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IMF upgrades eurozone, Japan; leaves world outlook unchanged
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund upgraded the economic outlook for Europe, Japan and China…
Grab builds out war chest in a fight for car-share dominance
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The taxi app Grab has been given an additional $2 billion in…
Germany: Turkey withdraws request for info on 700 firms
BERLIN – Germany says the Turkish government has withdrawn a request for information on nearly…
The Latest: Business groups defend Straits of Mackinac pipe
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – The Latest on public feedback regarding a consultant’s report on the…
KKR’s Internet Brands buying WebMD in $2.8B deal
NEW YORK – KKR is buying health information website WebMD in a deal valued at…
The Latest: Dog-walker saw chainsaw suspect in Swiss woods
BERLIN – The Latest on an attack in the northern Swiss city of Schaffhausen (all…
Prosecutor files request to resume landmark Srebrenica trial
BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbia’s new chief war crimes prosecutor has filed a request to resume…
Saving Omar Khadr: ‘We plugged all the holes,’ chopper medic recounts
TORONTO – ‘This is human life’ For years the battle-hardened and decorated American veteran wrestled…
Bombshell stories spur news war with a twist
NEW YORK – Print outlets like The New York Times and Washington Post have developed…
Iran confiscates 30 horses, mules carrying weapons
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the country’s border guards…
Riding the rails: Touring Rhode Island on a rail bike
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. – There’s a new way to ride the rails in Rhode Island: by…
Brazil’s 1982 World Cup goalkeeper dies after heart attack
RIO DE JANEIRO – Former Brazil goalkeeper Waldir Peres, a member of three World Cup…
No word when power back on after windstorm through Shuswap, southeast B.C.
MAGNA BAY, B.C. – Powerful winds raked southern British Columbia Sunday, toppling trees and downing…
George RR Martin working on next ‘Song of Ice and Fire’
NEW YORK – George RR Martin says the next “Song of Ice and Fire” book…
Spanish islands approve booze-free and bloodless bullfights
MADRID – Bullfights in Spain’s Balearic Islands will be shorter, bloodless and only for adults…
Review: “Paradise Valley” by C.J. Box is taut, suspenseful
“Paradise Valley: a Novel” (Minotaur), by C.J. Box “Paradise Valley” reaches the same level of…
Trump tells reporter to be “quiet”
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump told a reporter asking questions Monday to be “quiet.” A…
UN envoy: Cyprus peace talks unlikely to resume anytime soon
NICOSIA, Cyprus – A United Nations envoy said Monday that he sees little chance that…
Pentagon cites unsafe Chinese intercept of US plane
WASHINGTON – The pilot of a U.S. Navy EP-3 surveillance plane took evasive action to…
Big Ten announces new TV deals with FOX, ESPN and CBS
CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will triple its prime-time national TV exposure during football…
Search suspended in Fraser Valley for Vancouver woman last seen on July 8
AGASSIZ, B.C. – RCMP in Agassiz, B.C., say the search has been suspended for Sophie…
U2’s Bono meets French President Macron to discuss poverty
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron has received pop singer and philanthropist Bono at the…
Man charged with killing ex-girlfriend had ‘difficulty accepting’ breakup: docs
A man arrested in the U.S. in connection with the murder of his ex-girlfriend in…
Pothole protests: Mayor in Labrador wants his town to join Quebec
L’ANSE-AU-LOUP, N.L. – The mayor of a small town in southern Labrador says he has…