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Alimentation Couche-Tard looks to Norway for guidance to adapt to electric cars
MONTREAL – Alimentation Couche-Tard, one of the largest gas retailers in Canada, is looking to…
Burundi leader urges nearly 250,000 refugees to return home
DODOMA, Tanzania – Burundi’s president is urging the nearly quarter-million Burundians sheltering in Tanzania to…
China bans Justin Bieber, citing past ‘bad behaviour’
BEIJING – Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been barred from performing in China due…
Hemingway look-alikes gather in Key West for annual contest
KEY WEST, Fla. – About 160 stocky, white-bearded men resembling Ernest Hemingway have gathered in…
France: Le Pen’s embattled National Front rethinks itself
PARIS – Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front party is holding a high-tension meeting that…
Georgia boy drowns moments after family’s vacation started
KEY COLONY BEACH, Fla. – A 3-year-old Georgia boy drowned in a canal moments after…
New Brunswick seeks champions to help campaign against intimate partner violence
FREDERICTON – Melissa Shea had been married for more than two years but no matter…
QuickList: June inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA – Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.0 per cent in June, Statistics Canada…
Young child’s leg severed after being struck by farming equipment: police
CLEMENTSVALE, N.S. – RCMP say a seven-year-old girl has died of injuries she suffered when…
Tanzania: Opposition figure arrested for rebuking president
DODOMA, Tanzania – Tanzanian authorities said Friday they are holding an opposition figure who is…
Syrian army and Hezbollah launch attack near Lebanese border
BEIRUT – The Syrian army and members of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group launched a major…
The Latest: Spain court drops probe into Syrian crimes
BEIRUT – The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 3:30 p.m. A panel…
D.H. Lawrence Ranch Initiatives, UNM to host writing classes
TAOS, N.M. – D.H. Lawrence Ranch Initiatives is partnering with the University of New Mexico…
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe, 93, reappears after medical treatment
LUPANE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has made his first public appearance since undergoing…
A look at Linkin Park’s top-selling albums and songs
NEW YORK – Since releasing their debut album in 2000, Linkin Park has been one…
Agriculture ministers discuss trade, risk management at two-day meeting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is wrapping up talks with his…
Mounties help livestock displaced by B.C. wildfires as drivers urged to look out
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Thousands of people have been displaced by wildfires in British Columbia, but…
Painted rocks bring kind messages to Delawareans
BEAR, Del. – Carmen Dougherty’s 10-year-old son, Anthony, clutching a painted heart-shaped rock he found,…
‘Dirty Dancing’ turns 30: Film being feted in NY’s Catskills
HURLEYVILLE, N.Y. – The 30th anniversary of the release of “Dirty Dancing” is being celebrated…
Romania: Art exhibit at ex-prison show horrors of communism
PITESTI, Romania – An art exhibition has gone on display at a former Romanian prison…
China would consider sending troops for Djibouti-Eritrea
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – China would consider sending peacekeeping troops to a disputed Djibouti-Eritrea border…
Endurance athlete overcomes paralysis to race, coach again
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – When Beth Sanden crashed her bike after speeding over a wet,…
Universal Music says it will ‘remedy’ lack of French songs in Canadian box set
TORONTO – Universal Music Canada is apologizing for what it says were “errors of omission”…
Tom Sawyer with a revolver? Twain house has live ‘Clue’ game
HARTFORD, Conn. – Was it Tom Sawyer in Samuel Clemens’ billiard room with a revolver?…