The Mix

TORONTO — The financial and metals sectors helped lift Canada's main stock index in late-morning trading on Friday, while U.S. stock markets were down. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 48.02 points at 28,482.82.

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a $3.3 billion deficit in the first three months of its fiscal year. The result for the April-to-June period compared with a $2.9 billion deficit for the same stretch last year. Revenues increased $3.

NEW YORK (AP) — Low-value imports lost their duty-free status in the United States on Friday as part of President Donald Trump's agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign goods and resetting global trade with tariffs.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who created the celebrated ballets “Anna Karenina” and the “Carmen Suite,” has died in Germany at age of 92, Moscow's Bolshoi Theater said Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street a day after the market hit its latest all-time highs. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% in early trading Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The CDC is in chaos and some groups are starting to step in and take over work the agency was doing. The moves come in response to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit of liquid heaven, luring humans and wildlife to enjoy its aquamarine cool.

Flight attendants' defiance in the face of federal intervention meant to halt a recent strike at Air Canada could set a new precedent for work stoppages, some labour movement-watchers say.

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Julia Roberts and filmmaker Luca Guadagnino faced pointed questions about complicity and undermining the feminist movement at a news conference for “After the Hunt” on Friday at the Venice Film Festival.

MONTREAL — Laurentian Bank of Canada says it had a net income of $37.5 million in the third quarter, up from a profit of $34.1 million in the same quarter last year.