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Unifor has reached a tentative agreement with General Motors after just over a week of talks with the auto manufacturer. Terms of the deal were not immediately available but union president Lana Payne...

OTTAWA — Ottawa's tepid approach to expanding trade in Africa risks seeing Canada fall behind its peers in building commerce on the continent, warns South Africa's envoy.

Iran's president says the world has accepted that it's won the war with the United States, while France and Saudi Arabia are expected to discuss plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel launched a war with Iran nearly six months ago.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least three people in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Krasnodar region killed two others, a day after a strike on a Ukrainian shopping center killed 16 people.

OTTAWA — The collapse of trade talks between Canada and the United States, the imposition of 50 per cent tariffs on $28 billion worth of Canadian goods and Prime Minister Mark Carney pledging dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs triggered swift reaction from the nation's business community.

OTTAWA — The United States is imposing a 50 per cent tariff on a range of Canadian exports starting Saturday, after the two countries could not reach a new deal before a deadline imposed by President Donald Trump.

TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children's privacy laws.

MONTREAL — The parent company of Air Transat says it paid $105 million in additional jet fuel costs in the third quarter compared with a year ago due to higher prices.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.6 per cent to $74.3 billion in June, boosted by sales at general merchandise retailers.