By MarketsFarm
WINNIPEG, Jan. 24 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
- Nigeria opened a new deep seaport in Lagos on Monday, with the US$1.5 billion project expected to ease congestion at ports in the region and help the country become a hub of cargo movement. The Lekki Deep Sea Port is 75 per cent by China Harbour Engineering Company and Singapore’s Tolaram Group.
- In a major shakeup, Ukraine has dismissed more than a dozen senior officials and governors. Many of those leaving their positions were tied to corruption allegations.
- Just days after 11 people were killed in a mass shooting during a Lunar New Year celebration, California saw another mass shooting with seven people killed in an unrelated attack near San Francisco. The retirement-age gunman in the latest attack opened fire at farm workers at two locations in the coastal town of Half Moon Bay before eventually turning himself in to authorities. No motive for either attack is yet known.
