WestJet and its pilots union say they have reached a last-minute deal, averting a strike ahead of the May long weekend. A statement from the Air Line Pilots Association says union leaders voted to approve an agreement-in-principle, with a membership vote to begin in the coming days. The airline had
House speaker tells CNBC ‘I think at the end of the day we do not have a debt default’ as Biden says ‘We’re going to come together’Joe Biden and the Republican speaker of the US House, Kevin McCarthy, said on Wednesday they thought a deal to avoid a US debt default was in reach.Speaking at the White House, Biden said: “I’m confident that we’ll get the agreement on the budget, that America will not default. Continue reading
The WestJet Group says it's ramping up operations as quickly as possible after reaching a last-minute deal with the airline's pilots to avert a strike. However, it warns that the full resumption of operations will take time and encouraged travellers to continue to check the status of their f
"My assessment is that the odds of reaching June 15th, while being able to pay all of our bills, is quite low," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
About 3,600 Afghans have made the journey to the US-Mexico border to seek asylum in the last year. Many of them worked for the US in Afghanistan.
Our organization, VIDA: Volunteers for Immigrants in Detention-Albuquerque, visits immigrants in detention at Cibola County Correctional Center and Torrance County Detention Facility on either side of Albuquerque every month. These visits are full of tears as they lament the deplorable conditions under which they live. We work hard to engage them in laughter and hope during our visits, and we see their humanity as they express themselves about the horrors that they are leaving behind and their...
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – The Iraqi Interior Ministry has banned people from dealing in US dollars in the latest move by authorities to control a fluctuating black market exchange rate.
Plans for first U.S.-Canada electric vehicle (EV) corridor will be announced Tuesday afternoon at an in-person and livestreamed event in Detroit.
Americans have witnessed a red colored sun for more than one week - and it will rise and set that color for at least a few more days. The pictures might be stunning, but the reason is not pleasing.
The agreement comes after months of tense negotiations between American and its pilots' union.
CALGARY - The WestJet Group averted a strike after reaching a last-minute deal with the airline's pilots early Friday, but not before cancelling hundreds of flights and upending the long weekend plans of thousands of passengers. Travellers stuck at airports expressed frustration with cancellations and delays, while others took to social media with stories of ruined vacations. WestJet said Friday it's ramping up operations as quickly as possible, but warned that the full resumption of...
The contentious federal order Title 42 ended in the U.S., stemming the flow of asylum seekers at the southern border. That had little effect, it seems, on New York City’s handling of how to effectively house people still arriving in the city by the hundreds.