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Government of Canada to announce multi-million-dollar investment for B.C. business growth and innovation
Government of Canada to announce multi-million-dollar investment for B.C. business growth and innovation

February 28, 2025 - Surrey, British Columbia - The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible...

Update: China firmly opposes new U.S. tariff move, vows countermeasures to safeguard interests
Update: China firmly opposes new U.S. tariff move, vows countermeasures to safeguard interests

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the U.S. decision to impose an additional 10-percent...

China firmly opposes new U.S. tariff move, vows countermeasures to safeguard interests
China firmly opposes new U.S. tariff move, vows countermeasures to safeguard interests

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the U.S. decision to impose an additional 10-percent...

SpaceX postpones eighth test of Starship rocket after booster issue
SpaceX postpones eighth test of Starship rocket after booster issue

Washington, DC [US], March 4 (ANI): SpaceX postponed its eighth test of the Starship rocket just before its scheduled launch on Monday....

Nifty, Sensex open in red as Trump Tariffs take effect; global sentiment weakens
Nifty, Sensex open in red as Trump Tariffs take effect; global sentiment weakens

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 4 (ANI): Indian stock markets witnessed a continued selling spree on Tuesday as both benchmark...

China watches from the sidelines as Trump "switches allegiance"
China watches from the sidelines as Trump "switches allegiance"

Hong Kong, March 4 (ANI): As world respect for the USA plummeted to a new nadir on 28 February, after President Donald Trump and Vice-President...

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US military given 30 days to plan transgender troop removals
Transgender troops being identified for removal under Pentagon orders

WASHINGTON, D.C.:  The U.S. military has 30 days to decide how it will find and remove transgender service members. This may involve...

Iowa first to pass law stripping gender identity protections
Iowa removes gender identity from civil rights code amid protests

DES MOINES, Iowa: Iowa lawmakers have passed a new law that removes protections for gender identity from the state's civil rights code....

Rare boost for South Korea as births rise after nearly a decade
South Korea sees first birth rate increase in nine years

SEOUL, South Korea: For the first time in nine years, South Korea recorded a rise in births, offering a rare positive sign in the country's...

US overdose deaths drop 24% to 87,000 in one year
CDC: US drug overdose deaths drop to lowest levels since June 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Nearly 87,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the 12 months ending September 2024, a 24 percent drop from the...

US dockworkers approve six-year contract, securing major pay hikes
US East and Gulf Coast dockworkers ratify new six-year contract

NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey: More than 45,000 U.S. dockworkers have approved a new six-year contract, securing higher wages and preventing...

DOJ: Woman charged for trying to defraud Elvis Presley’s family
Missouri woman admits to multimillion-dollar Graceland fraud scheme

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A Missouri woman admitted to a scheme to cheat Elvis Presley's family out of millions and take control of Graceland,...

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