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Global NewsHousing starts down in Ontario as progress to 1.5M homes goal falters
Key housing statics in Ontario are faltering with serious warnings from the building sector. Global News' Queen's Park Bureau Chief Colin D'Mello breaks down how it might impact the push to build 1.5 million new homes.
- Reuters
Yellen says Japan explained 2022 FX intervention, Nikkei reports
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Japan had explained its intervention into the currency market in 2022, the Nikkei Business daily reported on Saturday. "The Japanese government did explain to us that they saw volatility," Yellen told the Nikkei, referring to Japan's forex intervention in 2022. Japan conducted massive bouts of yen-buying intervention in 2022 and 2024 as the currency's excessive fall could hurt households because of costlier imports.
- The Canadian Press
Umicore suspends construction of $2.76B battery materials plant in Ontario
Umicore says it has halted spending on a $2.76-billion battery materials plant in eastern Ontario.
- CBC
Céline Dion sings at Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony
Céline Dion sang at the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday, marking her first public performance since 2020.The Games saved Dion for the end of the four-hour-long event, when she performed French singer Edith Piaf's 1950 song Hymne à l'amour from the balcony of the glowing Eiffel Tower after the Olympic torch was lit. Dion's performance closed out Friday's opening ceremony. (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)Viewers were quick to praise the performance on social media, posting that Dion's si
- Reuters
Umicore profit slumps on weak EV demand, takes 1.6 billion euro writedown
(Reuters) -Metals recycling group Umicore reported on Friday a 24% fall in half-year core profit and booked a 1.6 billion euro impairment for its battery materials division in the face of weak demand for electric vehicles. The maker of catalytic converters and battery materials for carmakers has decided to postpone a "large scale" investment in an unspecified battery recycling plant in Europe due to EV market weakness. It will also delay a battery materials plant investment in Canada as it launches a strategic review of its business.
- Yahoo Finance Canada
Canada's deficit could rise with slower population growth: Desjardins
It warns there is "downside risk" to various economic indicators because planned reductions in non-permanent residents are not explicitly included in federal budget projections.
- The Daily Beast
‘The View’s’ Ana Navarro Uses Nude Melania Trump Photo to Defend Kamala Harris
Ana Navarro, a long-time co-host of The View, posted on her Instagram Thursday an old photo of nude Melania Trump as a way to troll her husband’s supporters, saying: “You wanna go low? ... I’ll happily go 20,000 leagues under the sea.”It was a picture from 2000 featured in British GQ, five years before Donald Trump married her.Navarro also included a picture of both Trumps partying with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, also from 2000. Her explanation for posting these images was that it wa
- The Daily Beast
FBI Is Not Fully Convinced Trump Was Struck by a Bullet
FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed during a marathon testimony on Wednesday that investigators still do not know if former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during his attempted assassination.Twice during the hours-long session, Wray told lawmakers that the FBI was still working to determine what exactly struck the former president on his right ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “My understanding is that either it [a bullet] or some shrapnel is wha
- Good Housekeeping
Céline Dion Fans Won't Believe How Much She’s Getting Paid by the Olympics
Céline Dion and Lady Gaga are performing a duet at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Here's how much they are reportedly being paid for one song.
- The Daily Beast
Donald Trump Seen in Public Without Ear Bandage
Donald Trump ditched his ear bandage for his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. The former president’s right ear returned to public life after being injured during the assassination attempt on the former president on July 13.The former president’s large bandage became an impromptu fashion statement during the Republican National Convention with some attendees donning DIY wound dressings. Following the convention, Trump swapped out his bulky white gauze for a thin n
- BuzzFeed
Kamala Harris' Press Release About Donald Trump's Fox News Appearance Is Going Viral
"Something about the question mark after 'old and quite weird' is taking me out."
- Rolling Stone
Harris Taunts Trump After He Backs Out of Debates
“What happened to ‘any time, any place’?”
- HuffPost
Stephen Colbert Taunts Trump With Absolutely Brutal Reminder About Melania
The "Late Show" host mocked the former president over one curious claim.
- The Daily Beast
Harris Campaign Trolls ‘78-Year-Old Criminal’ Donald Trump After Fox News Appearance
Kamala Harris’ campaign trolled Donald Trump after his appearance on Fox News Thursday morning with a statement attacking his age and criminal conviction.The Republican gave his two-cents to Fox & Friends on a range of issues over the course of a roughly 30-minute interview, variously describing President Joe Biden as a “problemmed man” and slamming Harris as “real garbage.” Harris for President quickly hit back, releasing a: “Statement on a 78-Year-Old Criminal’s Fox News Appearance.”“After wat
- HuffPost
Trump Responds To Claims He's 'Cognitively Challenged' In Bafflingly Weird Way
The former president brought it up twice during a rally in North Carolina.
- HuffPost
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Puts Elon Musk In His Place With Perfectly Patronizing Reminder
The New York legislator only needed a tweet to shut down the tech billionaire.
- HuffPost
Anthony Scaramucci Hits Trump With 1 Burning Question On 'Strange' JD Vance
The ex-White House communications director explained why Vance is "hurting" the former president.
- USA TODAY
Céline Dion's dazzling Olympics performance renders Kelly Clarkson speechless
Céline Dion made her highly anticipated return to performing amid her stiff-person syndrome battle. She sang "L’Hymne à l’amour" on the Eiffel Tower.
- Popular Mechanics
A 2,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Was Just Unsealed—and the Mummy Inside is Mind-Blowing
Experts working in the Tomb of Cerberus in Naples unsealed a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus—and the mummy inside was shockingly well-preserved.
- HuffPost
Jimmy Fallon Trolls Donald Trump With 3 Words, Over And Over Again
The "Tonight Show" host envisioned an exchange between the Republican presidential nominee and Elon Musk.