Latest wave of US, Britain strikes on Yemin’s Houthis had support of Canada
OTTAWA — Canada was among several allies that provided support to the United States and United Kingdom during their second wave of attacks against Houthi targets in Yemen, the Department of National Defence said Saturday.
Canada issued a joint statement with the U.S., U.K., Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand in response to the Houthis’ continued attacks against international and commercial ships travelling in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
This second wave of assaults came after a series of
Forest fires rage on in central Chile killing at least 64
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the blazes and said at least 112 people had been killed.
The fires burned with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames Sunday. At least 1,600 people were left without homes.
Several neighborhoods on the eastern edge of
Federal government extends foreign buyer ban on Canadian homes to 2027
OTTAWA — Foreign nationals and companies will be banned from buying residential properties in Canada for an additional two years, the federal finance minister said Sunday, the latest in a raft of measures aimed at addressing housing affordability concerns that have dogged the governing Liberals for months.
Chrystia Freeland announced the extension in a statement, saying Canada is extending its foreign homebuyer ban up until 2027.
Under the ban, which came into effect last year and was set to expire at the beginning of 2025, foreign commercial
Kosovo’s block on the Serbian currency raises alarm in the EU and US
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union and the United States expressed their deep concern Sunday after Kosovo banned the use of the Serbian currency and police raided the premises of organizations working with the Serb minority in the north of the country.
In the past week, Kosovo police searched the premises of Serbia-administered institutions and of an ethnic Serb non-governmental organization, confiscating papers and computers believed to hold documentation contrary to the country’s laws.
Some of the documents bore the emblem of the Serbian government in
Second powerful storm in days blows into California, sparking warnings of hurricane-force winds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second of back-to-back battered California on Sunday, flooding roadways and knocking out power to nearly 850,000 people and prompting a rare warning for hurricane-force winds as the state braced for what could be days of heavy rains.
The storm inundated streets and brought down trees and electrical lines across the San Francisco Bay Area, where winds topped 60 mph (96 kph) in some areas. Gusts exceeding 80 mph (128
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:
Smith in Ottawa
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will give a speech at an Economic Club of Canada event in Ottawa on Monday. Smith has been at odds with the federal government and its climate-change policies and transition plan for a net-zero emissions economy.
Macklem speech
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem will give a speech on the effectiveness and limitations of monetary policy at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Tuesday. The central bank will
Air Canada’s first female pilot recalls sector’s sexist hurdles on route to success
MONTREAL — Judy Cameron still remembers getting the telegram that marked her first offer to fly planes for a major commercial carrier.
Pacific Western Airlines had come calling, writing her a “congratulations” and inviting her to sit down with the interview board.
“When I walked into the room, everyone’s face was very distraught,” Cameron recalled.
“It turned out that they had wanted to hire me, but it had been vetoed by someone higher up when they realized I was female.”
Forty-five years
Air Canada’s first female pilot recalls sector’s sexist hurdles on route to success
MONTREAL — Judy Cameron still remembers getting the telegram that marked her first offer to fly planes for a major commercial carrier.
Pacific Western Airlines had come calling, writing her a “congratulations” and inviting her to sit down with the interview board.
“When I walked into the room, everyone’s face was very distraught,” Cameron recalled.
“It turned out that they had wanted to hire me, but it had been vetoed by someone higher up when they realized I was female.”
Forty-five years
A Russian cosmonaut sets a new record for the most time in space
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the world record for the most cumulative time spent in space, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos reported Sunday.
The 59-year-old has now spent more than 878 days and 12 hours in space, surpassing fellow Russian Gennady Padalka, who set the previous record of 878 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes, and 48 seconds in 2015.
Kononenko has made five journeys to the International Space Station, dating back to 2
What to know about the situation in the Middle East this week
The United States and Britain have struck Iran-backed armed groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, while Israel presses ahead with its offensive against Hamas in Gaza. Here is what to know about what is happening in the region now, and why:
US ATTACKS ON GROUPS BACKED BY IRAN
On Friday, in retaliation for the at a U.S. base on the Syria-Jordan border. At the same time, Washington emphasized that it doesn’t want to escalate the conflict with Iran into outright war.
To