5: At least five Canadian provinces have removed existing COVID-19 shots to make room for updated doses that are set to arrive this fall, but … it’s not fall yet! The provincial governments of Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Alberta say they took the measure at the direction of Health Canada, but federal authorities say it was a misunderstanding. The old shots weren’t supposed to be destroyed until after the approved new ones arrived. Now many Canadians might not have ready access to shots until October.
30: Air Canada has reportedly offered its pilots a 30% pay increase in a bid to head off a possible mid-September strike at the national flagship carrier. As reported by Bloomberg, pilots would get an upfront 20% pay increase, with the remaining 10% distributed over three years.
3.5: The US economy in July generated its lowest monthly level of job openings in 3.5 years, with just 1.07 open job positions for every unemployed person. That’s down from 1.16 in June. The info comes atop four straight months of rising unemployment, which now sits at 4.3%, and has stoked speculation about whether the Fed will cut rates by more than the 25 basis points expected at its mid-September meeting.
10 million: The US on Wednesday formally accused two Russia-based employees of the Russian state media company RT of orchestrating a $10 million scheme to influence the US election. The plot involved using fake identities and shell companies to hire a Tennessee-based video production company to produce content meant to amplify America’s (already deep) political divisions.
Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump launched a war of choice to topple Iran's regime expecting a quick, clean win.
Last week, Microsoft, Europol, and industry partners took coordinated action to disrupt Tycoon 2FA, a major phishing‑as‑a‑service operation designed to bypass multifactor authentication. Active since 2023, the service fueled large‑scale online impersonation, enabling fraud, data theft, and disruptions across sectors, including healthcare and education. Acting under a US court order, the coalition seized hundreds of domains that powered Tycoon 2FA’s infrastructure — underscoring the need for global, public‑private cooperation to counter industrialized cybercrime and protect digital trust. Read the full blog here.
Australian mining giant Lynas will sell rare earths to Japan for 12 years in a major pact meant to chip away at China’s dominance of the global market.