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Ambrose suggests UN Security Council seat is motivating the peacekeeping mission
OTTAWA – The Conservatives are planning to push the Liberals to better define their plans…
Parliament resumes with government facing tough choices, stagnant economy
OTTAWA – Now for the hard part. After 10 months of a prolonged honeymoon, consultations…
Bald eagle nursed back to health released into wild
GRAFTON, W.Va. – An injured bald eagle that was nursed back to health in northern…
Ex-England player Gascoigne pleads guilty to racial offence
DUDLEY, England – Troubled former England player Paul Gascoigne has pleaded guilty to a racially…
The Latest: CDC: Aerial spraying, naled helped curb Zika
MIAMI – The Latest on the active Zika transmission zone being lifted in one Miami…
FDA Oks 1st muscular dystrophy drug; awaits proof it works
WASHINGTON – Federal regulators on Monday granted tentative approval to the first drug for muscular…
The Latest: 50 migrants rescued off western Greece
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – The Latest on Europe’s migration crisis (all times local): 9 p.m. Greek…
Milo Ventimiglia on the appeal of new family drama ‘This Is Us’
TORONTO – With many calling it the new “Parenthood” and over eight million views of…
Congress struggles to finish Zika aid, prevent shutdown
WASHINGTON – Congressional negotiators on Monday pressed to wrap up a must-do spending bill to…
Chicago police to undergo mandatory ‘de-escalation’ training
CHICAGO – The Chicago Police Department launched mandatory training designed to help officers de-escalate conflicts,…
The Latest: UN says many killed in Syria aid convoy attack
BEIRUT – The Latest on the developments in Syria, where a Russia-U.S.-brokered cease-fire, now in…
Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemic
For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum…
Uruguay rejects demand by hunger-striking ex-Gitmo detainee
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Uruguay’s government on Monday rejected an ultimatum from a former Guantanamo…
Jim Carrey calls lawsuit over ex’s death ‘heartless’
LOS ANGELES – Jim Carrey says a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estranged husband…
Critics pick favourites at upcoming Met Opera season
NEW YORK – Two tragedies of love and death, along with the inspiring story of…
Vancouver-Seattle partnership must be explored, Innovation Minister says
VANCOUVER – Canada’s Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister says it’s important to explore ways…
In Zimbabwe, comedy thrives as country slowly falls apart
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s economy is falling apart, and police are cracking down on growing…
Israel: Palestinian killed after attempted stabbing
JERUSALEM – Israel’s military said its troops shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian on Tuesday…
Protesters march at EU headquarters over planned trade link-ups with Canada, US
BRUSSELS – Thousands of demonstrators marched at the European Union headquarters on Tuesday to protest…
Moments in Brad and Angelina’s Hollywood romance
LOS ANGELES – Irreconcilable differences have brought an end to a Hollywood romance for the…
Researchers find 90% of Grassy Narrows residents show signs of mercury poisoning
TORONTO – The chief of the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario says the…
Parents: Arizona pilot of burning plane performed heroically
PHOENIX – Her voice cracking, the mother of an Arizona pilot burned keeping a blazing…
Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompts UN response
NEW YORK – World leaders are pushing to end the overuse of antibiotics and to…
Judge says Pennsylvania inmate’s decades in solitary to end
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered prison officials to end a convicted…