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S&P/TSX composite down more than 200 points, U.S. stock markets also tumble

S&P/TSX composite down more than 200 points, U.S. stock markets also tumble

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 200 points Monday in a broad-based decline, while U.S. stock markets also fell in late-morning trading amid concerns over President Donald Trump's latest criticism of the central bank.
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Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States

Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are tumbling Monday as worries about President Donald Trump’s trade war and his criticism of the Federal Reserve cause investors to pull further from the United States. The S&P 500 was 2.
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Costs, chaos rising as metal tariffs pile up with no end in sight

Costs, chaos rising as metal tariffs pile up with no end in sight

TORONTO — The costs and chaos being caused by metal tariffs are starting to build up after a month in effect, and there's little hope they'll be removed in the foreseeable future. U.S.
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Book Review: 'Hope Dies Last' visits visionaries fighting global warming

Book Review: 'Hope Dies Last' visits visionaries fighting global warming

Alan Weisman has found an all-world cast of scientists, engineers and environmentalists who have dreamed big and worked passionately to repair some of the world’s wrecked ecosystems and also to develop processes that, for example, use far less energy
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Book Review: Sara Jafari’s 'Things Left Unsaid' is a tale of tentative lovers who keep connecting

Book Review: Sara Jafari’s 'Things Left Unsaid' is a tale of tentative lovers who keep connecting

Sara Jafari’s “Things Left Unsaid” is a love-craving, tumbling tale of two Iranian British friends who first meet in high school — the self-skeptic and pessimist Shirin Bayat, and the traumatized Kian Rahimi.
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Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype

Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype

Demure, submissive and erotic, Suzie Wong is that bigger-than-life stereotype, that caricature Asian women grew up with in the U.S. We may have also secretly hoped to play that geisha-like image to win our way out of our oppression .
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 27-May 3

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 27-May 3

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 27-May 3: April 27: Singer Kate Pierson of The B-52′s is 77. Singer Herbie Murrell of The Stylistics is 76. Actor Douglas Sheehan (“Knots Landing”) is 76. Guitarist Ace Frehley (Kiss) is 74.
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A 6-hour morning routine? First, try a few simple habits to start your day

A 6-hour morning routine? First, try a few simple habits to start your day

Starting with brushing his teeth before 4 a.m.
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This rustic dish of baked beans and smoked sausages is packed with deep, aromatic flavors

This rustic dish of baked beans and smoked sausages is packed with deep, aromatic flavors

Tavče gravče, which translates as “beans in a pan,” is a Macedonian classic.
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Secondhand stores are poised to benefit if US tariffs drive up new clothing costs

Secondhand stores are poised to benefit if US tariffs drive up new clothing costs

NEW YORK (AP) — Stores selling secondhand clothes, shoes and accessories are poised to benefit from President Donald Trump's trade war even as businesses the world over race to avert potential damage, according to industry experts.
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