Amazon warehouse workers reject union bid in Alabama
WASHINGTON — Despite the strongest public support and the most sympathetic president in years, the American labour movement just…
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Ottawa mulls exempting more workers from Canada-US border shutdown
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says Ottawa is looking at expanding the categories of essential workers allowed to…
IMF upgrades forecast for 2021 global growth
WASHINGTON — The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and vast sums of government aid will accelerate global economic growth to a record…
Experts examine bottom of ship that was stuck in Suez
CAIRO — Divers inspected the underside of a colossal container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal, spotting some damage to the…
Stuck ship in Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide
ISMAILIA, Egypt — A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at…
Massive cargo ship turns sideways, blocks Egypt’s Suez Canal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A massive cargo ship turned sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking traffic in a crucial East-West…
Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied
NEW YORK — A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has US businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia — while off the…
Police search for motive in Wisconsin warehouse attack
MADISON, Wis. — A man who opened fire at a Wisconsin grocery distribution centre and the two co-workers he killed were long-time…
Crews remove third chunk of shipwreck off Georgia coast
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Salvage crews cutting a wrecked cargo ship into giant chunks along the Georgia coast Tuesday lifted away the third…
Ford recalling 275,000 vehicles in Canada
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. has issued two safety recalls involving more than 2.6 million vehicles in North America,…