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The ongoing war in the Middle East has added “another layer of uncertainty” to Canada’s economic outlook, Deloitte Canada said Thursday while cutting its GDP projection for the year by 20 per cent. While the economy is still expected to grow modestly, the firm’s spring economic outlook now estimates 1.2 per cent growth in 2026, down from the 1.5 per cent estimated in January as well as last year’s 1.7 per cent gain.Dawn Desjardins, Deloitte’s chief economist, said the “softer” outlook comes as the uncertainty surrounding Canada’s rocky trade relationship with the United States is being compounded by a jolt…

T20 international quick Ben Dwarshuis says competition will be fierce among Australian bowlers to fill the gap left by Mitchell Starc in the short format.

AFTERSHOCKSBMKG head Teuku Faisal Fathani told journalists in the capital Jakarta there were 11 aftershocks, the biggest with a magnitude of 5.5.An AFP journalist in Manado on Sulawesi, about 300km west of Ternate by sea, said the shaking woke him and others in the city of around 450,000 people.”I immediately woke up and left my house. People (were) immediately scrambling outside. There is a school and the pupils rushed outside,” he said.The shaking persisted for “quite long” but he did not witness “significant damage”, he added.The PTWC had initially warned that tsunami waves of up to 1m were possible for…

NewsFeedPalestinians in Gaza joined protests against the Israeli government’s approval of a death penalty law that would be applied to Palestinian prisoners, convicted of killing Israelis in acts of “terror”. The same sentence will not apply to Jewish Israelis convicted of killing Palestinians.Published On 2 Apr 20262 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Washington — President Trump is seriously considering replacing Pam Bondi as attorney general because of dissatisfaction with how aggressively the Justice Department has pursued some of his priorities, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. White House officials have discussed several possibilities as options for attorney general, but Lee Zeldin, the Senate-confirmed administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is the likely replacement, sources said Thursday.Mr. Trump met with Zeldin on Tuesday. The president is fond of Bondi, and expresses personal affection for her in private conversations, multiple sources said earlier this week. He has also long praised her publicly and is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As questions mount about Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos’ handling of the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, two sources with knowledge of the department say his management decisions initially pulled the most experienced investigators off the case.Only one detective had more than three years on the homicide squad at the time of Guthrie’s suspected abduction, the sources told Fox News Digital. The other five had less than two. The sergeant supervising them had zero.There was another homicide detective with less than a year of experience, but he’s transferred out.Meanwhile, at least two…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 70-year-old inmate serving a life sentence for the death of a 25-year-old woman in 1988 has died while in custody at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick, according to Correctional Service Canada. In a news release issued Wednesday, CSC said Melvin Glen Stanton died on Tuesday while incarcerated at the federal institution.Stanton had been serving a life sentence since March 16, 1971.According to a CSC document, Stanton escaped from a community corrections centre in Toronto in 1988 and went on to kill 25-year-old Tema Conter, who was born and raised in Halifax.…

Older Australians don’t resonate with current advertising to reduce alcohol consumption, a new survey has revealed. 

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will introduce a work-from-home policy for ministries, agencies, statutory bodies and government-linked companies starting Apr 15 to conserve energy during the Middle East war, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.The premier’s announcement late on Wednesday (Apr 1) comes as the Southeast Asian nation starts to feel the impact of the Middle East war on global fuel supplies.”The Cabinet has agreed to the work-from-home policy. It aims to reduce fuel consumption and ensure a stable energy supply,” Anwar said during a special briefing.He did not give details, saying more updates would be announced soon. Malaysia heavily subsidises fuel, with…

Al Jazeera's defence editor looks at how the US-Israeli attack on Iran has become a regional war