(CALGARY, CANADA) – WestJet has entered a recovery phase after the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees reached a tentative agreement to end a strike by flight attendants that grounded hundreds of flights and stranded passengers across the carrier’s network. The Calgary based airline cancelled 16 flights onContinue Reading
(LAVAL, CANADA) – Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the Canadian owner of the Couche-Tard and Circle K convenience store chains, has made an offer valued at more than $12 billion to acquire a controlling stake in Polish convenience store operator Zabka Group. The bid, announced on Friday, would be the largest acquisitionContinue Reading
(OTTAWA, CANADA) – Canada’s economy added 75,000 jobs in July, pushing the unemployment rate down to 6.4 percent, its lowest level in two years, according to the latest labour force survey from Statistics Canada. The gain represented a 0.4 percent increase in employment and followed solid jobs reports in MayContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The official exchange rate of the Ukrainian hryvnia against the US dollar and the euro edged slightly stronger for Monday, 10 August 2026, according to data published by the National Bank of Ukraine. The central bank set the official rate for one US dollar at 44.75 hryvnia,Continue Reading
(WASHINGTON, USA) – The United States government has committed $201 million to launch the Trans-Caspian Entrepreneurship Fund, a vehicle designed to draw private sector investment into infrastructure along a trade corridor running through the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The announcement was made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio inContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The share of new petrol powered passenger cars sold in Ukraine rose to 38.7 percent of the market in July 2026, up from 35.1 percent in the same month a year earlier, according to data released by the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, Ukravtoprom. Vehicles fitted withContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Mine clearance operators cleared 210 hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine during July under a state programme that compensates the cost of humanitarian demining, the Ministry of Economy and Environment has reported. Two agreements for the clearance of farmland were completed during the month. Operators received 13.2Continue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Russia is shifting its targeting from Ukraine’s sea export routes to land corridors in a deliberate attempt to further disrupt grain and other commodity shipments and damage Ukraine’s economy, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Russian forces likely struck a bridge near Maiaky inContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, under Russian military control, lost all external electricity supply twice in a single day, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators to maintain critical safety functions. Ukraine’s state nuclear operator Energoatom reported the incidents on Saturday, 8 August 2026. The firstContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s central bank has moved to shield agricultural businesses from loan defaults, responding to severe damage to export infrastructure caused by intensified Russian attacks. The National Bank of Ukraine announced new rules allowing banks to avoid classifying a borrower as in default if the debtor completes aContinue Reading
