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Paramount delays closing Warner buyout

NEW YORK — Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that arrives as a judge continues to consider a challenge from 12 states seeking to block the deal altogether. Paramount said in a filing Friday that it won’t close its Warner [...]

WestJet Flight Attendants Face Sunday Strike Deadline

The clock is ticking down toward a strike deadline that could see 4,400 WestJet flight attendants hit the picket line as soon as Sunday. Cabin crew at the Calgary-based airline voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate in mid-July, with intense negotiations on a new contract ongoing since then and a mandatory [...] The post Clock ticks down on WestJet flight attendants’ strike deadline appeared first on CityNews Edmonton .

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US slaps South Africa with fresh 12.5% tariffs as trade tensions deepen

The US has imposed new tariffs of 12.5% on selected South African exports, escalating trade tensions between Washington and Pretoria despite months of diplomatic efforts to avoid the move. The tariffs came into effect on Friday under Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974, with duties ranging from 10% to 12.5% applied to imports from 60 economies. South Africa was placed in the higher tariff tier alongside China, Japan and South Korea after the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) concluded that the country does not adequately enforce bans on imports made with forced labour. Announcing the decision, US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer said the US had long enforced its own prohibition on forced-labour imports and expected its trading partners to do the same. “The US h