With the U.S. election less than a week away, Karen Routledge’s phone keeps ringing with clients wondering what will happen to their investments after Tuesday. The Calgary investment adviser hears wide-ranging concerns about the impact of possible tariffs, rising U.S. debt levels and interest rates. There’s curiosity about swings in the value of the loonie […]
Royal Family LIVE: Prince Harry ‘proved wrong’ by Prince William | Royal | News
Prince William has proved his brother Prince Harry wrong in a new ITV documentary following the future King as he tries to end homelessness,according to a royal historian. The two-part series, Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, aired on Wednesday and Thursday night much to the delight of royal fans, and showed William in a […]
Balearic Islands ‘panic’ as tourism numbers continue to fall | World | News
After months of protests, Brits seem to be turning their backs on the Balearic Islands as numbers continue to fall. The latest monthly tourism figures show a 2.4 percent increase in Balearic tourist numbers in September – to 2,495,870 from 2,437,407 in September 2023. Despite this increase, two of the three main markets – the […]
The tiny island that changes nationality every six months | World | News
A tiny island where nobody lives changes hands every six months in an unusual ritual between France and Spain. On August 1, every year Spain cedes a small piece of its territory to France, but not to worry as France is kind enough to then give it back on February 1 the following year. This […]
The famous 123-year-old viaduct getting a £3.4m facelift | UK | News
Glenfinnan Viaduct is located on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, and was opened in 1901 after four years of construction. Spanning across 1000ft with 21 arches, it is the longest mass concrete rail bridge in Scotland, carrying the daily ScotRail service and Jacobite Steam Train services from Fort William to Mallaig. Network […]
Harry’s ‘cold’ interaction with William has fans saying same thing | Royal | News
And now a clip of Harry discussing the event has gone viral on TikTok amassing 270,000 views and almost 7,000 likes after it was posted with the caption: “Prince Harry and Meghan talk about the coldness they received from the family on their last engagement at Commonwealth Day 2020”. The footage began with Meghan saying: […]
King Charles’s brutal dig at Church of England in unseen letter | Royal | News
In a startling revelation, a letter has surfaced showcasing King Charles III’s blunt criticism of the Church of England, accusing it of being “corrupted by loathsome political correctness”. The correspondence from 1998, when he was still the Prince of Wales, discloses his growing affinity for the “timeless traditions” of the Greek Orthodox Church over the […]
Trump’s ‘whether the women like it or not’ comment was ‘very offensive,’ Harris says
Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment about protecting women whether they “like it or not” shows the former U.S. president does not understand women’s right “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies.” “It actually is very offensive,” Democratic nominee Harris said about the remark, before she set out to spend the day campaigning in […]
Can a forest write a song? Ecuador copyright claim puts ‘rights of nature’ to the test
As It Happens6:34Can a forest write a song? Ecuador copyright claim puts ‘rights of nature’ to the test Two years ago, Robert Macfarlane and his friends were sitting around a campfire in an Ecuadorian rainforest, listening to the cacophony of sounds generated by an ecosystem teeming with life. “Suddenly, I pulled a little notebook out […]
Harris casts Trump as threat to democracy in final pitch to voters. Will they listen?
Policy positions are one thing, and Kamala Harris trotted out many in her “closing argument” campaign speech Tuesday night. But in politics, the most important thing is symbolism, says Cornell Belcher, a Democratic strategist and pollster. And for Harris to hold her rally at the grassy Ellipse near the White House — the same site where on Jan. […]