National Business

TORONTO — A broad rally led by the energy sector pushed Canada's main stock index higher for a second-straight session after six days of losses.

McDonald's is closing its doors in Russia, ending an era of optimism and increasing the country's isolation over its war in Ukraine . The Chicago burger giant confirmed Monday that it is selling its 850 restaurants in Russia.

MADRID (AP) — A cargo train smashed into a rush-hour passenger train in Catalonia on Monday, killing an engineer and injuring 85 people, Spanish authorities and the regional rail company said.

OTTAWA — Canadian manufacturing sales and wholesale trade figures climbed higher in March, but the gains came due to higher prices. Statistics Canada said Monday manufacturing sales rose 2.5 per cent to $70.

Increasing mortgage rates slowed home sales in April from the frenzied pace they started the year at, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday. The association found the number of homes sold dropped by 25.

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of new home construction in April rose eight per cent compared with March.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faces a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO, and an opponent buoyed Sunday by wins on and off the battlefield.

BERLIN (AP) — Finland's government declared a “new era” is underway as it inches closer to seeking NATO membership, hours before Sweden's governing party on Sunday backed a plan to join the trans-Atlantic alliance amid Russia's war in Ukraine .

HALIFAX — A workplace death investigation is underway following a fatality last week at a Michelin tire plant in Nova Scotia.

BERLIN (AP) — Exit polls suggest that voters backed the incumbent conservative governor and dealt a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in Germany’s most populous state Sunday. Figures released after voting ended at 6 p.m.