- CBC
Truck hits Queen and Dufferin bridge, road closures in area
Drivers can expect traffic delays in Toronto's west end after the extended back end of a dump truck smashed into a bridge at Queen Street W. and Dufferin Street.Toronto police responded to the call around 7:03 a.m. Friday at the busy intersection, according to a post on X, formerly Twitter.Police said one person was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Southbound lanes on Dufferin Street at Queen Street W. have been closed and traffic is being diverted in the area, police say, ad
- Reuters
FOREX-Dollar drops as employers add fewer jobs than expected in April
The dollar fell to a three-week low against the yen on Friday after data showed that U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in April and annual wage gains cooled, boosting bets that the Federal Reserve will cut rates two times this year. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% from 3.8%, still staying below 4% for the 27th straight month. “The data's soft across the board from the Fed's perspective," said Jason Pride, chief of investment strategy and research at Glenmede in Philadelphia.
- Reuters
Yemen's Houthis say they will target ships heading for Israel anywhere within range
Yemen's Houthis will target ships heading to Israeli ports in any area that is within their range, military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech on Friday. "We will target any ships heading to Israeli ports in the Mediterranean Sea in any area we are able to reach," he said. The Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched repeated drone and missile strikes on ships in the crucial shipping channels of the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab strait and the Gulf of Aden since November to show their support for the Palestinians in the Gaza war.
