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Carlo Dade: Biden’s visit to Canada may mark beginning of long decline in relationship with US
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Carlo Dade: Biden’s visit to Canada may mark beginning of long decline in relationship with US

This section is Presented This section was produced by the editorial department. The client was not given the opportunity to put restrictions on the content or review it prior to publication. by HSBC Breadcrumb Trail Links News Economy Gains from Biden's visit should not be treated as a victory Published Apr 01, 2023 • Last updated 3 hours ago • 4 minute read US President Joe Biden makes a toast ahead of a gala dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. Photo by Blair Gable/Reuters Article content Reviews and analysis of United States President Joe Biden's visit to Ottawa have been overwhelmingly positive, which is correct, but only if the framework for analysis is the immediate term. F...
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Colombia’s government reduces gasoline subsidy to ease fiscal burden

Article content BOGOTA — Colombia's government has reduced the value of a fuel subsidiary on gasoline as of Saturday in a bid to reduce the fiscal impact of the Andean country's Fuel Price Stabilization Fund (FEPC), it said. Adjustments to fuel prices following changes to the subsidiary will see gasoline prices rise by an average of 401 pesos a gallon – around 9 US cents – taking the average price of gasoline to 11,167 pesos ($2.40) per gallon, the energy ministry said in a state late on Friday. Article content Diesel prices will remain stable, the energy ministry added. Article content Colombia's government is faced with the task of tackling the country's runaway FEPC to comply with the so-called fiscal rule, a measure established in 2011 which imposes constraints on fiscal poli...
Alberta’s Trial-Level Court Receives New Name
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Alberta’s Trial-Level Court Receives New Name

Article content EDMONTON, Alberta, April 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alberta's busiest Court will be known by a new name as of April 1, 2023. The Alberta Court of Justice – previously known as the Provincial Court of Alberta – has been given the new name to more accurately reflect the Court's independence and responsibilities. As part of the overall change, those presiding over matters in the court will see their official titles changed from 'judge' to 'justice.' Article content “Over the past five decades, Alberta's front-line, trial-level court has grown in size and complexity, and has evolved to meet the changing needs of the province and its people. We have requested this new name to reflect that growth and that evolution,” Chief Justice of the Alberta Court of Justice Derek Re...
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Peru’s inflation hits 1.25% in March as 12-month figure falls -gov’t

Article content LIMA — Peruvian consumer price inflation based on the metropolitan region of the capital Lima accelerated 1.25% in March, according to data published Saturday by national statistics agency INEI, higher than a median forecast of 1.00% from a Reuters poll of five economists. In comparison, Peru's consumer prices rose 0.29% in February. Article content Peru's consumer prices rose more than expected in March amid political unrest, though the 12-month rate slowed to 8.40% – down from 8.65% through the end of February – as the Andean nation battles the highest inflation levels in a quarter of a century. Article content Inflation from the Lima metropolitan area is seen as the national benchmark. Inflation from across the country accelerated 1.19% in March, according to I...
Portugal passes responsibility for controversial measures to address the housing crisis to municipalities
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Portugal passes responsibility for controversial measures to address the housing crisis to municipalities

On Thursday, the day the Portuguese government celebrated one year in office, Prime Minister António Costa presented the final version of the legislative package that aims to solve the housing crisis in Portugal. The main novelties are related to the clarification of how measures that have generated intense debate will be applied, in particular the forced rental of unoccupied homes. ...
‘War of the states’: EV, chip makers lavised with subsidies
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‘War of the states’: EV, chip makers lavised with subsidies

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Marc Levy Published Apr 01, 2023 • 5 minute read Article content HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — States are doling out more cash than ever to lure multibillion-dollar microchip, electric vehicle and battery factories, inspiring ever-more competition as they dig deeper into their pockets to attract big employers and capitalize on a wave of huge new projects. Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas have made billion-dollar pledges for a microchip or EV plant, with more state-subsidized plant announcements by profitable automakers and semiconductor giants surely to come. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article c...
April is World Autism Month, let’s create an inclusive Canada where autistic people can reach their full potential.
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April is World Autism Month, let’s create an inclusive Canada where autistic people can reach their full potential.

