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A cross-country United Airlines flight carrying 202 passengers was forced to land in Chicago after what local media reports, citing a preliminary police report, called a bomb threat

By Herbert Lash and Marc Jones

interest rates and resilient home prices mean most Canadians are getting less for their homes at the $1-million benchmark, according to a new Royal LePage report.The analysis comes as would-be homebuyers continue to struggle with housing affordability, which market watchers say worsened again at the end of last year.Royal LePage released a study Thursday morning that reviewed the average square footage, bathrooms and bedrooms available for homes listed around the $1-million price tag (give or take $50,000 or so) in major cities across Canada in December 2023.The national average for a million-dollar home comes with an average of 3.2 bedrooms, 2.6 bathrooms and 1,760 square feet of space, according to the national real estate brokerage.That’s relatively consistent with a similar report from last year, but in most cities, the amount of space available in the typical $1-million home shrank year-over-year.And across those cities, there was a steep variability between what homebuyers are getting for a million dollars.“It is all about perspective,” Karen Yolevski, COO of Royal LePage, tells Global News. “Depending on where you are in Canada, where you may be looking for a home, $1 million can mean something dramatically different.”Coming in at the bottom of the pile was the core of Vancouver, which offers an average 900 square feet of space at the million-dollar mark.

This might well be the case, as the fourth Test plays out with India 2-1 up, but, if you think about it, the widening of mindsets, based on perceived cracks, is elsewhere. India’s lead in this series is well-earned, but had it not been for England’s win-at-all-cost mindset, it would have likely been 3-0 in favour of the home side by now. Extraordinary innings from Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett have kept England’s dreams afloat. We live in the age of BazBall, which ensures that the opposition have to adapt to England’s approach in every session, in every innings, if they are to be competitive.

Real estate agent Mauricio Umansky says high mortgage rates, high prices and low supply are creating difficulties for homebuyers on The Claman Countdown.

₹61.5 million, or about ₹200 per vehicle. This made sense, because the toll for traversing the whole bridge is ₹250, with smaller amounts for shorter stretches. Sounds like a lot of cars? Sounds like there was plenty of early curiosity about this sparkling new addition to the Mumbai landscape—or seascape, rather—and that settled down to a more routine flow of vehicles? Maybe so.

Agar kisi ko dil se chaaho to pura comment section usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jata hai" — but what if the only person replying to you in the comment section, is you? As Shaadi.com said, "Jodiyan kabhi uparwala banata hai aur kabhi comment section", a screenshot showed a man chatting with himself on the platform's comment section. As the screenshot went viral, a few X users urged Shaadi.com "to find a match for greenflagvivek". 'greenflagvivek' was the name of the handle which posted comments under a "pinned post" of Shaadi.com.

Analysts have moved to downgrade the shares of Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) on Thursday as the slump across electric vehicle stocks continues.

(Reuters) — Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) set a target to deliver as many as 350 hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric trucks in 2024, after cost controls and its first revenue from the vehicles helped the startup post a smaller loss for the fourth quarter.

By Philip Blenkinsop

By Amruta Khandekar and Bansari Mayur Kamdar

By Howard Schneider

Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to China’s top policing agency and other parts of its government

Monsieur Spade," Clive Owen bids adieu to the iconic role of Sam Spade, leaving fans captivated by the series' final moments. With the narrative threads neatly tied, the finale brings closure to Sam's detective journey, offering both resolution and poignant farewells.

Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour Australia 2024 captivates audiences, let's reminisce about the enchanting three-day spectacle she delivered in Melbourne before her anticipated shows at Accor Stadium in Sydney. Visit Victoria, the state's tourism board, celebrates the unique bond between the diverse Australian cultural hub and the music sensation herself. From February 16 to 18, 2024, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the nation's largest stadium, played host to The Eras Tour Melbourne, drawing over 96,000 fans across three consecutive nights. Yet, Swift's presence was felt far beyond the stadium walls, as Swifties from all corners flocked to Melbourne for a weekend dedicated to their idol, illuminating the historic Flinders Street Station in the process.

Tokyo Vice', Amazon Prime Video's crime epic 'Too Old to Die Young' is a perfect show that offers complex characters from gray worlds, supported by engaging storytelling and visual effects of high quality. Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn and co-written by Ed Brubaker, 'Too Old to Die Young' follows Los Angeles detective Martin Jones, who leads a double life as a criminal. He is sucked into the criminal underbelly of Los Angeles after Jesus (Augusto Aguilera) kills Martin's partner, Larry (Lance Gross), who killed Jesus' mother. The 10-episode series of 'Too Old to Die Young' Season 1 arrived on Amazon Prime Video in 2019 after making its premiere at Cannes earlier the same year. Refn told 'Indiewire' way back in 2019 that this series is meant to put control back into the hands of the viewers, it doesn't have to be watched linearly. Keeping this in mind, viewers should prepare for the inevitability he may not return to the world of 'Too Old to Die Young' for another season.

₹21,000 from Noida Traffic Police. The incident came to light after several social media users expressed their anger over the viral video of a man throwing cash out of his luxury car at night. Also Read: Yamuna Expressway mishap: 5 dead in road accident near Noida The bizarre show of wealth was recorded by people in a Scorpio which was accompanying the Range Rover.

strengthened. Such big swings in follower numbers across many accounts usually indicate an operation to clean up “bots"—automated accounts controlled by software. But the vast majority of Republican accounts gained significant numbers of followers, which suggests a clean-up was not the cause.

By Caroline Valetkevitch

The US dollar staged a bit of a sell-off overnight, with commodity-linked currencies showing strong performance.

Bharti Airtel added more active users than Reliance Jio in December 2023, helped by strong mobile broadband user gains, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) yet again lost such users, underlining its continuing inability with take on its two bigger rivals. Airtel and Jio added 3 million and 1.21 million active users respectively in December, while Vi lost 1.84 million active users, latest customer data put out by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) showed. Active, or visitor location register (VLR), data put out every month by Trai, indicates the number of mobile users regularly using a mobile network.