Spain’s independent rail accident authority said on 29 October that a collision near Urda two days earlier had killed 69 people, with the figure expected to change. The Autoridad Administrativa Independiente para la Investigación Técnica de Accidentes e Incidentes Ferroviarios, Marítimos y de Aviación Civil (AITAT) issued its first technical note after the first 24…
President Donald Trump signed proclamations on Tuesday excluding specified Canadian products from importation into the United States, the White House said. The bans take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Sept. 29. White House notices and reporting by Reuters, the BBC and CBC said the exclusions cover a wide range of Canadian alcoholic drinks…
US special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on September 5, 2026, for meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of efforts to revive peace negotiations over the war in Ukraine. Russian state media and officials confirmed the envoys’ arrival and subsequent meeting with Putin at the Kremlin. Witkoff, President Donald…
For most goods bought online in Canada, the GST/HST rate is the rate of the province or territory where the goods are delivered or made available. A seller in Manitoba who ships a laptop to Halifax charges Nova Scotia’s 14% HST, not Manitoba’s 5% GST plus 7% retail sales tax. If the buyer picks the…
In the early hours of Friday, September 4, 2026, cheers erupted near Nepal’s Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower station as rescuers hauled two mud-caked men into daylight. Sanjay Sah, a 30-year-old mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a 45-year-old mechanical supervisor, had spent nine days trapped deep inside a tunnel after a glacial collapse unleashed a deadly…
Beginning August 1, 2023, Meta began blocking news content and links from being viewed by people in Canada on Facebook and Instagram. No court issued a publication ban. No minister ordered a takedown. Parliament passed a law that can require qualifying digital news intermediaries to bargain with eligible news businesses over compensation for making news…
How much income you need to buy a house in Canada depends on the province. A typical home in New Brunswick and a typical home in British Columbia are not the same purchase, and the mortgage stress test treats them that way. This page uses July 2026 typical-home (benchmark) prices, then estimates the gross household…
New York City will bar student use of generative artificial intelligence from 2-K through eighth grade for the 2026–27 school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels announced on September 2. City officials said the one-year moratorium affects nearly 600,000 public school students, about two-thirds of enrollment. Reuters and CNN described it as…
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that trade talks with the United States can resume only when Washington “starts being serious” and stops posting memes and insults. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa after Monday’s federal byelections, Carney said there is still room for a deal that is “mutually beneficial” and “respects Canadian sovereignty.” “When the…
Things in Canada still cost more than they did a few years ago. They are just not going up as fast. In July 2026, the average price of everyday stuff was 3.0 percent higher than in July 2025. In June, it was 2.8 percent higher. That comes from Statistics Canada. That 3 percent is the…