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Germany to host Ukraine peace summit in Berlin
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday announced her first summit in over a year with the Russian, Ukrainian and French presidents to discuss efforts toward peace in eastern Ukraine, but ...
Oct 18, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Oct. 18
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 18 --- OTTAWA PREPARES TO DISCUSS HEALTH SPENDING Health Minister Jane Philpott faces a tough discussion with her provincial and territorial counterparts toda...
Oct 18, 2016
Belgium still holding up EU approval of Canada trade deal
LUXEMBOURG - European Union nations failed to endorse a landmark trade deal with Canada as scheduled on Tuesday, but remain optimistic they can do so by next week, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau i...
Oct 18, 2016
What if Trump never concedes the election: 'Rigged' talk raises vexing scenario
WASHINGTON - Scolded by his own party, slammed by the president as a whiner and censured by the chattering classes as a threat to American democracy, Donald Trump stuck to his guns Tuesday and insiste...
Oct 18, 2016
Provinces, territories push against idea health funding not going to health care
TORONTO - Health Minister Jane Philpott offered an apology of sorts to her provincial and territorial counterparts Tuesday after some of them pushed back against her argument that federal health dolla...
Oct 18, 2016
Dennis Oland's lawyer says 'mistake' about jacket not a sign of guilt
FREDERICTON - Dennis Oland’s lawyer says the Crown used speculation that was not backed by evidence to get a conviction of second-degree murder in the killing of Oland’s multi-millionaire ...
Oct 18, 2016
Russia, Syria halt Aleppo airstrikes ahead of 8-hour lull
MOSCOW - Russian and Syrian warplanes halted their airstrikes on Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo on Tuesday in preparation for a temporary pause in the military push that Moscow has announced fo...
Oct 18, 2016
Obama praises Italian leader for 'bold' leadership
WASHINGTON - Seeking to boost a close ally, President Barack Obama threw his support Tuesday behind efforts that Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is taking to overhaul that country’s politica...
Oct 18, 2016
AP Exclusive: US ignored rising-sea warnings at radar site
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The U.S. Air Force is spending nearly $1 billion to build a radar installation that will help keep astronauts and satellites safe by tracking pieces of space junk as small as...
Oct 18, 2016
Wanda lures Hollywood to China with 40 per cent rebate offer
BEIJING - Chinese entertainment giant Wanda is offering producers a rebate of 40 per cent to promote its upcoming $8 billion movie studio in eastern China in an ambitious bid to establish the complex ...
Oct 18, 2016