Veteran actor Donald Sutherland passed away at 88

Donald Sutherland in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”/Lionsgate  LOS ANGELES, United States — Donald Sutherland, the enigmatic actor whose lengthy career encompassed films including “The Dirty Dozen” and “The Hunger Games,” has died, his son said Thursday. He was 88. “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, …

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US billionaire keen on purchasing TikTok

TORONTO, Canada – Frank McCourt, a US real estate billionaire, aims to buy TikTok to rescue the internet from the clutches of major platforms that he firmly believes are destroying society and endangering children. In the United States, McCourt is best known as the former owner of the Los Angeles …

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Oil shipments taking Africa route up 47%

The longer route around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis has pushed up shipping costs, as about 12 per cent of world total shipping traffic historically sailed through the Red Sea and Egypt’s Suez Canal. PHOTO: REUTERS  HOUSTON, Texas — Global crude oil and oil …

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The Bank of Canada’s growing list of worries

The Canadian economy is awash in contradictions. Progress has been made in the fight against inflation. The economy has dodged a recession. But unemployment is rising, consumer spending is expected to slow further and the Bank of Canada has a laundry list of things it’s worried about.  Rate cuts are …

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