Air travelers across Canada and beyond are facing widespread disruption after hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed on Saturday due to a nationwide strike by Air Canada staff. The labor action, which began at midnight, has left thousands of passengers stranded at airports in major cities including Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Calgary. The strike…
After nearly three years of effort, the sixth round of UN-led negotiations aiming to forge a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution ended in failure in Geneva. Delegates from approximately 180 countries exhausted nights of talks but failed to find common ground. At the heart of the impasse lay a fundamental disagreement: Should the…
Southern Europe is grappling with a sweeping heatwave that has pushed daytime temperatures above 40°C in many areas and helped spark a new wave of destructive wildfires across the Mediterranean. Blazes have ignited in Spain, Portugal, France, Greece and parts of the Balkans, forcing thousands of people from their homes, overwhelming local fire services and…
