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More Policy, Less Pomp as Biden and Trudeau Meet Virtually
President Joe Biden’s first bilateral meeting with Canada’s Justin Trudeau since taking office was high on policy, low on pomp and featured a very large swipe at Biden’s predecessor
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Pandemic Caused $220 Billion of Global Dividend Cuts in 2020, Research Says
Global dividends fell sharply in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with dividends declining 12.2% in 2020 to $1.26 trillion, one report suggests.
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Facebook Will Temporarily Show Less Political Content to Some Users
Facebook will temporarily reduce the amount of political content on News Feed for a small percentage of users in certain countries.
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Canada Designates the Proud Boys as a Terrorist Entity
The Canadian government has designated the Proud Boys group as a terrorist entity
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Wu-Tang Clan or Wuhan? T-Shirt Ignites New China-Canada Tiff
China has complained to Canada over T-shirts ordered an embassy worker that allegedly mocked China’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, in an apparent mix-up between the city of Wuhan and the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
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Wind, Rain, Heavy Snow Batter New England, Eastern Canada
A storm has lashed parts of New England and eastern Canada with heavy rain, snow and wind and caused power outages
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I Told My Landlord I Couldn't Pay April Rent — Due to Covid-19. This Is His Incredibly Emotional Response
“Due to the coronavirus pandemic, I suddenly went from having a healthy stream of income to absolutely nothing. Even with the government’s help, I knew it wouldn’t be enough to cover rent, bills and cost of food for a family of five.”
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Stocks Making the Biggest Moves Premarket: Alibaba, AT&T, AstraZeneca, DoorDash, Others
These are the stocks posting the largest moves before the bell.
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FBI Says White Supremacists Plotted Attack on US Power Grid
The FBI alleges in an affidavit that white supremacists schemed to attack power stations in the southeastern U.S. and one Ohio teenager wanted the group to be “operational” on a faster timeline if President Donald Trump lost his re-election bid
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Canada Administers First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine
Canada has administered its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
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Canada Begins Rolling Out COVID-19 Vaccinations
Fourteen sites across the country will receive 30,000 doses this week.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in Canada
The first deliveries of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Canada on Sunday night. Vaccinations could begin as early as Monday.
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Poor Countries Set to Miss Out on Covid Vaccines as Wealthier Nations Hoard Doses, Campaigners Warn
The People’s Vaccine Alliance said wealthy nations had bought up enough doses to vaccinate their entire populations nearly three times over by the end of 2021.
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Trudeau Says Pfizer Vaccine Will Arrive in Canada Next Week
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his country will receive 249,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in the month of December and the first set of shipments will arrive next week.
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U.S. Reportedly in Talks With Huawei CFO on Deal to Send Her Back to China If She Admits to Wrongdoing
The U.S. has spoken to lawyers for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in recent weeks about a so-called “deferred prosecution agreement,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Researchers From US and Canada Team Up to Study White Sharks
Researchers in New England and Canada are teaming up to learn more about the great white sharks appearing in the Northeast’s waters in greater numbers each summer.
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Goldman Sachs Predicts How Quickly Coronavirus Vaccines Will Be Rolled Out Worldwide
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has forecast that more than 70% of people in developed markets will be vaccinated against the coronavirus by fall 2021.
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Toronto Police Have Person of Interest in Billionaire Deaths
Toronto police say they have identified a person of interest in the killing of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife nearly three years ago.
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When Will the World Reach ‘Herd Immunity'? Citi Economists Weigh in
Analysis by Citi Research showed that the economic benefits of vaccination may not kick in until late 2021, when “herd immunity” is expected to start forming.
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Israel and the U.S. Among the Best Places to Be a Woman Entrepreneur
Israel has charged past the U.S. and New Zealand to emerge as the world’s best place to be a woman entrepreneur after Covid-19 shook up the annual rankings.