Asked to name the biggest threat to Canada’s security during an election debate, Mark Carney, the country’s prime minister and Liberal Party leader running to win a full term, gave a surprising answer: “China.” Analysts saw it as an attempt to distance himself from the country amid heightened scrutiny on his own past work there….
Nashville, Tennessee — In Music City, there are early signs that President Trump’s trade war with Canada is striking the wrong chord. Around half of Nashville’s international visitors come from Canada, according to the nonprofit Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. But Canadians are not crossing the border in the numbers they once did, angry about the…
More mainland Chinese students may opt for alternative destinations for university study due to rising tensions with the US, but Hong Kong’s institutions should nonetheless raise their intake of foreign applicants gradually and maintain their quality, the education minister has said. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said during a radio show on Saturday that…
One of the vivid memories of my days as an undergraduate law student in London was to watch a live debate between Lord Woolf and Professor Michael Zander on what was known as the Woolf reforms. Lord Woolf was then the Master of the Rolls in the English Court of Appeal and was undertaking the…
Open this photo in gallery: Financial news plays in the background as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading, on April 21, in New York City.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump roiled markets by reigniting his public tirade against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, sending everything…
Hong Kong is set to attract about 170,000 visitors on the back of at least 56 events the Tourism Board has helped to put on the city’s calendar this year in the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) sector. The board said it had submitted bids to bring the events to the city, with 16…
John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires Fall and Twilight of the Money Gods. Open this photo in gallery: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on April 17.Richard Drew/The Associated Press Following the wild gyrations…
Back in 2008, the stock markets welcomed young investors of the millennial generation with a peak-to-trough decline of close to 50 per cent. Lessons about the downside of stocks came regularly after that. The S&P/TSX composite index lost money in 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Obscured by a quick rebound was the 37-per-cent peak-to-trough fall…
The number of Form Six graduates in Hong Kong pursuing further studies outside the city has declined by 15 per cent year on year, marking the second straight year of record lows since the government launched an annual survey in 2012. A student consultant and the owner of an agency connecting pupils with overseas universities…
A pedestrian jogs along the Bund across from buildings in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly lower Wednesday after Wall Street declined overnight as investors assessed quarterly earnings, while tariff worries continued to weigh on investor sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei…