In an Oct. 25 interview with Joe Rogan on his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” 2024 Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump claimed thousands of illegal ballots have been cast in Virginia. 🚨 Donald Trump praising @GovernorVA before claiming that thousands of illegal ballots have been cast in Virginia. Trump: “So, we have a … Read more
Taylor Swift fan Kelly Hall was elated when she beat the odds and was allocated three coveted tickets for The Eras Tour in Vancouver. Then she started looking for a hotel. Hall, who lives in Oshawa, Ont., planned to fly to Vancouver with her husband and a friend for the weekend of the Dec. 8 … Read more
The International Monetary Fund has welcomed the measures announced by Rachel Reeves in her first budget, saying her £40bn of tax rises would boost growth “sustainably”. In a rare intervention, the Washington-based IMF backed her increase in investment and extra spending to ease the financial pressure on public services and boost growth. A spokesperson for … Read more
The concept of “elite overproduction” was developed by social scientist Peter Turchin around the turn of this century to describe something specific: too many rich people for not enough rich-person jobs. It’s a byproduct of inequality: a ton of poor people, sure, but also a superfluity of the wealthy, without enough positions to house them … Read more
You basically have three options for watching live TV at home: Hook up a digital antenna, pay for a cable subscription or sign up for a live TV streaming service. The content you get through a digital antenna is free, but limited to your local broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS). Cable has … Read more
Without naming it, advocates say it is easy for people to pretend the murder of women and girls because of their gender is not happening. While the recent slaying of an Ottawa mother in a park is bringing more awareness to the term femicide — generally described as the killing of a female because of … Read more
Getty Images Businesses have warned tax hikes announced in the Budget offer nothing but “pain” and will leave employers with less cash to give pay rises and create new jobs. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has decided firms will bear the brunt of her £40bn total tax rise by increasing the National Insurance rate as well as … Read more
Despite an oversized interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada last week, experts who spoke to Global News say Canadians shouldn’t be expecting much more discounting on fixed mortgage rates. In fact, movements south of the border — a solid United States economy and the looming presidential election — could have more of an … Read more
The world is watching the U.S. presidential election closely for clues on how a Kamala Harris or Donald Trump presidency will respond to mounting global challenges and security threats — and Canada could find itself in the spotlight in either scenario. Neither Trump nor Harris have made foreign policy a centrepiece of their campaigns, and … Read more
The retiree: ‘Investing in the NHS, that’s only a good thing’ Richard Cox, 72, was one of millions of pensioners who lost out on the winter fuel allowance when the government announced changes to the payments in July. But he and his wife can afford to miss out. “We are fortunate enough to be financially … Read more