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HSBC to sell Canada business to RBC for $10 billion, says report

The sale comes as HSBC pursues a strategy of focusing its resources on its core markets, amid pressure from its biggest shareholder Ping An to improve its performance

Canadian PM Trudeau visits indigenous community rocked by mass stabbings

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the James Smith Cree Nation indigenous community where 11 people were killed in a stabbing spree in September

Canada to strengthen visa processing capacity in Delhi, Chandigarh

To foster greater diversity among those seeking to work and study in Canada, the government will invest in strengthening the visa processing capacity

Canada wins maiden Davis Cup title, ousts Australia 2-0 in final

Felix Auger-Aliassime gave Canada an invincible 2-0 lead against Australia in Malaga on Sunday, advancing his country to its first Davis Cup Finals victory by defeating Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4

FIFA World Cup: After 36 years, Canada has to wait longer for World Cup win

O Canada, the wait remains. Alphonso Davies had the chance to score his nation's first-ever World Cup goal, to grab a quick lead on Belgium. As Davies readied for the spot kick in the 11th minute after a hand ball, red-clad Canadian fans at the other end of Ahmed bin Ali Stadium buzzed in anticipation for a moment decades in the making. You're carrying the weight of a nation: 36 years of waiting longer than 36 for our first goal, coach John Herdman said. Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois guessed correctly to dive right and batted Davis' attempt with his forearm. The ball bounced away, and the Canadians never got any closer to scoring. Despite dominating the world's second-ranked team in Canada's first World Cup match since 1986, the Canadians fell to Belgium 1-0 Wednesday night as Michy Batshuayi scored on a quick counter in the 44th minute. Davies did not speak with media after the game. He's our star player. He's one of the best players in the world. He'll move on and he'll have ano

Canada's Brampton city bans fireworks after a surge in Diwali complaints

Following a surge in complaints after Diwali in October, the Canadian city of Brampton unanimously moved a motion on Thursday to ban fireworks

Falling rupee, rising costs, job insecurity dampen study-abroad sentiment

Mass layoffs by tech biggies add to concern, but demand from non-metros robust

Canada's inflation steady at 6.9% in Oct: National statistical agency

According to Statistics Canada, in October, higher prices at the gas pump put upward pressure on the all-items CPI

G20 summit: Chinese President Jinping, Canadian PM Trudeau exchange barbs

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday exchanged barbs on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali over the leaked reports of their meeting. In perhaps a very rare open remark captured on television camera, an agitated Xi was seen objecting to Trudeau saying whatever they discussed in their earlier meeting was leaked to the media. "Everything we discuss has been leaked to the paper, that's not appropriate," Xi told Trudeau through a translator on the sidelines of the closing session of the G20 meeting. "That is not how the way the conversation was conducted," he said. Xi spoke in Chinese which his official interpreter conveyed in English to Trudeau. But 50-year-old Trudeau, who looked impatient, interrupted the translator, saying: We believe in free and open and frank dialogue and that is what we will continue to have. We will continue to look to work constructively together but there will be things we will disagree on." For which, ...

Permanent Indian residents now eligible to be part of Canadian military

As per data, Canada is likely to welcome more than a million new permanent residents between 2022 and 2024, which drastically widens the pool of candidates the military can choose from.

Twitter Blue 'verification' rolled out in India, to cost Rs 719 per month

On November 1, Musk said that the subscription pack would be 'adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity'

Canada's immigration backlog drops to 2.4 mn people, shows IRCC data

As of November 3, there are 39,589 Express Entry applications waiting in the queue. Express Entry is Canada's main way of managing skilled worker applications

Canada's foreign minister warns businesses against deepening China ties

Canada's foreign minister said Wednesday that China is an increasingly disruptive, global power and warned businesses against deepening their ties, saying there were geopolitical risks. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly made the remarks at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto ahead of her government introducing a Indo-Pacific strategy next month. The China of 1970 is not the China of today. China is an increasingly disruptive, global power, Joly said. It seeks to shape the global environment into one that is more permissive for interests and values that increasingly depart from ours. Joly said Canada has serious concerns about Beijing undermining global security, commerce and peace. Part of that includes credible accounts of human rights abuse and crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang region against the Muslim minority known as the Uyghur. What I would like to say to Canadians doing business in and with China: You need to be clear-eyed. The decisions

Aus to stop ex-military pilots flying for China; Britain shares concern

Australia's defence minister said on Wednesday he had told the nation's military to review secrecy safeguards in response to concerns that Beijing was recruiting pilots to train the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Defence Minister Richard Marles ordered the review after asking the Defence Department last month to investigate reports that China had approached former Australian military personnel to become trainers. In the information that has now been provided to me by Defence, there are enough concerns in my mind that I have asked Defence to engage in a detailed examination about the policies and procedures that apply to our former Defence personnel, and particularly those who come into possession of our nation's secrets, Marles told reporters. Marles declined to say whether any Australian had provided military training to the Chinese. He said a joint police-intelligence service task force was investigating a number of cases among former service personnel. What we are focused on

Gatik's driverless B2B delivery service gains pace in US and Canada

The middle-mile segment, unlike long-haul transport or last-mile delivery to an end consumer, involves business-to-business (B2B) operations, mostly from a warehousing location to a retail centre

India's 'first' Twitter user undecided on whether to pay for blue tick

Naina Redhu says she joined social media platform in 2006 after getting an invitation email

'$8 for all': Elon Musk on fees for blue-tick Twitter verification

'Power to the people', says social media platform about subscription for verified status

US risks losing talented foreigners holding H1-B visa to Canada: Study

But granting employment authorisation to all spouses of H-1B visa holders would encourage more skilled migrants, including Indians, to choose the US over Canada, the study revealed.

Canadian govt warns that the country might enter mild recession in 2023

The Department of Finance has developed a "downside scenario" that considers the impact of more persistent inflationary pressures and further tightening in monetary policy

With no word on visas, Canadian broadcaster CBC closes China bureau

Canada's public broadcaster CBC says it is closing its China bureau after the Chinese government ignored requests to base a reporter in Beijing. CBC said its applications had been met by months-long silence from Chinese officials. The broadcaster's last correspondent left Beijing as China closed down amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The bureau, located in one of Beijing's high-security diplomatic compounds, had remained open in anticipation of re-staffing. China has taken an increasingly hard line in foreign relations, and ties with Canada nose-dived after China, the US and Canada completed what was effectively a high-stakes prisoner swap last year involving a top executive from Chinese tech giant Huawei who had been charged with fraud by the US. China jailed two Canadians shortly after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer and the daughter of the company's founder, on a US extradition request. They were sent back to Canada in September, the