This section is Partnership Content supplied The content in this section is supplied by GlobeNewswire for the purposes of distributing press releases on behalf of its clients. Postmedia has not reviewed the content. by Globe Newswire Breadcrumb Trail Links Globe Newswire Author of the article: Published Apr 01, 2023 • 1 minute read Visit www.autismspeaks.ca to learn more GNW Article content Life on the Spectrum documentary Episode 3 focused on Adulthood premieres on April 15, 2022, on their You Tube channel. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your c...
The rain and the change of the wind allow us to control the fires that have devastated more than 10,000 hectares in Asturias
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The rain and the change of the wind allow us to control the fires that have devastated more than 10,000 hectares in Asturias

The situation is beginning to stabilize and the fires are all under control. There are still 71 open outbreaks but only two are of concern: the one in Ovalle in the municipality of Belmonte de Miranda and the one in Cutiellos, in Parres, in the eastern zone. The weather forecast invites optimism. The rain has started to fall slightly, the wind has changed direction and the temperatures have dropped. The balance, pending definitive data, speaks of more than 10,000 hec...
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Make Your Month Juicy With Almost 500 Free Spins

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Almeida opts for ‘afternoons’ with the neighbors to sell his management of Madrid during the 28M campaign
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Almeida opts for ‘afternoons’ with the neighbors to sell his management of Madrid during the 28M campaign

The campaign team of the PP candidate, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has already put all the machinery at full throttle to reach the start of the electoral campaign on May 28 with almost everything designed, after long weeks of pre-campaign in which no There has been a day in which the mayor has not starred in two or three acts on his institutional agenda. One of the highlights will be the 'afternoons' that have been designed for the mayor so that he can be in direct contact with the residen...
Podemos insists on the open primaries to attend the Sumar act in Madrid: “It is in the hands of Yolanda Díaz”
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Podemos insists on the open primaries to attend the Sumar act in Madrid: “It is in the hands of Yolanda Díaz”

Podemos is not going to give up its positions until tomorrow and all the parties are already counting on the fact that the management will be absent at the event at the Magariños Sports Center in Madrid, where Yolanda Díaz will announce her candidacy for the Presidency of the Government. Even so, the general secretary, Ione Belarra, has launched a last call this Saturday to t...
Pakistan Inflation Rises by Record as IMF Reforms Spur Gains
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Pakistan Inflation Rises by Record as IMF Reforms Spur Gains

Article content (Bloomberg) — Pakistan's inflation quickened by a record on higher taxes and energy prices, suggesting that further interest rate increases may be needed. Article content Consumer prices rose 35.37% from a year earlier, according to data released by the statistics department Saturday. That compares with a median estimate for a 34.8% gain in a Bloomberg survey and a 31.55% increase in February. Article content “This was broadly expected with the persisting higher food prices, and a tax on tobacco has been implemented,” said Amreen Soorani, head of research at JS Global Capital in Karachi. “Consumer prices will go up for a couple of months before it starts decelerating due to high base impact.” The latest print may bolster the case for State Bank of Pakistan to rais...
Alberto Garzón calls on Podemos to attend the Sumar act tomorrow
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Alberto Garzón calls on Podemos to attend the Sumar act tomorrow

The coordinator of Izquierda Unida, Alberto Garzón, has made an express appeal to Podemos to attend the Sumar event on Sunday led by Vice President Yolanda Díaz to present his candidacy for the Government, although he has specified that if he finally did not attend, it would not be necessary to magnify that decision. ...
Charting the Global Economy: Recovery in China Gathers Pace
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Charting the Global Economy: Recovery in China Gathers Pace

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business China's recovery gained traction in March, showing the world's second-largest economy is strengthening after stringent pandemic restrictions were dropped and Covid infection waves eased. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Molly Smith and Vince Golle Published Apr 01, 2023 • 3 minute read 8fk]oem8pg219s085bjy8e62_media_dl_1.png Bloomberg RSS Article content (Bloomberg) — China's recovery gained traction in March, showing the world's second-largest economy is strengthening after stringent pandemic restrictions were dropped and Covid infection waves eased. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBS...
The lack of generational relief forces a brotherhood from Jerez to hire salaried costaleros to go out at Easter
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The lack of generational relief forces a brotherhood from Jerez to hire salaried costaleros to go out at Easter

Easter 2022 left a bad memory for the Brotherhood of the Five Wounds of Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz). The costaleros could not carry out their work with the canopy of María Santísima de la Esperanza and this caused the entire brotherhood to return earlier than expected to the church of San Francisco. There are steps in which there are too many troops and others in which the opposite occurs and for this reason they have had to resort to professionals, known as salaried ...
The culture of death
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The culture of death

“Only the men came down. When they returned in the afternoon with the empty box, with their black suits, I was very scared”. They are memories of Emilia González as a child. Those images have become fossilized in her memory. The point of no return of the life cycle is not a culture in itself. However, death i...
The labor reality of trans people: “They close so many doors that you think the next one will not open”
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The labor reality of trans people: “They close so many doors that you think the next one will not open”

