Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai, who unveiled her first documentary with Apple TV+ at the Toronto Film Festival, said Monday that its inspiring story of elderly South Korean women sea divers dovetails perfectly with her own activism. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu- Click Here ‘The Last of the Sea Women’ tells the compelling story […]
Fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday for sexually assaulting several women at his Toronto office. An Ontario judge labeled Nygard a “sexual predator” and a “Canadian success story gone very wrong,” according to the Toronto Star. Nygard, 83, built a women’s clothing empire from a Winnipeg store, expanding […]
Canada’s main stock index Toronto Stock Exchange was flat on Friday as the markets speculated the extent of US. interest rate cut in September after mixed jobs data. At 10:16 a.m. ET (14:16 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 7.92 points, or 0.03%, at 22,980.36, and looked to register a weekly […]
Protesters disrupted a screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on opening night, criticizing the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) ties to Israel amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The protesters, who entered the Princess of Wales Theatre ahead of the 6 p.m. showing of “Nutcrackers,” chanted “RBC funds genocide” and held signs with […]
NEW YORK: World number four Elena Rybakina withdrew from the US Open on Thursday, sending French qualifier Jessika Ponchet into the third round by walkover. The Russian-born Kazakh, who won Wimbledon in 2022, had beaten Australian qualifier Destanee Aiava in the first round. Rybakina issued a statement saying she was forced to withdraw “because of […]