Watch live as Joe Biden honours 19 Americans with the nation’s highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Friday 3 May. A winner of seven Olympic gold medals, a leader of the Mississippi civil rights struggle and a pioneer of television’s tabloid talk show genre are part of this year’s class of recipients. The honorees list plays special homage to “firsts” in their field, including the Everything Everywhere All at Once actress Michelle Yeoh, who was the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Canada's main stock index ended higher on Friday, led by gains in technology and healthcare during a broad-based rally as slowing U.S. jobs growth in April raised hopes of early interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended up 128.52 points, or 0.59%, at 21,951.74, paring most of its losses in the past week. U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in April and annual wage gains cooled, with traders now adding to bets that the Fed will deliver its first interest rate cut this year in September compared with expectations of one cut in December before the data.
"Happy birthday to my beautiful wife, best friend, soulmate, and mother to my four boys!" Josh Turner wrote on Instagram