
A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. The federal Liberals will finally provide details on their long-promised oil and gas emissions cap today.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, David Goldman
Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
TD Bank signage in Toronto, Thursday Aug. 22, 2024.
Disruptions to major commuter lines in GTA, Montreal and Vancouver continue as CN, CPKC await word on arbitration
People wait inside at the Union Station bus terminal as a national rail shutdown causes delays, after employees were locked out by both major Canadian railways after a deadlock in contract negotiations, in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Thousands of Canadian commuters may have to change their travel plans for a second day after a countrywide rail lockout shut down lines in major metropolitan areas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paige Taylor White
Personal perspectives on the value of greenspace and backyards
Temporary migrant status has long been foundational to Canada’s economy
Adnan R. Khan.
As the crisis flares again, Canada – and the world – is abandoning the Rohingya
Jason Nickerson.
Urban backyards are disappearing. Can we be happy without them?
Anthony Oliveira’s book Dayspring is an opus and a gospel
Anthony Oliveira, Canadian author of the bestselling Dayspring,
AI and Ozempic spell double trouble to the old economic order
Nvidia, let’s see what you’ve got: World market themes for the week ahead
A sign is displayed on a Nvidia office building in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 20: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 20, 2024 in New York City. Stocks opened up with little change as the S&P 500 attempts to continue consecutive days of gains. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The close: Stocks sharply higher, propelling TSX to fresh record, as Powell cements September rate cut hopes
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 23.
Friday’s Insider Report: CEO sells on strength as this large-cap stock climbs to a record high
The S&P TSX composite index screen is seen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022.
In formalizing babysitting, we are teaching young workers the wrong lessons
Eileen Dooley
Canada needs to double down on carbon removal and must set a target for doing so
Carbon Engineering's direct air capture pilot plant is seen in Squamish, B.C., on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
Going back to where it all began for Toyota in Canada - Sydney, N.S.
A Toyota Corolla Hybrid parked on the empty plot of industrial land in Sydney, N.S., which was the location some six decades ago of a Toyota plant that assembled the first Japanese car in North America.
Canada’s new Africa strategy to be unveiled by end of year, Joly says
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada his imposed sanctions on 10 people and six entities on the anniversary of the fraudulent 2020 presidential elections in Belarus. Joly speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons before Question Period, in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Russia accuses Ukraine of trying to attack Kursk nuclear power plant with drone
The logo of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is seen at their headquarters before an emergency meeting at the request of both Ukraine and Russia, to discuss attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, after both countries accused each other of drone attacks, in Vienna, Austria April 11, 2024. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Three REITs worth owning right now according to a real-estate-focused money manager
Illustration of Dennis Mitchell for The Mover. Feb. 25, 2023. Illustration by Joel Kimmel
‘If Mr. Trump wins in November, or even just comes close, chaos will continue for years.’ Readers on the U.S. election, plus other letters to the editor for Aug. 23
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from behind bulletproof glass during a campaign rally, at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT
The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of August 24, 2024
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Private markets could benefit from stronger governance and disclosures, study finds
A CFA Institute survey found that certain practices in private markets could be improved and some additional regulation might help.
Kamala Harris caps ‘unlikely journey’ to nomination with a highly personal speech at DNC
David Shribman
Your daily horoscope: August 23, 2024
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