The last time California consumers were this worried about their financial futures, the statewide median-priced home cost $379,000. You have to go back to 2013’s first quarter to find a time when the measure of “expectations” within the Conference Board’s California consumer confidence index was lower than 2024’s second quarter average. Yes, that’s just a … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a recent podcast that he considered walking away from the job last year as his marriage began to fracture. Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, announced last August that they had agreed to separate. During an episode of the ReThinking podcast that was released Tuesday, psychologist and host … Read more
He stressed that the pool of China’s workers had shrunk by 60 million over the past 12 years, which had had “a huge impact” on the economy, adding that many cities were struggling to recruit and battling unemployment and rising labour costs. Ma suggested further changes to family planning laws – which were modified in … Read more
“I hope he’s not elected, so he doesn’t do damage at the European level, too,” agreed Paolo Collucio, a diminutive pensioner with bright blue eyes. “I’m not racist — you can be black, white, or yellow, I don’t care. But he took all of those funds and did nothing — from morning to evening.” Local … Read more
“The organizers of these marches could do everything in their power to stop that. They don’t,” Gove will add. Since the October 7 attacks on Israel last year, London has seen large-scale protest marches against Israel’s reprisal campaign against Hamas. The main London marches currently take place every fortnight, amid a mounting civilian death toll … Read more
California posted its first population increase since the pandemic struck – a gain that was driven geographically from the south. The California Department of Finance counted 67,100 more residents in the past year to 39.13 million as of Jan. 1. State demographers connected the growth, the first increase since 2019, to legal foreign immigration and … Read more
We live in a ranking age with lists of “best” and “worst” and “in-between” touching every slice of life, industry and geography. Some of these scorecards are based on polling. Others are data-based, trying to decipher government or business stats. And some are simply opinions – individual or consensus. Yes, these rankings can be discussion … Read more
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday. This week: A Toronto school uncovered a buried stream and transformed its schoolyard A record-breaking solar highrise in Halifax Manitoba Food Rescue Grocery grows to save more … Read more
“As the pandemic gradually ends, the wedding industry has rebounded significantly, and there was a hot wave of consumption during the 2023 Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays,” He said in a blog post on Saturday, referring to a spike in spending during the eight-day holiday break in September and October last year. Wedding-related spending … Read more
As we enter 2024, the world continues to confront financial and environmental challenges on a global and societal scale. Globally, efforts to meet the Paris Agreement’s objectives are falling behind, with the green transition’s investment levels not meeting the necessary targets. This was highlighted by the World Bank’s Senior Managing Director, at the recent EU … Read more
