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Russian economy pressured as hundreds more added to US blacklist
Russian economy pressured as hundreds more added to US blacklist
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The United States added hundreds more companies and individuals to its sanctions blacklist Friday as it broadened efforts to choke of Russia's global supply chains and starve its economy over its war on Ukraine. In all about 300 individuals, companies, institutes, ships and aircraft involved in alleged sanctions-violating activities were added to US Treasury and State Department blacklists.

Canada's WestJet reaches deal averting pilot strike
Canada's WestJet reaches deal averting pilot strike
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Canadian airline WestJet on Friday announced it had reached a tentative deal with its pilots union, a day after it canceled nearly 100 flights in anticipation of a strike. The Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA) had notified WestJet on Monday that 1,800 pilots would stop work starting early Friday morning if a deal was not reached with company executives by Thursday evening.