WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
– Rustam Minnekayev, the deputy commander of Russia’s central military district, told state news agencies on Friday the country aims to seize the entire Donbas region and capture all of southern Ukraine. In response, the defence ministry of Ukraine said on Twitter that “(Russia) stopped hiding it” and that the goal of the second phase of the war “is not victory over the mythical Nazis, but simply the occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine.” Mazar Technologies, a satellite images provider, released photos on Friday showing 200 mass graves outside Mariupol and could hold as many as 9,000 dead, according to Mariupol City Council. On Thursday, Russia imposed entry bans on 61 Canadians including Canada’s United Nations Ambassador Bob Rae, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem and five premiers.
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– The run-off of France’s presidential election will take place on Sunday with incumbent Emmanuel Macron leading recent polls by 10 to 14 percentage points over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. However, three in 10 voters have also said they either won’t vote in the election or have not made up their minds on who to vote for.
– Friday marked Earth Day around the world and activists in Brussels, Berlin, Warsaw and other locations were holding protests calling for a halt to Russian oil and gas imports and an end to building fossil fuel infrastructure. Youth protesters gathered in Bangkok and Stockholm, while in New York City, the activist group Extinction Rebellion blocked a newspaper printing facility while asking for more media coverage of climate change.
