About half of the newly completed condos in the GTA last year were bought as rental investments and these investors likely realized a return of about 155 per cent before closing costs
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia says Facebook is being investigated over the privacy breach of its Indonesian users. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology says in a statement Friday it has asked the National Police to investigate possible violations of Indonesia’s privacy law a day after Facebook announced that personal data of more than 1 […]
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — A South Korean court has sentenced disgraced ex-President Park Geun-hye to 24 years in prison over corruption scandal.
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump made a congratulatory phone call to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, White House chief of staff John Kelly wasn’t on the line. When Trump tapped John Bolton to be his next national security adviser, Kelly wasn’t in the room. And when Trump spent a Mar-a-Lago weekend stewing over immigration and […]
HONOLULU — Khanh Huynh has been a commercial fisherman since he was 12 years old. For the past six years, he’s been living on a fishing boat in Hawaii, catching premium ahi tuna for some of the world’s most discerning consumers. The 28-year-old fisherman from outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, recently saved the lives […]
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SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The Latest on the corruption verdict for former South Korean President Park Geun-hye (all times local): 2:45 p.m. A South Korean judge says former President Park Geun-hye is guilty of abuse of power and coercion. The verdict came as a Seoul Central District Court judge read a lengthy statement Friday. […]
WASHINGTON — The Latest on a U.S. trade dispute with China (all times local): 1:30 a.m. China’s commerce ministry says Beijing is prepared to fight the U.S. “at any cost” as a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies escalated with President Donald Trump ordering the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping an additional […]
BEIJING — China’s commerce ministry says Beijing will fight U.S. ‘at any cost’ after Trump proposes $100 billion in new tariffs.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump first tried to disarm Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago with smooth talk and hospitality. A year later, he’s resorted to hardball and found that Xi is willing to throw it back. But at least for now, acrimony over trade is unlikely to spill over into sensitive national security issues, […]