A Canadian man has been charged with hijacking a small plane after he caused a security scare at Vancouver’s airport this week. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Thursday Shaheer Cassim, 39, has been charged with hijacking, constituting terrorism, over the incident Tuesday that saw the North American Aerospace Defense Command scramble F-15 fighter jets…
A 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & i Holdings Co., in Kawasaki, Japan, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Seven & i plunged Thursday as trading resumed following a brief halt after Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard withdrew its $47 billion bid to acquire the Japanese company. Seven &…
The S & P 500 pulled back from record highs on Friday as investors dealt with this week’s renewal of tough tariff rhetoric from President Donald Trump. In a series of letters, the White House informed a slew of U.S. trading partners about the levies they would face if trade agreements were not reached by…
Global backlash grows to Trump’s tariff threats – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump on Thursday threatened to impose a 35% tariff on Canadian goods beginning Aug. 1. Mr. Trump’s latest salvo came after he also threatened tariffs on a number of other countries earlier in the week, including Japan and South Korea. Kelly…
A message in a bottle thrown into the Atlantic Ocean by a Canadian couple in Newfoundland 13 years ago recently washed ashore a beach in Ireland. The couple, identified by various U.S. and Canadian media outlets as Brad and Anita Squires, were on Newfoundland’s Bell Island in 2012 when they decided to cast a message…
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Canada will face a 35% tariff on exports to the United States starting August 1, according to a letter sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney. This marks the latest in a series of over 20 letters Trump has issued since Monday, escalating his trade war rhetoric against multiple…
President Trump on Thursday threatened to impose 35% tariffs on goods from Canada starting next month, hiking import duties on one of the U.S.’s largest trading partners. The president announced the 35% tax in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted to Truth Social, citing Canada’s alleged “failure to stop the drugs from…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 07, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. equity futures fell Thursday evening after U.S. President Donald Trump announced 35% tariffs on Canada starting Aug. 1. Futures tied to the benchmark S&P 500…
Copper wires at a recycling facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Niki Chan Wylie | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the 50% tariff on copper imports, which he had announced the previous day, will take effect on Aug. 1. The decision was made…
Two student pilots died on Tuesday morning when their single-engine planes crashed in midair south of Steinbach, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Adam Penner, president of Harv’s Air pilot training school, said the two were practicing takeoffs and landings in small Cessna planes. He said they appeared to have tried to land at the…
