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Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip Dilbert captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern office culture until he was abruptly dropped from syndication in 2023 for racist remarks, has died. He was 68. His first ex-wife, Shelly Miles, announced the death Tuesday on a livestream posted on Adams’ social…

Central bank leaders around the world, including at the Bank of Canada, are voicing their support for U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell after he said that the U.S. Department of Justice is launching a criminal investigation into him. Powell said in a video statement released on Sunday that he believes the Trump administration was using…

As the trial of the three Indian men accused of killing an elderly couple in BC begins, Crown prosecutor Dorothy Tsui said they were motivated by “debt, financial pressure and greed”. The couple — Arnold and Joanne De Jong — were found dead in their home on May 9, 2022. Three Indian men, Gurkaran Singh,…

Iran is set to execute a 26-year-old man, Erfan Soltani, arrested just last week amid widespread protests. His family claims he received a death sentence within two days without a trial, with execution slated for Wednesday. This case raises alarms as potentially the first execution linked to the current unrest, prompting a strong warning from…

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) on trade is “irrelevant” to him and Americans don’t need Canadian products. “It expires very shortly and we could have it or not,” Trump said while touring a Ford plant in Michigan. “It wouldn’t matter to me. I think they want it. I don’t really care…

A Republican congressman has introduced legislation that would give U.S. President Donald Trump the authority to annex Greenland and even make it a U.S. state, despite opposition from other members of the party to the threatened takeover of a NATO territory. The proposed legislation came a day before the leaders of Greenland and Denmark, which…

👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website DHAKA: In the latest in a series of attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, Samir Das, an auto driver, has been beaten to death in Daganbhuiyan in Feni district, with police saying it appears to be a “pre-planned murder”.Samir (28), who was killed on Sunday night, is the eighth to…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Negotiations between Canada and the United Arab Emirates over a comprehensive economic partnership agreement are set to start next month, International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu told Reuters on Tuesday, as Ottawa seeks to bolster ties with the Gulf country and attract investment. Canada has been trying to shift…

B.C.’s Coastal First Nations say they had a productive and positive meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Prince Rupert on Tuesday, but their position on a pipeline to the coast has not changed. “Coastal First Nations, along with Lax Kw’alaams and the Haisla Nation, oppose any project that proposed to bring oil tankers to…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadians are being urged to “leave Iran now” in an updated travel advisory issued by Global Affairs Canada as protests and a crackdown by Tehran intensify. “Risk level — you should leave Iran now,” GAC said in an updated travel advisory on Tuesday. “Avoid all travel to Iran…