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Contaminated Californian onions have made 69 British Columbians sick

The Public Health Agency says there is no evidence to suggest that onions grown in Canada are associated with this outbreak. It says 69 cases of salmonella ...

Quick Look At Cadillac LYRIQ Specs And Battery

The Lyriq is a midsized SUV with a promised range of over 300 miles between charges that is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S.in late 2022, when it will become...

Martin Lewis shares latest details on Government's £5,000 home improvement vouchers

As part of the scheme, homeowners who are eligible will be able to receive vouchers that help them afford the costs of making their home more environmentally fr...

Turkish lira hits another historic low amid pandemic

This allowed Turkey to reopen its borders to tourists on the 1 June, which slightly attenuated the impact of the pandemic on the peak season. "Ultimately, only ...

Toronto's real estate market smashes July sales record

New listings rose 24.7% year-over-year, while active listings declined by 16.3%. "Sales activity was extremely strong for the first full month of summer". For...

Wall Street opens lower on Sino-US tensions, slowing jobs growth

Prices for the 10-Year Treasury moved determinely ahead, dropping yields to 0.52% from Wednesday's 0.55%. AP's earlier story appears below. Tech-related stocks...

Huawei to stop making Kirin chips as US pressure bites

Qualcomm is lobbying to sell chips to Huawei that the Chinese company would include in its 5G phones, according to the report , citing a presentation by Qual...

Delhi Govt. launches e-vehicle policy to boost economy, employment

The Delhi government will soon form the "State Electric Vehicle Board" in this regard, Kejriwal said. The number now stands at 0.2 percent. While the central ...

Trump vows to act on virus aid for jobless

It is not clear exactly what these orders will involve, but Mnuchin said that individuals receiving unemployment insurance will not receive a full $600 a we...

Stimulus talks near brink of collapse after rancorous meeting

The president blamed top Democrats - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer - for failing to agree to a deal, and said they're ...

Canon is hit by massive ransomware attack

In addition to the image.canon service, over two dozen Canon domains appear to be impacted by the ongoing outage. This source has also obtained a message allege...

Not Very Happy Meal as face mask found inside McDonald's chicken nugget

She said her and her daughter have been "put off" from McDonald's for good. She said as her kids sat down on the sofa she suddenly became aware that six-yea...

Ship owner files lawsuit against those responsible for Beirut port explosion

World leaders have joined the chorus of voices in Lebanon and the diaspora demanding an global inquiry into the cause of the devastation. Lebanon is facing ...

Gold smashes record high as safety rush intensifies

Weakness in the dollar also drove investors to the safe-haven asset. Gold prices jumped on Friday to Rs 55,350 from Rs 54,700 per 10 gram, while silver cl...

Black, Asian workers see biggest jobless rate spikes in Canada

More generally, the region shed part-time jobs at a much greater rate than full-time ones - again, reflecting the fact part-timers are concentrated in hospitali...

Uber sees US$1.8b loss as pandemic stalls revenue

Delivery revenue , which was growing even before the pandemic, surged 103 per cent during the quarter and is now central to Uber's strategy. Uber Eats r...

China's July export surge gives hope for more sustainable recovery

In U.S. dollar terms, exports rose by 7.2 percent to 237.6 billion U.S. dollars, strongly beating expectations, and imports saw a slight decline, 1.4 percent ye...

Owner of Cruise Ship Sunk by Beirut Blast Sues

More than 300,000 people were displaced, almost 150 killed and thousands were wounded. The explosion was believed to be caused by almost 3,000 tons of store...

US economy added 1.8M jobs in July; unemployment at 10.2%

Employers are hedging their bets by adding part-time jobs . Of those, 1.3 million have been deemed eligible for benefits and 96% of eligible workers have recei...

Pelosi, Schumer Say Trump Administration Declined $2 Trillion Pandemic Deal

It's also unclear - after 10 meetings that have resulted in no agreement - if the four principal negotiators - Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Lead...

Statistics Canada to reveal July jobs report with expectations of growth

Combined with the 953,000 jobs gained in June and the 290,000 in May, the country was within 1.3 million jobs from pre-pandemic level. 345,000 of the new jo...

Moderna taps into AWS to boost Covid-19 vaccine research

The pharmaceutical company said last week that its main candidate, mRNA-1273, had entered phase 3 of testing in the United States, which involves trials o...

USA adds 1.8 million jobs in July, unemployment rate falls to 10.2%

Meanwhile, initial unemployment claims nationwide came in at almost 1.2 million, compared to roughly 1.4 million the week before, according to the U.S. Republ...

Statistics Canada says country gained 419000 jobs in July

Combined with the 953,000 jobs gained in June and the 290,000 in May, the country was within 1.3 million jobs from pre-pandemic level. The unemployment rate f...

United States signs $1 billion vaccine deal with Johnson & Johnson

The U.S. government may also purchase an additional 200 million doses under an additional agreement. "At the present moment, we have 3 Indian vaccines which a...

United States jobs growth slows in July as pandemic takes toll

A total of $78,571,800 in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation benefits was paid last week. New jobless claims in last week's report rose for a second s...

Facebook Employees to Work from Home until July 2021 over Coronavirus

Google announced a similar decision last month with chief executive Sundar Pichai committing to the company's 200,000 workers that they would not have to retur...

Pfizer, BioNTech to supply Canada with COVID-19 vaccine

The company is seen as a leader in COVID-19 vaccine research, entering its third phase of clinical trials late July. Both vaccines are messenger ribonucleic a...

Nasdaq closes above 11,000 for first time as tech-related stocks rally

The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in afternoon trading after falling back from an earlier 0.3% gain. Meanwhile, US-listed Chinese companies traded mostly lower, with ...

USA slaps 10% tariff on aluminum imports from Canada

In a speech at a Whirlpool factory in the battleground state of Ohio, Trump touted his record of defending American workers by fighting China, replacing the Nor...