Yelko Fernandez Ferrer He has been working for the Tenerife public bus company, Titsa, for more than 30 years. He began his transit when he had been in the company for some time in which he is now head of Traffic. "Out of respect for my parents, I waited for them to pass away to make the transition and I told the company that way," he explains. ...
The Madrid City Council erases the mural in memory of Lucrecia Pérez, murdered by neo-Nazis
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The Madrid City Council erases the mural in memory of Lucrecia Pérez, murdered by neo-Nazis

Less than five months has allowed the Madrid City Council, from the Popular Party, for a mural to pay homage in the center of the Aravaca neighborhood to the Dominican migrant Lucrecia Pérez, shot to death by neo-Nazis one night in November 1992 in the ruins of the nightclub Four Roses. The wall of the building that sported that mural, located in the central Plaza de la Corona Boreal, woke up this Saturday without the souvenir graffiti, according to reports to elDiario.es by members of the Osa Mayor N...
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ECB’s De Guindos warns of broad risks in financial sector

Article content CERNOBBIO — The European Central Bank (ECB) is monitoring broad risks across the financial sector and will act to preserve stability in the euro area, ECB vice-president Luis de Guindos said in a speech on Saturday. De Guindos provided reassurance on the established banking sector in the single currency zone, saying banks had strong capital and liquidity positions but he warned of wider dangers elsewhere in the system. Article content "..In our view, vulnerabilities in the financial system prevail in the non-bank financial sector, which grew faster and increased its risk-taking during the low interest rate environment," De Guindos told the Ambrosetti business forum in northern Italy. Article content He said policy reforms to address these vulnerabilities were crit...
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Hello,How are you? I still have a cold, although somewhat better than the week before. Starting this Saturday, I take a few days of vacation with my family. I hope to return from Easter fully recovered. A few very complex months are ahead, and not only because of the current situation: in the kitchen of elDiario.es we have several important investigations underway that I hope we can tell you about soon. For now, I can't tell you anything else. But I'm sure these are topics that will interest you.Do you think there will be an agreement between Sumar and Podemos before the presentation of Yolanda Díaz's candidacy this Sunday? I don't know how you see it. We have asked our readers in a survey and the vote is very close. My opinion? I think not: that there will be no short-term agr...
Sunak’s Successes Can’t Blot Out Tory Track Record in Office
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Sunak’s Successes Can’t Blot Out Tory Track Record in Office

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business For all the British prime minister's recent success, the division and failed policies of his Conservative Party weigh on his prospects at the ballot box. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Alex Wickham and Kitty Donaldson Published Apr 01, 2023 • 4 minute read b7od9sj3ezl)n{}i4g7l9]ut_media_dl_1.png Source: YouGov Article content (Bloomberg) — Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account Get exclusive access to the National Post ePaper, an elec...
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Small areas reopen near Fukushima nuclear plant, few returns

Article content TOKYO (AP) — Evacuation orders were lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, on Saturday, in time for the area's popular cherry blossom season and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined a ceremony there to the reopening. The area of ​​about 4 square kilometers (1.5 square miles) where entry restrictions were lifted is part of Tomioka town, most of which had already been reopened. Article content Former residents and visitors celebrated the latest reopening as they strolled along a street known as “the cherry blossoms tunnel.” Article content “The lifting of the evacuation is by no means a final goal, but the start of the recovery,” Kishida said at the ceremony, pledging to keep working to lift all no-go ...
Guatemala Calls Taiwan Bond Unbreakable After Honduras Cuts Ties
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Guatemala Calls Taiwan Bond Unbreakable After Honduras Cuts Ties

Article content (Bloomberg) — Guatemala said its ties with Taiwan are firm, reiterating support for the Asian island just a week after neighboring Honduras cut ties in favor of China. Article content President Alejandro Giammattei said he had sincere and frank exchanges of opinion with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during her visit, adding that the two sides are strategic partners. Article content “The ties between Guatemala and Taiwan are unbreakable,” Giammattei said at a joint press conference Friday with Tsai in Guatemala City. “We promote resolving disputes by dialogue and negotiation, and work together to satisfy people's desire for freedom, prosperity, and development territorial integrity.” Guatemala has been an ally of Taiwan of over six decades, and the island now ha...
Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling
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Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Kevin Freking Published Apr 01, 2023  •  6 minute read FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, March 24, 2023. This year's debt ceiling debate has a different feel to it for some lawmakers. The most recent debates over increasing the nation's borrowing authority generally have been contentious but resolved before markets started to panic. But this year, a new Republican majority in the House is itching for a spending showdown. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — Fights over increasing the nation’s borrowing authority have been contentious in Congress, yet follo...