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MONTREAL 鈥� The City of Montreal issued a lockdown notice for some residents of an east-end borough on Monday night due to a battery fire at the city's port that has since been brought under control.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� American consumers are feeling less confident this month as concerns about jobs rose significantly. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 98.

China rolled out a raft of measures Tuesday aimed at countering a prolonged downturn in its property market that is weighing on the world鈥檚 second largest economy.

TORONTO 鈥� Brookfield Renewable and its institutional partners have signed an agreement to sell its Saeta Yield renewable energy business in Europe to the UAE's Masdar in a deal valued at US$1.4 billion.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) 鈥� Iran said Tuesday it believes the remaining workers trapped by an explosion at a coal mine in the country's east have died, bringing the death toll in one of its worst industrial disasters to at least 49.

MONTREAL 鈥� The Caisse de d茅p么t et placement du Qu茅bec has signed a deal with Brookfield Asset Management and its institutional partners to buy their 25 per cent stake in British power company First Hydro Co.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) 鈥� Iran said Tuesday it believes the remaining workers trapped by an explosion at a coal mine in the country's east have died, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 49.

Officials in Stockholm claimed that Iran鈥檚 paramilitary Revolutionary Guard carried out 鈥渁 data breach" and managed to send 鈥渟ome 15,000 text messages in Swedish鈥� over the string of public burnings of the Quran.

TORONTO 鈥� A new report says a boost in spending on home renovations during the pandemic has helped contribute to higher prices for single-family homes despite downward market pressure.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) 鈥� Sweden says that Iran was behind thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Quran, Islam's holy book in 2023.