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Dozens of Canadians have managed to leave Iran on their own by crossing the border into neighbouring countries, government officials said late Wednesday, as Ottawa laid out its regional evacuation options amid a “rapidly” deteriorating situation. With airspace over much of the Middle East closed as the war between Iran, the U.S. and Israel expands, officials acknowledged during a technical briefing with reporters that “there is not much we can do at this very moment” to get people out of Iran.Global Affairs Canada is instead surging additional personnel to consulates in countries bordering Iran to provide visa assistance and other…

A man shot by police has been hit with several offences while recovering in hospital after being accused of pulling a gun on officers following a car crash.

BEIJING: China set its 2026 economic growth target at 4.5 to 5 per cent, marking the first cut since 2023, according to the government work report reviewed by CNA on Thursday (Mar 5).The target was set at “around 5 per cent” in each of the past three years.The move signals a more cautious outlook as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with deflationary pressures, a protracted property downturn and heightened trade tensions with the United States.Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set to deliver the government work report shortly at the opening session of the National People’s Congress (NPC).China’s economy grew 5 percent in…

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD stock) was down roughly 5% Tuesday, extending a rough stretch that has erased most of the chipmaker’s post-2025 rally.UBS still rates the stock Buy and says the real “inflection” is a second-half 2026 story, but the selloff shows investors are still uneasy about what near-term demand looks like.Moreover, amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict, the investors are keeping a close eye on how much of AMD’s AI upside is exposed to geopolitics.Why is AMD stock sliding again?One pressure point is simply sector tone.Chip stocks have been choppy since earnings season, with investors rotating in and out…

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Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Okta — Okta beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter expectations , leading shares of the identity security provider to add about 2%. Okta reported adjusted earnings of 90 cents per share on $761 million in revenue, exceeding analysts’ estimate of 85 cents per share in earnings and $749 million in revenue for the period, per LSEG. Broadcom — Shares of the heavyweight chipmaker flitted between gains and losses in the extended session. Broadcom reported strong results for its fiscal first quarter , posting revenue that grew 29% year over year. The company’s adjusted…

Sean Plankey, the Department of Homeland Security senior adviser and Trump nominee to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was escorted out of the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters late Monday and had his access badge removed, according to sources familiar with the matter. The nominee to lead the cyber defense agency has left his role at DHS, though circumstances behind the sudden move remain unclear.Plankey, a retired U.S. Coast Guard officer, formerly served as senior adviser to the homeland security secretary for the Coast Guard, a role he held while awaiting Senate action on his nomination to lead CISA,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 12-year-old Southern California girl has died days after she was struck in the head during what her family says was a bullying incident at school, prompting a homicide investigation and renewed concerns about student safety and pediatric head trauma protocols.Khimberly Zavaleta, a student at Reseda High School in Los Angeles, was injured in a hallway altercation during school dismissal, according to her family. They allege another student threw a metal water bottle that hit her in the head.Khimberly’s mother, Elma Chuquipa, told ABC Los Angeles affiliate KABC that her daughter had…

A majority of Canadians say members of Parliament should not be allowed to cross the floor to another party and should face an “immediate” byelection if they do so, a new poll suggests. However, Wednesday’s Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found Canadians’ displeasure with floor-crossing MPs has not hurt the overall approval for Prime Minister Mark Carney or his Liberal government.In fact, those approval numbers have gone up since last year, with over one-third of Canadians saying they are even more supportive of Carney after three MPs left the Conservatives to join the Liberals in recent months.“They’re prepared…

NSW Premier Chris Minns has addressed fevered rumours of his planned retirement as One Nation surges in the polls.