By MarketsFarm
WINNIPEG, June 21 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
– More than 40,000 railway workers in Britain were on strike Tuesday, marking the largest rail labour action in the country in 30 years. The strike caused major disruptions across the country, with the London Underground subway system also mostly closed due to a separate strike.
– Israel will hold its fifth parliamentary election in three years, as the current ruling coalition of eight parties disbands its alliance and the government fast-tracks a bill to dissolve parliament. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has seen a number of defections from his party, making it difficult to pass laws.
– Russia is threatening to impose measures against Lithuania that would have a ‘significant negative impact’. The threats come as Lithuania has blocked Russian rail shipments running through the country to Moscow’s Kaliningrad enclave on the Black Sea.
