Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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US new-home sales post slight gain in April
BALTIMORE - U.S. new home sales ticked up 0.6% in April, a surprising gain amid the coronavirus outbreak that hints at the relative health of potential buyers. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday...
May 26, 2020
Stormy weather puts damper on SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Stormy weather is threatening to delay SpaceX's first astronaut launch. A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to blast off Wednesday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, carrying a Drago...
May 26, 2020
Stocks rise on Wall Street, but US braces for 100,000 deaths
NEW YORK - Stocks surged on Wall Street to their highest levels since the business shutdowns took hold in the U.S. over two months ago, climbing on optimism Tuesday about the reopening economy even as...
May 26, 2020
Under-fire UK government aide Cummings has Johnson's loyalty
LONDON - Dominic Cummings helped Boris Johnson win power by pitting the people against the elite. Johnson's Conservative administration has branded itself "the People's Government." The prime minister...
May 26, 2020
Pandemic probe: Brazil police raid Rio governor's residence
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police targeted a staunch opponent of President Jair Bolsonaro's push to lift measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in one of the world's disease hot spots, searching t...
May 26, 2020
Stanley Ho, who built Macao's gambling industry, dies at 98
HONG KONG - Casino tycoon Stanley Ho, whose business empire dominated the Portuguese gambling enclave of Macao for decades, died Tuesday in Hong Kong at age 98. Considered the father of modern gamblin...
May 26, 2020
Latam Airlines seeks bankruptcy protection as travel slumps
BANGKOK - Latam Airlines, South America's biggest carrier, sought U.S. bankruptcy protection Tuesday as it grapples with a sharp downturn in air travel sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. The Chapter...
May 25, 2020
Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dies
Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 "Kind of Blue" groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday. His wife, ...
May 25, 2020
German court ruling clears the way to settle VW diesel cases
KARLSRUHE, Germany - A German court has ruled that Volkswagen must buy back cars from owners of its diesel cars equipped with software that evaded emissions testing - but consumers must accept the cur...
May 25, 2020
Brian May reveals recent heart attack, says he's good now
LONDON - Queen guitarist Brian May says he recently had three stents put in after experiencing "a small heart attack." May said Monday in an Instagram video that the stents were put in after his docto...
May 25, 2020
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