How is the estate taxed when the last spouse dies?When a Canadian taxpayer dies, most assets can pass over to the surviving spouse or common law partner without triggering immediate tax through a spousal rollover. Photo by Getty Images/iStockphotoArticle contentIn an increasingly complex world, the Financial Post should be the first place you look for answers. Our FP Answers initiative puts...

As US presence wanes, China works to increase its influence through foreign aid As US presence wanes, China works to increase its influence through foreign aid Audio will be available later today. When the U.S. pulled back on giving out foreign aid last year, fears emerged that China would swoop to take America's place. But China's...

FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets Image Credits:fhm, edited by TechCrunch / Getty Images 8:23 AM PDT · August 11, 2026 The real-time flight tracker FlightAware is suing the prediction market Kalshi for allegedly using its data to host gambling markets. Kalshi started letting users bet on the number of flights cancelled in the...

Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour on new leadership selection process Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour on new leadership selection process Audio will be available later today. NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about Iran's selection of new leadership.

Kyiv struck in deadly strikes on eve of Nato talks, killing nineRescuers in Kyiv are racing to find people trapped under the rubble of partly demolished apartment blocks, after at least nine were killed in Russia's second round of strikes on the Ukrainian capital in a week.Kyiv's top military administrator Timur Tkachenko said 46 people were injured, with at least five children injured.The...