Tag: World

Biden Pledges ‘Israel-Style’ Security Guarantees to Ukraine During Meeting with Zelenskyy, G7 Leaders

VILNIUS, Lithuania—President Joe Biden met with Group of Seven (G7) leaders on July 12 at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit to offer security assistance for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also joined the meeting, during which the G7 leaders issued a “Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine.” This…


Bank of Canada Raises Key Interest Rate to 5% as Underlying Inflation Trend Remains Elevated

OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada raised its overnight rate target by a quarter percentage point (25 basis points) to 5 percent on July 12 in response to more persistent excess demand in the economy and slowing downward momentum with inflation. “Canada’s economy has been stronger than expected,” the BoC said in a statement. The central bank…


Bank of Canada Raises Key Interest Rate to 5 Percent

OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada raised its overnight rate target by a quarter percentage point (25 basis points) to 5 percent on July 12 in response to more persistent excess demand in the economy and slowing downward momentum with inflation. “Canada’s economy has been stronger than expected,” the BoC said in a statement. The central bank…


Stop Attacks Against Interim AFN Chief, New Brunswick Leader Implores at Assembly

A First Nations leader from New Brunswick is imploring others to help stop social-media attacks targeting the new interim chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Terry Richardson, chief of Pabineau First Nation in northern NewBrunswick, addressed leaders gathered in Halifax today for the assembly’s annual meeting, held weeks after the ousting of former national…


More Than 1,000 Canadians Take CRA to Court Over Pandemic Payments—and Some Win

In late 2021, Tressa Mitchell was dealing with doctor’s appointments for her ailing mother when she got a call from the Canada Revenue Agency seeking information to verify her eligibility for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. After the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Mitchell, who has a lung condition, took time off work as a cashier in…


[PREMIERING 11AM ET] Soeren Kern on the Riots in France and What the Media Is Leaving Out of Its Coverage | ATL:NOW

“What we’re seeing, really, is the end of multiculturalism as we know it.” Soeren Kern, a writing fellow at the Middle East Forum, joins me to discuss the riots currently sweeping through France—and that have now begun spilling into neighboring countries. Contrary to the mainstream media’s narrative that the civil unrest is strictly a response…


$550 Million in Overpayments Due to Botched Phoenix System Yet to Be Recovered, Say Feds

More than half a billion dollars in overpayments to federal employees due to previous errors in Ottawa’s Phoenix Pay System are yet to be recovered, according to recently released federal records. Cabinet disclosed a number of figures in an Inquiry of Ministry related to the failed payment system, which Ottawa launched in 2016 in an effort to consolidate a…


Thai Police Arrest 2 German Suspects in the Abduction and Killing of a German Businessman

BANGKOK—Thai police have arrested two Germans in connection with the abduction and slaying of another German, whose dismembered body was found in a freezer in a southern Thailand home, authorities said Wednesday. A 52-year-old German man was apprehended Tuesday evening in Bangkok, and a 47-year-old German woman turned herself in to police earlier in the…


Home Office Booking ‘Large Number of Empty Beds’ in Hotels, MPs Told

The Home Office is booking thousands of empty hotel beds for illegal immigrants to avoid any overcrowding at processing centres, MPs have been told. Home Office Second Permanent Secretary Simon Ridley told the public accounts committee on Monday they were trying to keep a “buffer” of 5,000 beds at hotels around the country in case…


Novak Djokovic Ties Roger Federer With 46 Slam Semifinals and Meets Jannik Sinner Next at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England—As Novak Djokovic pursues more history-making victories and more milestones, he is well aware that every opponent he faces would love nothing more than to stop him. “I know they want … to win. But it ain’t happening, still,” he told the crowd at Wimbledon on Tuesday after reaching a 46th Grand Slam semifinal…