Giant tech firms are reportedly exploring legal and structural loopholes to bypass the Trump administration's new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. While smaller companies are struggling, "Big Tech" is looking at offshore options to retain global talent.
Chemical giant BASF announced a major restructuring of its Global Business Services, moving its Finance and HR hubs to India. The move aims to secure "long-term cost competitiveness" but has raised concerns about job losses in Europe.
Tragedy struck British Columbia as a mass shooting at a high school and a nearby residence left 9 people dead, including the attacker. Prime Minister Mark Carney has expressed "profound heartbreak" as police investigate the motive behind the rare and violent event in Tumbler Ridge.
Tensions with Iran are escalating as U.S. President Donald Trump weighed the deployment of a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East. The move is intended to increase "maximum pressure" during ongoing diplomatic talks regarding regional security and nuclear enrichment.
European Union lawmakers in a Strasbourg sitting on 10 February 2026 backed plans for a digital euro by approving key amendments supporting the central bank digital currency’s development and strengthening the bloc’s monetary sovereignty.
South African officials have welcomed a landmark economic partnership agreement with China that will grant South African goods duty-free access to Chinese markets by late March 2026.
Air Canada has suspended all flights to Cuba with immediate effect, as a new U.S. oil blockade deepens fuel shortages and pushes the island into emergency energy rationing.
New revelations from unredacted Jeffrey Epstein-related documents have triggered political fallout in the UK and the U.S., with Lord Mandelson leaving the Labour Party and singer Chappell Roan severing agency ties.
The U.S. administration is pushing to repeal the landmark Endangerment Finding that declared greenhouse gases a threat to public health, a shift expected to trigger major regulatory upheaval and widespread legal challenges.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of the nearly-complete Gordie Howe International Bridge, between Detroit and Windsor, demanding the United States be “fully compensated” dispite a broader trade dispute with Canada.
