4,000 Mack Truck workers in U.S. walk off the job, joining UAW fight

Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/uaw-mack-truck-1.6990869?cmp=rss

Oil price surges 5% as attack on Israel prompts escalation fears

Oil prices jumped and stock markets around the world mostly slumped fter deadly attacks by Hamas from the Gaza Strip prompted Israel to declare war. The price of a barrel jumped by almost $5 on Monday, mostly on concerns that the volatile situation could ensnare more countries in the Middle East.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/israel-markets-oil-1.6990831?cmp=rss

Economist studying workplace gender gap wins Nobel prize

The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for advancing the understanding of the gender gap in the labour market.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nobel-economics-1.6990802?cmp=rss

Canada on sidelines as Haiti finally gets an armed intervention against gang violence

This week, the UN Security Council authorized a multinational security force for Haiti. Kenya, rather than Canada, will be leading the force. Canada was under pressure during the past two years from the Biden administration in the U.S., the UN, Caribbean allies and others to take the lead — but it didn't want to.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-haiti-un-security-council-1.6989881?cmp=rss

Who will get to see Queen Elizabeth's private papers?

A report that a Buckingham Palace aide is sorting through the late Queen Elizabeth's personal diary and papers has sparked both interest and concern over what might be archived and what might be kept confidential

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-elizabeth-private-papers-royal-ceo-six-the-musical-1.6988995?cmp=rss