Global National: Aug. 20

A Canadian-Antiguan is dead and six other people are missing off the coast of Sicily, Italy, where the Bayesian, a luxury yacht, sank in a sudden and intense storm. Why the search and rescue mission is so dangerous for divers; the new footage of the storm that sank the superyacht; who else was on board; and the firsthand account of a man who helped rescue 15 people who made it out of the Bayesian. Canada’s inflation rate cooled to 2.5 per cent in July, the slowest pace for price growth in more than two years. What fuelled the deflation; what costs are still high; and what this might mean for interest rates. It’s incredibly difficult to get out of the Gaza Strip, where no one is truly safe amid Israel’s war on Hamas, but two Palestinians have finally been able to escape and reunite with their family in Calgary. Their emotional reunion; the long, bureaucratic and costly journey to make it happen; and the worries about loved ones still trapped in Gaza. Plus, hope is growing for U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances of winning the race for the White House, which would make her America’s first-ever female president. Polls show Harris ahead of her Republican rival, former U.S. president Donald Trump. The history of other women on the presidential ticket of a major party, and the cautious optimism that Harris can demolish the glass ceiling.

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