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Firearm discharged at US consulate in Toronto

A firearm was discharged at a U.S. consulate in Toronto, local police said on social media early Tuesday morning. In a post on the social platform X, the Toronto Police Service said there were reports that someone discharged a firearm at 5:29 a.m. EDT at the American consulate.

Iran war sends prices in next door Turkmenistan soaring

At a market in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat, pensioner Shemshat Kurbanova always used to pick the "juiciest" Iranian fruit -- but 10 days of war across the border have sent prices soaring and she is now worried how to get by. The Middle East war has tumbled global markets,

The return-to-the-office trend backfires

Many business leaders think that a stricter return-to-office policy will cause a surge in productivity. But in reality, the data tell a different story. Across practitioner reports and peer-reviewed research, including a new report from the Institute for Corporate