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New Brunswick premier urges caution as floodwaters continue to rise
FREDERICTON - Rising floodwaters have forced the closure of at least 35 roads in New Brunswick, where the premier is urging residents to do what they can to protect their families ...
Apr 23, 2019
Coca-Cola surprises investors with better-than-expected 1Q
ATLANTA - The Coca-Cola Co. surprised investors with a better-than-expected first quarter but cautioned that it's still expecting slower growth for the full year. Atlanta-based Coke reported net incom...
Apr 23, 2019
Merkel: Ukraine vote gives leader Zelenskiy 'strong mandate'
BERLIN - Angela Merkel's office says the German chancellor has called Ukraine's president-elect to congratulate him, saying the vote gives him "a strong mandate." Merkel spoke Tuesday with Volodymyr Z...
Apr 23, 2019
Witnesses still struggling one year after deadly Yonge Street van attack
TORONTO - The survivor guilt settled in moments after he saw all the bodies. Later came the fear of walking Yonge Street again. He grew hyper-aware of sounds and people around him, looking for an...
Apr 23, 2019
Montreal Impact look to break out of offensive slump in New England
Montreal Impact coach Remi Garde insists he's not too concerned by his team's lack of scoring, despite being mired in the worst offensive slump in Major League Soccer. The Impact (3-3-2) will look to ...
Apr 23, 2019
Brothers sue Jussie Smollett's lawyers, claiming defamation
CHICAGO - Two brothers who say they helped Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack against himself filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the "Empire" actor's attorneys, alleging that they repea...
Apr 23, 2019
Zelenskiy wins Ukraine's presidential election with 73%
KIEV, Ukraine - Full preliminary results show TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy won Ukraine's presidential election with 73% of the vote. The Ukrainian Central Election Commission on Tuesday published t...
Apr 23, 2019
US expands probe into air bag failures to 12.3M vehicles
DETROIT - U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. The problem coul...
Apr 23, 2019
Singh says childhood abuse steeled him for scrutiny and stress of politics
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he decided to "take a chance" and share his story of childhood sexual abuse in hopes of helping other victims. He recounts the assaults for the first time&n...
Apr 23, 2019
Bahrain king reinstates citizenship of 551 amid mass trials
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahrain's king on Sunday reinstated the citizenship of 551 people convicted and stripped of their nationality amid a series of mass trials conducted as part of a yearslon...
Apr 23, 2019