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A recent study on childhood poverty in certain countries found unpaid household chores during childhood can lead to young women being paid less.
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Unpaid household childhood chores linked to lower wages for women in U.K. study

Rogers Communications Inc. says it was unable to switch customers to competing carriers during the unprecedented service outage earlier this month despite offers of assistance from Bell and Telus.
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Rogers unable to switch customers to Bell, Telus, despite competing carrier offers

North Korea on Saturday condemned remarks by a senior White House official about Pyongyang’s cyberattack capabilities and said it would continue to stand against what it called U.S. aggression towards it.
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North Korea denounces U.S. over Washington’s remarks on cryptocurrency stealing

Brexit has contributed to travellers being stuck in gridlock at the start of the summer holidays at the port of Dover, French and U.K. officials have said, as a war of words escalates between the two countries over hours-long delays at the border.
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Brexit blamed for delays as British truckers and travelers face gridlock at Dover

A tentative agreement has been reached between the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) and the union representing workers at several Ontario casinos.
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Tentative deal prevents strike at six casinos, negotiations continue for two others

Rogers Communications Inc. says in a submission to the federal telecom regulator that it could not have restored emergency services any faster during a widespread service outage earlier this month that crippled the company’s networks and affected millions of customers across Canada.
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Rogers says it couldn’t have restored emergency services any faster during outage

Uber Technologies Inc on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement with U.S. prosecutors to avoid criminal charges.
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Uber admits covering up 2016 hacking, avoids prosecution in U.S. settlement

Canadians and businesses can submit claims after several class-action lawsuits were settled within the past year.
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Canadian class-action settlements you could submit a claim for

Herbert Diess, the CEO of the German automaker Volkswagen, is stepping down, the company announced Friday.
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Volkswagen CEO will step down by Sept. 1

The Russian central bank slashed its key interest rate Friday just a month after dropping it to where it was before sending troops into Ukraine, saying inflation is still easing partly as consumer demand falls.
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Russia’s central bank slashes rate, saying inflation slows