GM said the connecting rod and crankshaft engine components may have manufacturing defects that can lead to engine damage or failure. The recall includes nearly 600,000 vehicles in the United States. Read more
Environmental groups are calling for the activity to be banned, warning that industrial operations on the ocean floor could cause irreversible biodiversity loss. Read more
The change comes the day Trump was headed to Michigan, cradle of the U.S. auto industry and just days before a fresh set of 25% import taxes was set to kick in on automotive components. Read more
During his first term, Trump signed into law the Women, Peace and Security Act, which sought to increase the role of women in preventing and resolving conflict, countering violent extremism and building post-conflict stability. Read more
The complaint filed on Monday in San Francisco federal court said the “large-scale reductions in force” that Trump ordered federal agency chiefs to implement on February 11 lacked Congressional approval and violated the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers. Read more
About 40 companies worldwide have pulled or lowered their forward guidance in the first two weeks of the first-quarter earnings season, a Reuters analysis showed. Read more
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With almost all votes counted, results from Elections Canada showed that the Liberals had won 168 electoral districts on Monday, followed by the Conservatives with 144. Read more
“We can confirm the FBI has begun administering polygraph tests to identify the source of information leaks within the bureau,” the bureau’s public affairs office told Reuters in a statement. Read more
The greenback also benefited from month-end buying, as investors sought to rebalance their portfolios after President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff announcement led to massive selling in U.S. equities and bonds in April. Read more
Nearly 1 million of Canada’s 40 million people identify as being of Filipino ethnic origin, and more than 172,000 Filipino Canadians are in British Columbia, according to the 2021 census. Read more
Some third-party merchants who previously sold China-made goods during Amazon’s premier July shopping event are sitting it out this year or reducing the amount of discounted merchandise they offer. Read more
Just three months ago, the same group of economists covering nearly 50 economies had expected the global economy to grow at a strong, steady clip. Read more
The tech-heavy Nasdaq led declines, as megacap stocks lost ground. Tesla fell 3.2% and AI darling Nvidia dipped 3.6%. Read more
Some hospitals halted routine work and the two countries’ governments convened emergency cabinet meetings, with officials initially saying a possible cyber attack could not be ruled out. Read more
North Korea’s unprecedented deployment of thousands of troops, as well as massive amounts of artillery ammunition and missiles, gave Russia a crucial battlefield advantage in the western Kursk region and has brought the two economically and politically isolated countries closer together. Read more
This is the world’s only known caterpillar to live with and benefit from spiders, according to Daniel Rubinoff, a professor of entomology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and lead author of a study in the journal Science. Read more
“We are in a foreign policy situation which means we have to move closer together,” Nielsen said at a joint press conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Read more
Saturday’s blast took place in the Shahid Rajaee section of the port, Iran’s biggest container hub, shattering windows for several kilometres around, tearing metal strips off shipping containers and badly damaging goods inside, state media said. Read more
President Emmanuel Macron offered his support to the man’s family and to the French Muslim community, writing in a post on X: “Racism and religiously motivated hatred will never belong in France.” Read more
The Trump administration signaled openness last week to de-escalating a trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has raised fears of recession. Trump himself has said talks on tariffs were taking place with China and that he and Xi have spoken. Read more
Police arrested a 30-year-old Vancouver man at the scene of the incident on Saturday evening, describing him as having had a “significant history” of interactions with authorities involving mental health. They said there was no evidence of terrorism. Read more
