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Australian teenagers are confident about their financial skills, with fresh data showing they feel most assured in opening a bank account and tracking expenses.New National Australia Bank economics data, to be released Monday, reveals nearly 70 per cent of students in Years 10, 11 and 12 felt confident opening a bank account, while 65 per cent said they could confidently track their expenses.NAB personal banker Claudia Dior said the research challenged assumptions about teens and their relationship with money.“Contrary to popular belief, the research shows that today’s teens are relatively confident when it comes to talking about money,” Ms Dior…

Protesters have rallied across the US against the administration of President Donald Trump.

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The end of the school year will look very different on the campus of Florida State University (FSU) following Thursday’s mass shooting that left two dead and six wounded.”Classes and campus operations will resume Monday, April 21,” FSU President Richard McCullough said in a video posted to X. “I know this will not feel like a typical week, it’s the last one before finals, and many of you are still processing what happened.”McCullough went on to say the administration understands some students may not be ready to return to campus and that “we will be flexible and find a way…

By most measures, Mark Carney’s resume is stacked. Chief of central banks for two G7 countries. Investment banker. International climate finance expert. An economics degree from Harvard University. A masters and a PhD in economics from Oxford.He even has hockey on his list of accomplishments, having played as a backup goalie for Harvard during his years there. That’s a plus for a politician in a country that just last week changed the time of a national leaders’ debate so it didn’t conflict with a Montreal Canadiens game. 1:55 Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Alberta premier, makes housing announcement in…

Packages ride on a conveyor belt during Cyber Monday, one of the company’s busiest days at an Amazon fulfillment center on December 2, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | Getty ImagesAmazon is reaching out to third-party merchants, who account for the majority of products the company sells, to gauge how President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are affecting their businesses.Members of Amazon’s seller relations team began contacting some U.S. merchants last week, according to an email viewed by CNBC. The email asks how the “current U.S. tariff situation” has impacted sellers’ sourcing and pricing strategies, logistics operations, and plans…

Some of the fastest canines on four very short legs have raced for glory in Scotland’s annual Corgi Derby.The Musselburgh Racecourse Corgi Derby was first held in 2022 to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne. The late monarch was a devoted corgi fan who owned almost 30 of the breed over the decades, along with a few dorgis – a corgi-dachshund cross.Four-year-old Juno beat a 16-strong field of dashing dogs dressed in bright sweaters over the 70-metre race on Saturday at the racecourse outside Edinburgh. She came from behind in the final stretch to beat last year’s…

On April 7, United States President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a second time since his inauguration. Speaking to the media, Trump doubled down on his earlier comments about the Gaza Strip, describing it as an “incredible piece of important real estate”. Trump also repeated his suggestion that the Palestinians should leave the Strip “to different countries” and claimed that people “really do love that vision. … A lot of people like my concept.” Days later, about 70 percent of Gaza had been turned into a “no-go zone” for Palestinians. Confirming that Israel is working “in…

Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Easter Sunday, a spokesperson for the vice president said, in a rare meeting after the two men have tangled sharply over immigration and the Trump administration’s plans to deport migrants en masse. Francis has made caring for migrants a hallmark of his papacy and his progressive views on social justice issues have often put him at odds with members of the more conservative U.S. Catholic Church.Francis also changed church teaching to say that capital punishment is inadmissible in all cases.Meanwhile, Vance had defended the administration’s America-first crackdown by citing a concept…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Macdonald Bridge in Halifax is set to undergo a makeover that will span most of the next two years — resulting in several weekend closures throughout the process. The work, dubbed “Project Lifespan,” will see seven decades of paint stripped off the bridge’s two towers.Steven Proctor, a spokesperson for Halifax Harbour Bridges, said removing the accumulated paint will allow for preservation and repair work to be done in order to keep the iconic structure operating for another 50 years.“They’ll wrap the tower in material so that none of the material that…