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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Airbus on Wednesday became the first airplane manufacturer to receive U.S. government permission to sell aircraft to Iran following last year’s nuclear accord, gett...

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A year ago, members of the Hadhad family were living as refugees after fleeing the war in Syria - but now they’re running a booming chocolate business in Nova Scotia with Prim...

TABER — PepsiCo Foods Canada says its Taber plant will be helping feed Canadians’ desire for the latest snack craze. During September Swiss Chalet restaurants across Canada have been selli...

CAIRO - A boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Wednesday, killing at least 42 people, Egyptian authorities said....

TORONTO - A pair of new studies from Statistics Canada highlight the importance of incorporating physical activity throughout the day for children of all ages, experts said Wednesday. The national sta...

BEIRUT - An airstrike in northern Syria killed four medics responding to an earlier bombing raid, a relief group said Wednesday, as the U.N. announced it would resume aid deliveries suspended after an...

HALIFAX - Shell has abandoned the first of its deepwater exploration wells off Nova Scotia, saying it didn’t find enough oil for commercial production. Work on the Cheshire well, about 250 kilom...

TULSA, Okla. - An unarmed black man shot dead in the middle of a street by a white Oklahoma police officer had run-ins with the law dating back to his teenage years and recently served four years in p...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Prosecutors have said Albuquerque police overreacted in 2014 when they responded to a complaint about a homeless man camping in the foothills bordering the city. They blamed what t...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Torrential rains triggered floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Java, killing at least 20 villagers and leaving 14 others missing, an official said Wednesday. The wor...