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WASHINGTON - Ivanka Trump is unveiling an effort aimed at helping 50 million women in the developing world get ahead economically over the next six years. On Thursday, the White House will officially ...

LONDON - Authorities have recovered a body from the seabed wreckage of a plane that was carrying soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot. However, British air accident investigators have yet to say ...

BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sparred on Thursday during "robust" talks on the U.K.'s Brexit plans, and agreed to hold more negotiations...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, a sign that layoffs are rare and the job market is strong. The Labor Department says weekly applications f...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump plans to nominate David Malpass, a Trump administration critic of the World Bank, to lead the institution. That is according to a senior administration official who...

HALIFAX - Officials at an undersea Cape Breton coal mine broke a provincial regulation by not reporting a massive roof cave-in until government inspectors showed up 15 days after the fi...

OTTAWA - Daycare fees have dropped - or barely inched up - in some Canadian cities in what might be early signs of the influence of federal child-care money, a new survey says. The fifth ann...

One of nature's greatest migrations may be returning to health after a stunning growth in the number of monarch butterflies that fluttered across North America last year. But if populations of the str...

TORONTO - The Maple Leafs paid tribute to legendary broadcaster Bob Cole on Wednesday night. A video honouring the 85-year-old play-by-play icon was shown on the video screen during the firs...

OTTAWA - Former hockey great Eric Lindros brought his star power to Parliament Hill on Wednesday, urging MPs to develop a single national protocol for preventing and treating sports-related ...