Markets climb a wall of worry, and the renomination of Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman takes away one important uncertainty.
It was possible that President Joe Biden would pick Lael Brainard, who was nominated as Mr. Powell’s deputy instead, and her approval process might have hit trouble in the Senate. By leaving Chairman Powell in charge that worry was removed, meaning policy stays on its previous, exceptionally easy, course.
France, which has opened its borders to Canadian tourists, is eager to see Canada reopen to the French. The Canadian border remains closed...
Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario is experiencing a “deepening state of emergency” as a result of surging COVID-19 cases in the community...
The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study...
April Ross and Alix Klineman won the first Olympic gold medal for the United States in women’s beach volleyball since 2012 on Friday,...
