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Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed ahead of talks to avoid U.S. default

Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed ahead of talks to avoid U.S. default

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed close as Wall Street waits to see whether a pivotal meeting later in the day will help the U.S. government avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt. The S&P 500 closed little changed Monday.
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Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US

Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US

LONDON (AP) — The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users' personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decadelong case sparked by U.S.
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Tech, sustainability key to attracting young talent to an evolving agriculture sector

Tech, sustainability key to attracting young talent to an evolving agriculture sector

Canada’s farmers are getting older, and most don't have a clear succession plan, leaving a big question over who will take over the agriculture sector as a wave of retirements loom.
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Northern businesses using local ingredients with a focus on food sustainability

Northern businesses using local ingredients with a focus on food sustainability

YELLOWKNIFE — From rosehip ketchup to wild boar lardo, food businesses across Northern Canada are finding unique ways to use local ingredients.
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Greece's center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote to form government

Greece's center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote to form government

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After a most tantalizing of victories, having inflicted the heaviest defeat in half a century on the opposition, Greece's center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed Monday that he would seek a second national elec
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Canadian public pension fund investments in China draw heightened scrutiny

Canadian public pension fund investments in China draw heightened scrutiny

MONTREAL — Investments in China by Canada's largest public pension funds are facing increased scrutiny amid worsening relations between the two countries and allegations that some of those investments are funding the oppression of China's Uyghur mino
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Manitoba Public Insurance announces new leader amid review

Manitoba Public Insurance announces new leader amid review

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Public Insurance has replaced its president and CEO with an interim leader amid a review the province ordered last month of the Crown-owned insurer.
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SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nation’s 1st woman in space, to International Space Station

SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nation’s 1st woman in space, to International Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday.
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Conservative party of Greek prime minister in big election lead, to seek outright majority

Conservative party of Greek prime minister in big election lead, to seek outright majority

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose conservative party scored a landslide election Sunday but without the seats in parliament to win outright, indicated Sunday he will seek a second election in a bid to consolidate v
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Zelenskyy denies Ukrainian city of Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces

Zelenskyy denies Ukrainian city of Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russian forces weren't occupying Bakhmut, casting doubt on Moscow's insistence that the eastern Ukrainian city had fallen.
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