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The Canadian government says it has completed negotiations with the United States on an agreement that would allow the use of U.S. space launch technology, expertise and data for space launches in Canada

Lionsgate Television is developing a TV series follow-up to the "John Wick" films. Titled "John Wick: Under the High Table," the series will continue the story from «John Wick: Chapter 4.»

Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 is set to release in 2025. This news came from a teaser during Kaiju Day 2024. Here is everything we know about the upcoming season.

Donald Trump stated that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called him to apologize for a photo that was incorrectly labeled on Facebook. The photo showed Trump raising his fist after a July 13 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Facebook had initially marked this photo as misinformation, causing it to go viral with the incorrect label, as per the reports of Fox News. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on FOX Business' «Mornings with Maria,» Trump mentioned that Zuckerberg called him twice. According to Trump, Zuckerberg expressed admiration for Trump's actions during the event, describing them as brave. Zuckerberg also allegedly said he could not support a Democrat because he respected Trump’s response to the incident. Additionally, Trump noted that Google did not reach out to him after their autocomplete function failed to show results for the assassination attempt.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an upcoming prequel to Game of Thrones. The show is set to air in early 2025. Here is everything we know about the new series.

Digital asset investment products saw outflows amounting to $528 million last week, marking the first downturn in four weeks.

Olympic medal podium is no longer a given for U.S. swimmers. Nine days of thrilling competition at La Defense Arena wrapped up Sunday night with the Americans barely pulling out the lead in the gold medal standings thanks to a victory in the final race. The U.S. finished with just eight golds, its fewest since the 1988 Seoul Games and one ahead of its biggest rival, Australia.

MONTREAL – Soccer fans in Montreal were left heartbroken after the Canadian women’s soccer team lost to Germany in the quarterfinal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday. But fans said they still have plenty of reasons to cheer.

Fitch Ratings noted that elevated interest rates in the US since 2023 have begun to show some effect on the labour market and demand. Adding to worries, the global rating agency said politics remains an area of high uncertainty, with geopolitical risks here to stay. The rating agency noted that signs of a slowdown in the US are evident in weak credit growth and slowing consumer spending. This trend is expected to continue in the second half of 2024, with real GDP growth decelerating, though likely remaining above recession territory.

PARIS – Canada’s team in Paris was on pace for a record Olympic Games at halftime after a mortifying soccer scandal that began before the eco-flame was even lit in Jardin des Tuileries.

report this week, the elderly are squirrelling away money, motivated by ever-longer retirements, the risk that they will need to pay for old-age care, the inevitable uncertainty about how long they will survive and the desire to pass on assets to their children. Whereas in the mid-1990s Americans aged between 65 and 74 spent 10% more than their income, the same age group has been a net saver, in aggregate, since 2015. A similar picture is found across the rich world, from Canada to Japan.

Which financial assets a central bank should buy and sell is hardly a novel question. Historically, the US Federal Reserve has focused on shorter-term Treasury securities, but quantitative easing had the Fed buying mortgage securities and quality commercial paper in vast quantities. Central banks often hold gold and foreign currencies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the creation of an “investment-friendly charter’ during the ninth Governing Council Meeting of the Niti Aayog on 27 July. This charter will outline policies, programmes and processes to attract more investments. Despite India’s potential, foreign direct investment (FDI) data shows that the country has not fully capitalized on its opportunities.

government wants India to be selfsufficient in pulses by 2027-28. As the world’s largest producer of pulses by far, this may not seem hard, but we are also the largest consumer. A large part of pulses’ production in countries like Myanmar, Canada and Australia is meant for India. Ending imports won’t be easy. This is particularly so for a reason that doesn’t get captured by aggregated figures. Policy makers tend to refer to agricultural products as if they were one thing. Just as barrels of oil (within certain specifications) are considered identical, rice, wheat and pulses are also spoken of as one thing for production and trade statistics. But at the consumption end, we know that the differences between varieties are huge.

Riot Games' free-to-play tactical shooter «Valorant» has expanded beyond PC, launching on Xbox Series X and S and PlayStation 5 in several regions.

COVID-19.“I thought, ‘Really? It’s summer,'” the marketing and communications professional said in an interview from St. Catharines, Ont.About a week later while camping, Robin woke up with a sore throat and felt achy later in the day.

China is the latest in a slew of countries planning to gradually raise the statutory retirement age as an aging world population is forcing governments to reform their pension plans.

Evil Season 4 continues its thrilling run. Episode 12 is set to release on Thursday, August 8, 2024, on Paramount+. Fans are eager to see the story unfold further.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest resumed active trading of crypto-related stocks in August after selling an additional $14.7 million of Coinbase shares and investing $21 million in the Ether Staking ETF 3iQ.

North American interest rates aren’t just falling; they’re skydiving. With the U.S. Federal Reserve hinting at a possible September rate cut, inflation improving and economic data limping in weaker, it’s clear to markets that elevated rates have overstayed their welcome.