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Striking Air Canada flight attendants vowed Monday to defy another back-to-work order from the country’s labor tribunal, but resumed talks seeking to end a walkout that has cancelled travel for half a million people worldwide.Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job after midnight Saturday, insisting the airline had failed to address their demands for …

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A record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, the United Nations said Tuesday, branding the figures and lack of accountability a “shameful indictment” of international apathy — and warned this year’s toll was equally disturbing.The 2024 figure was up 31 percent on the year before, the UN said on World Humanitarian Day, “driven by …

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Striking Air Canada flight attendants vowed Monday to defy another back-to-work order from Canada’s labor tribunal, extending a work stoppage that has cancelled travel for half a million people worldwide. Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job after midnight Saturday, insisting the airline had failed to address their demands for higher wages and compensation for …

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Canada’s Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is looking to clinch his return to parliament in a by-election on Monday, with voting underway in one of the country’s most right-wing districts. Poilievre had been on track to be his country’s next prime minister until US President Donald Trump’s return to power upended Canadian politics. Poilievre’s Conservatives blew a …

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Air Canada on Sunday suspended its plan to resume flights over a strike by flight attendants that has effectively shut down the airline and snarled summer travel for its passengers around the world.The announcement came despite the country’s industrial relations board ordering an end to the strike by around 10,000 flight attendants, which had prompted …

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Buzzy horror film “Weapons” won the North American box office for a second week running with $25 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.The Warner Bros. movie starring Julia Garner (“Ozark”) and Josh Brolin (“Avengers: Infinity War”) tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of a group of children from the same school class. Analyst …

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Air Canada said it will resume flying on Sunday after the country’s industrial relations board ordered an end to a strike by 10,000 flight attendants that effectively shut down the airline and snarled summer travel.The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) “directed Air Canada to resume airline operations and for all Air Canada and Air Canada …

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All Air Canada planes remained grounded late Saturday despite the Canadian government intervening to end a strike by cabin crew members that saw hundreds of flights cancelled and triggered summer travel chaos.Canada’s largest airline, which has 130,000 daily passengers and flies directly to 180 cities worldwide, said that all flights would be cancelled until Sunday …

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The Canadian government intervened Saturday to end a strike by Air Canada cabin crew members that saw hundreds of flights cancelled and triggered summer travel chaos for the carrier’s 130,000 daily passengers. Canada’s largest airline, which flies directly to 180 cities worldwide, had stopped all operations after some 10,000 flight attendants began industrial action fueled by …

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Air Canada cancelled hundreds of flights Saturday as it began shutting down operations in response to a strike by flight attendants — triggering summer travel chaos for its 130,000 daily passengers. Canada’s largest airline, which flies directly to 180 cities worldwide, urged customers not to go to the airport if they have a ticket for Air …

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