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People gather on the beach in Loredo near Santander, on August 2, 2015. Spanish tourism is at record levels, with visitors flocking to beaches. (Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images)

Spain emerges as Europe's economic star after years of austerity

Spanish tourism is at record levels, 29.2 million international visitors crowding the country in the first half of 2015. As Eric Reguly reports, the Spanish government sees this as a sign that the country has made a remarkable economic comeback.

Spain’s economy is growing faster than any other big European economy, and the International Monetary Fund is forecasting it will grow at twice the average of the 19 euro zone countries.

The centre-right government is taking most of the credit for the turnaround, citing the success of their fiscal tightening and labour and banking reforms.

But the country is no miracle economy. Its jobless rate, at 22 per cent, is more than twice the precrisis level, and political risk is on the rise.

Two people were sent to hospital following a stabbing and shooting overnight Saturday in what Toronto Police say are acts of unrelated violence. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)

Two dead, at least 3 wounded in Toronto nightclub shooting

Two people are dead and three others are in hospital following an overnight shooting that began inside a Toronto nightclub and spilled onto the streets outside.

Police said they responded to a call about shots being fired at about 3:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Muzik nightclub on the grounds of Exhibition Place.

One of the victims was pronounced dead on the scene, Supt. Frank Bergen said, while the second victim was pronounced dead in hospital.

From left to right, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Stephen Harper. (The Canadian Press)

Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau confirm Globe debate attendance

The leaders of Canada’s three official parties will square off over key economic issues on Sept. 17 in a federal election debate hosted by The Globe and Mail, James Bradshaw reports.

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau have each confirmed they will take part in the prime-time debate. David Walmsley, The Globe’s editor-in-chief, will act as moderator.

The event will be broadcast live from Calgary’s Stampede Park, beginning at 8 p.m. ET, through the paper’s website and mobile apps, and also on two separate YouTube channels.

Readers can contribute to the question list by expressing their economic concerns here.

Molly Mahannah wearing a sweatshirt and a blanket at her desk at B2 Interactive, a web design and digital marketing agency, in Omaha, Neb., July 31, 2015. (Chris Machian/NYT)

Chilly at work? Icy office temperature was devised with men in mind

There’s a reason air-conditioned offices freeze more women than men. According to a new study, most office buildings set temperatures based on a decades-old formula that uses males’ metabolic rates.

There are other reasons, too, to set a higher office temperature: It also helps combat global warming.

“In a lot of buildings, you see energy consumption is a lot higher because the standard is calibrated for men’s body heat production,” said Boris Kingma, a co-author of the study and a biophysicist at Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Meeting the demands of office staff, he adds, would also waste less energy and emit less carbon dioxide.

Experts say Ottawa's proposal requiring oxycodone to be tamper-resistant would give Purdue exclusive control over one class of opioids while doing little to address prescription painkiller abuse.

New oxycodone rules would give drug maker a monopoly in Canada, experts warn

The federal government’s proposed rules aimed at making oxycodone more difficult to abuse would create an industry monopoly, Carly Weeks and Karen Howlett report.

The new law would alter slow-release oxycodone to make it harder to crush, snort or inject for a quick high. But it would also force generic versions of the popular drug off the market.

In addition, medical experts say the new law misses the mark, and that overprescribing opioids is the biggest reason for endemic drug abuse.

Canada ranks as the world’s second-highest per capita consumer of opioids. In Ontario alone, more than 500 people die each year from opioids, exceeding motor vehicle deaths, according to the provincial coroner’s office.