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STOCKHOLM - A Swedish appeals court on Friday upheld a detention order for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, dismissing the latest attempt by the 45-year-old Australian to make prosecutors drop a rape...

OTTAWA - Consultations on electoral reform are shifting into high gear as the clock ticks down on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise that the 2015 federal election would be the last conduct...

OTTAWA - Canadians may not agree on the kind of voting system they want but Maryam Monsef says they do agree on some common principles they want to see in any electoral reform. The democratic institut...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- DOUBTS EXPRESSED OVER TRAVIS VADER VERDICT The long road to a conviction in the deaths of an elderly Alberta couple may take another twist to...

MONTREAL - Canada is challenging the world to step up and pledge money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday on the first day of an international donor con...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s “Penny Plan” sounds like a painless pinprick in the federal budget - a 1 per cent annual cut in a chunk of government spending, adding up to huge savings....

NEW YORK - Donald Trump has attached a price tag to an economic vision promising what many economists say is impossible: lower taxes, a dramatic expansion in some federal programs and a slimmer govern...

TOKYO - Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to be designated “animation spots” to encourage tourism - using train stations, school campuses, rural shrines and other fairly everyday plac...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - J.A. Happ finally got a win against the Los Angeles Angels. Josh Donaldson went 3 for 3 with two doubles and scored two runs, Russell Martin hit a three-run homer, and the Toronto Bl...

Thursday’s Games MLB American Toronto 7 L.A. Angels 2 Minnesota 5 Detroit 1 Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 7 Baltimore 6 Boston 7 N.Y. Yankees 5 Oakland 14 Kansas City 5 — Natio...