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Fighting escalates in Sudan’s capital after ceasefire expires
Smoke billows behind buildings in Khartoum on June 4, 2023, as fighting between Sudan's warring generals intensified. The United States and Saudi Arabia on June 4, made a renewed push for truce talks between Sudan's warring generals as deadly fighting has raged into its eighth week. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sudan military factions agree to extend ceasefire deal amid heavy clashes
Smoke billows behind buildings in Khartoum, on May 29, 2023, amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals. A one-week ceasefire aiming to allow humanitarian aid for civilians expires on May 29 at night, one of numerous ceasefires previously announced and immediately violated in six weeks of urban warfare which killed more than 1,800 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ottawa picks three managers for $400-million social finance fund
As provincial conservative premiers tout $10-a-day childcare, federal Liberal families minister Karina Gould says they should be "prodding" Pierre Poilievre to see where he stands on the deals. Gould rises during question period, Friday, April 28, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Air raid alerts across Ukraine, military warns of strikes in Kyiv, other regions
(FILES) Smoke billows following a regime air strike on the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, late on February 23, 2018. Syria ended over a decade of exile from the Arab League on May 15, 2023, as its officials took part in a preparatory session ahead of May 19th summit in Saudi Arabia. It was the first time Syrian officials participated in an Arab League meeting since the body suspended Damascus in November 2011 over its violent crackdown on protests which spiralled into a conflict that has killed more than 500,000 people and displaced millions. (Photo by Ammar SULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by AMMAR SULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Arrowstreet, Coatue Management among big hedge funds buying Meta in first quarter
Meta Platforms Inc's logo is seen on a smartphone in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021.
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Getting the most value from public-private partnerships
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Emerge funds manager fights for its life as regulators say it’s out of money
The Bay Street sign is pictured in the heart of the financial district as people walk by in Toronto, May 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
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Brookfield raises $19-billion in new funding so far this year despite tough markets
FILE PHOTO: People walk to Brookfield Place off Bay Street on the day of the annual general meeting for Brookfield Asset Management shareholders in Toronto, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
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Serbia’s education minister resigns following mass shootings
Serbian Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic (2nd L) visits the village of Dubona near the town of Mladenovac, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of Serbia's capital Belgrade, on May 05, 2023, in the aftermath of a drive-by shooting. - A manhunt was ongoing in Serbia early May 5 as police combed the woods near the capital Belgrade, after state media reported a gunman killed at least eight people and injured 13, in the second mass shooting in the Balkan nation this week. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)
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Watch for this buying opportunity in Canadian banks
Bay Street in Canada's financial district is shown in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. A report by a climate advocacy group shows that some Canadian banks are pulling ahead of others on climate policy now that they've all laid out their initial net-zero plans.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Berlin sees tenth day of road blockades by climate activists
Police officers remove a climate activist in Berlin, Friday April 28, 2023. Climate activists staged a tenth straight day of protests in Berlin on Friday, blocking key roads during rush hour and bringing parts of the German capital to a standstill. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
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OSFI head says collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was a wake-up call to Canadian banks
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) Peter Routledge pose for a portrait January 11, 2023 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
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Canadians in Sudan capital of Khartoum take shelter amid violence
Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Abd Algadier, a Sudanese citizen of Canada, is mere blocks from the head-quarters of the Rapid Support Forces headquarters, the paramilitary group whose lashing against the Sudan’s army has left him unable to return to Canada and in peril on nearly every front. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Marwan Ali
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The TSX ticker is shown in Toronto on May 10, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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A sign displaying a Nuvei logo is seen at the Toronto Stock Exchange in Toronto, Thursday, November 5, 2020.
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Alberta wind farm closes financing that rewards ESG performance
A wind turbine is shown in Hull, Mass., in a Feb.24, 2006 file photo. Saskatchewan's electric utility corporation has signed a deal with Potentia Renewables Inc. to build 60 wind turbines in the southern part of the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP /Stephan Savoia
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Competition Bureau clears Smith Financial’s $1.7-billion takeover of Home Capital Group
FILE PHOTO: The entry to the Home Capital Group's headquarters is seen at an office tower in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 1, 2017. Picture taken using a wide angle lens. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Buffett says people shouldn’t worry about Berkshire and U.S. banks. Plus, how REIT distributions are taxed
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Haiti gang ambushes, kills three policemen as violence soars
Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry addresses the audience, during an event in commemoration of the 220th death anniversary of revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy after launch failure squeezed finances
FILE PHOTO: The Virgin Orbit building is seen after the company paused operations last week, in Long Beach, California, U.S., March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
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Parisians overwhelmingly vote to banish for-hire e-scooters
People ride electric scooters by Lime sharing service, on the eve of a public vote on whether or not to ban rental electric scooters, in Paris, France, April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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French police counter protest violence; trash strike ends
CFDT unionists take part in a demonstration after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nice, southern France, on March 28, 2023. - France faces another day of strikes and protests nearly two weeks after the president bypassed parliament to pass a pensions overhaul that is sparking turmoil in the country, with unions vowing no let-up in mass protests to get the government to back down. The day of action is the tenth such mobilisation since protests started in mid-January against the law, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada’s productivity weakness has a greater impact than most believe
An autoworker checks the underside of a Honda CRV, on a production line at a Honda plant in Alliston, Ont., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario calls on Ottawa to match $1-billion for Ring of Fire critical minerals in federal budget
Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy (left) and Premier Doug Ford arrive to table the provincial budget at the legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto on Thursday, March 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Global banking crisis threatens to further squeeze funding for U.S. cannabis sector
FILE PHOTO: Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market sit on the back of a tractor for planting at Hepworth Farms in Milton, New York, U.S., July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
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How to beat the pros, Part 3: Identifying high-quality stocks
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Stunned bank stocks make gains after Credit Suisse rescue as focus turns to Fed
FILE PHOTO: The Credit Suisse logo is seen at their offices at Canary Wharf financial district in London,Britain, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause
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No, the failure of three U.S. banks and a crisis at Credit Suisse is not 2008 again
Craig Alexander
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Citizen developers ready to build Canada’s missing middle
Marcel Greaux poses for a photograph outside his multiplexes rental unit in Toronto, Ont., on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
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No one will replace Silicon Valley Bank and that’s a big problem for tech
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Trend-following hedge funds whiplashed in wild bond trade
FILE - Street signs at the intersection of Wall and Broad Streets are shown in lower Manhattan, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)