• Reuters

    Morning Bid: Markets in upbeat mood as factories hum

    Share markets have started the week in a positive mood, helped in part by signs of accelerating factory activity across Asia where the private Caixin survey showed China's main factory index hitting a two-year top. Factory activity expanded for the first time in a year in Japan, and grew at the fastest pace in two years in South Korea. Oil prices pushed higher after OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to extend most of its oil output cuts into 2025, though some cuts will start to be unwound from October 2024.

  • The Canadian Press

    Josh Bloom's late winner lifts Spirit past Knights 4-3 for first Memorial Cup title

    SAGINAW — In the mind of Saginaw head coach Chris Lazary, there was no chance the Spirit were going to lose Sunday night.

  • The Guardian

    Country diary: A maybug wedding on the doorstep

    Inkpen, Berkshire: Cockchafers are noisy but striking, with their furry eyelashes and big dark eyes