Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s news quiz. Join us each week to test your knowledge of the stories making the headlines. This week: All eyes are on Catherine, Princess of Wales. That is, if our eyes can be trusted. Catherine, 42, has been out of the public eye since …
Read More »Coronation Street and Emmerdale to face schedule changes next week
25 August 2023, 17:21 Dan is sentenced to eight years on Emmerdale Emmerdale and Coronation Street have been pulled from TV schedules. Emmerdale and Coronation Street are set to face schedule changes. Both soaps will be airing at different times next week, as well as being taken off air completely …
Read More »DeSantis vs. Trump will be a Republican battle royal, a political spectacle for the ages
Open this photo in gallery: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking on April 21, in Oxon Hill, Md., left, and former President Donald Trump speaking on March 4, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. A titanic confrontation is set to take place between DeSantis and Trump during the 2024 U.S. …
Read More »Russia-linked hackers ‘behind Royal Mail attack’
13 January 2023, 13:59 Royal Mail told customers to stop submitting any export items into the network. Picture: Getty A hacker group with ties to Russia was behind this week’s cyber attack on Royal Mail, it has been revealed. The incident, which has paralysed Royal Mail’s Worldwide Distribution Centre in …
Read More »Kids have days left to send letters to Santa in order to get a reply
6 December 2022, 11:52 | Updated: 6 December 2022, 12:24 Kids don’t have long to send off their Santa letters. Picture: Getty Images/Alamy Parents have been warned that they’ve got less than a week to get their children to write a letter to Santa if they want a reply. With …
Read More »RBC CEO says employees should be in the office more often
RBC chief executive Dave McKay speaks at the Royal Bank of Canada annual meeting in Toronto on April 6, 2017.Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press The chief executive of Canada’s largest bank is urging employees to return to the office more frequently, and is saying the bank must become more deliberate about …
Read More »US pre-open: Dow futures in the green following eighth-straight losing week
US futures were in the green ahead of the bell on Monday as market participants look to try to reclaim recent losses following what has been an extended and relentless sell-off on the Street. As of 1220 BST, Dow Jones futures were up 0.85%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures …
Read More »Saudi King Salman leaves hospital, says royal court
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz addresses the kingdom’s advisory Shura Council from his royal palace in Neom, Saudi Arabia, December 29, 2021.SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/Reuters Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, 86, left hospital on Sunday following a colonoscopy last week, the royal court said in a statement on state media. …
Read More »Week ahead: UK data, US-China trade deal in focus
At home, foreign trade data for November are scheduled to be published on Monday, followed by readings on consumer prices and retail sales in December set to follow on Wednesday and Friday, respectively. Investors will be scrutinising those reports for further signs of weakness which might cement expectations in financial …
Read More »Week ahead: Global manufacturing and US jobs market in focus
Survey results due out on Monday for factory sector conditions in China, the UK, US and euro area will set the tone for trading over the remainder of the week, with investors keen for the most up-to-date readings possible. They will be followed later in the week, on Wednesday, by …
Read More »