NEW YORK — The Securities and Exchange Commission late last year dropped its inquiry into a financial company that a month earlier had given White House adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estate firm a $180 million loan. While there’s no evidence that Kushner or any other Trump administration official had …

KINGSTON, Ont.—A freight train derailment east of Kingston, Ont., has caused hours of delays for rail passengers in the province and led to cancellations of several Via routes out of Toronto. Trains travelling between Toronto and Montreal or Ottawa have been delayed by at least six hours, Via Rail said. …

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party is giving members more time to cast their votes for a new leader. A senior party source says the deadline to vote for Patrick Brown’s replacement has been pushed back to noon on Friday, March 9, a half day later than the original deadline. The party …

MONTREAL—Quebec-based convenience store chain Couche-Tard has decided to voluntarily pull an alcoholic beverage from its shelves. The company announced in a statement on Friday that it has asked its retailers to stop selling FCKD UP because of what it called “recent events.” The announcement came hours after the body of …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Saturday expressed happiness after the party grabbed maximum number of seats in the Senate elections. “No worldly power or conspiracy can defeat someone who has help from God,” Maryam tweeted. She also appreciated leaders and workers for supporting the party and …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday emerged as the largest party in the Upper House of parliament as 15 of its nominees, who contested as independent candidates in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling in the Elections Act, 2017, case, stood victorious, raising the total party strength …

KAHUTA: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Saturday said that people have never accepted Supreme Court decisions against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Addressing a rally in Kahuta after performing ground-breaking of dualisation, rehabilitation and improvement of Rawalpindi-Kahuta road, the prime minister said that Nawaz …

GUJRAT: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif will address a rally in Gujrat today (Sunday), as part of party’s mass contact campaign, according to Geo News. All preparations have been finalized for the rally to be held in a local stadium in Kotla Arab Ali Khan. The ousted prime …

KARACHI: Complying with the Supreme Court orders, State Bank of Pakistan has frozen the bank accounts of former SSP Malir Rao Anwar, fugitive in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case. Sources said the SBP has submitted details of Rao Anwar’s accounts in the apex court. Anwar has two bank accounts, both in …

SHARJAH: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has claimed that its stringent anti-corruption measures employed effectively foiled bid by an international fixing syndicate to corrupt the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL). Two bookies belonging to an international fixing syndicate attempted to approach players during the PSL third edition in Dubai via …