A Tesla was seized by Waterloo Regional Police on Sunday morning after its driver was reportedly caught stunt driving in Kitchener. Police say the vehicle was clocked travelling 106 kilometres per hour in a 50 km/h zone on Shirley Avenue at around 9:15 a.m. The driver of the vehicle, a 41-year-old Kitchener man, had his […]
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John Wiley beats profit, revenue expectations John Wiley & Sons Inc. (JWA) reported profit rose in the fourth quarter due to higher sales and a lower provision for income taxes compared with the same quarter a year ago. The Hoboken, N.J.-based publisher reported net income of $63.2 million, or $1.10 a share, up from $54.1 […]
Apple supplier Foxconn says it can handle any trade-tension fallout BEIJING—Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones in China, is prepared to deal with risks stemming from the trade dispute between the U.S. and China, executives said Tuesday. Though clients including Apple AAPL, +1.28% and China’s Huawei Technologies Co. have made some changes to […]
A helicopter crash-landed on top of a 54-story building in New York yesterday, killing the pilot. The collision happened at around 2pm local time. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident. President Donald Trump described the event as “a big tragedy.” What happened? The helicopter took off from 34th St. heliport at 1.32pm […]
A British man has died in Italy after his 3,000m (9,842ft) base jump from a mountain range went wrong. Jean Andre Quemener, from Jersey, was killed after reportedly losing control of his wingsuit during high winds in the Italian Dolomites at Canazei, north of Venice, according to The Sun. It is claimed the 32-year-old hit […]
Halting weapons flow critical for civilian safety and stability as fighting intensifies, Guterres says. All countries must implement a UN arms embargo against Libya with illegal weapons transfers by land, sea and air fueling the current fighting in the oil-rich country, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. Guterres made the appeal in a report circulated on […]
Iran’s foreign minister warned the U.S. on Monday that it “cannot expect to stay safe” after launching what he described as an economic war against Tehran, taking a hard-line stance amid a visit by Germany’s top diplomat seeking to defuse tensions. A stern-faced Mohammad Javad Zarif offered a series of threats over the ongoing tensions […]
An executive with the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada says a proposed ban on certain single-use plastics in Canada likely won’t affect billions of dollars in new petrochemical projects coming on stream in Alberta and Ontario. But executive vice-president Isabelle Des Chenes says her organization wants to be involved in the process to ensure regulations […]
Assailants raided a central Mali village early Monday, killing at least 95 people in the latest massacre in a growing ethnic conflict that has been enflamed by Islamic extremists, government officials said. Nineteen people were missing after the ethnic Dogon village of Sobame Da was attacked around 3 a.m., said Interior Security Ministry spokesman Amadou […]
Calgary Transit is celebrating the heroic act of one of their drivers who they say went above and beyond their call of duty. Mohammad Chaudhary was driving a bus along his route on 17 Avenue S.E. when he saw a man trip and fall while running. “I saw him stumble and fall facedown with full […]