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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is creating a $1.5 billion (US$1.1 billion) program to help Canadian nonprofit organizations buy affordable apartment buildings and keep the rents down. It’s the latest...

Treasury chief Janet Yellen on Friday warned that ‘s huge subsidies for its industry could pose a risk to the global economy, and called for a “level playing field” above...

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is forecasting home prices could match peak levels seen in early 2022 by next year and reach new highs by 2026. The agency’s latest...

Diamond Standard Co., the developer of the world’s “only regulated and market-traded natural diamond commodities” called CARATS, announced today that it is expanding to Asia and seeks agent locations across...

Electra Battery Materials Corp. agreed to buy cobalt produced in the Democratic Republic of Congo to feed a refinery the company is building in Canada. The Toronto-based firm, part of...

Tourists in Venice face being slapped with a €300 fine if they fail to pay a newly-introduced entrance fee aimed at minimising overcrowding. The Italian city had initially insisted that...

BEIJING — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen kicked off her first full day of official meetings in China with discussion about overcapacity concerns and encouragement to pursue market-oriented reforms. Yellen arrived...

Spring water destined for Perrier, Vittel and other flagship Nestlé brands contains faecal matter, E. coli and “pollutants” and current treatment methods cannot “guarantee” it is safe, according to French...

It was a sharp shift change that signalled one thing: Joe Biden has had enough. Still reeling from the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza by Israeli strikes, the...

Tensions between President Faure Gnassingbe‘s government and the opposition have heightened following parliament’s approval of a contested constitutional reform critics say is a bid to keep Togo’s leader in power....