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Trump will sign border deal but will also declare emergency
WASHINGTON - Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise that would avert a second painful government shutdown. But a new confrontation has been ignited - this time over President Donald...
Feb 15, 2019
AP analysis: Steel tariffs waived even with tough trade talk
WASHINGTON - Despite President Donald Trump's tough talk on trade, his administration has granted hundreds of companies permission to import millions of tons of steel made in China, Japan and other co...
Feb 15, 2019
China's Huawei soft power push raises hard questions
TORONTO - Canada's national game - brought to you by China's Huawei. As a nasty diplomatic feud deepens between the two countries over the tech company, involving arrests and execution orders, it hasn...
Feb 15, 2019
Government Launches Campaign To Save Lives From Opioid Overdoses
The Government of Saskatchewan has launched an awareness campaign to encourage people to learn the signs of an opioid overdose, know how to respond to one, and be assured that The Good Samaritan Act p...
Feb 15, 2019
Nigeria in battle against fake news ahead of elections
ABUJA, Nigeria - In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that he had not died and been replaced by a Sudanese body double....
Feb 15, 2019
No exit: El Chapo likely off to 'Alcatraz of the Rockies'
NEW YORK - In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there's El Chapo. Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high...
Feb 15, 2019
Absent Iran takes centre stage at Mideast talks in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - Although it is absent from the stage, Iran is nevertheless taking the spotlight at a Middle East security conference co-hosted by the United States and Poland that has highlighted dee...
Feb 15, 2019
NATO chief says allies keen to avoid arms race with Russia
BRUSSELS - Taking aim at Russia, NATO's civilian chief said Wednesday the alliance is studying a range of options to counter Moscow's alleged missile treaty violations, and America's top diplomat accu...
Feb 15, 2019
Trump still coy on border deal - but claims victory anyway
WASHINGTON - Even before seeing a final deal or agreeing to seal it, President Donald Trump laboured on Wednesday to frame the congressional agreement on border security as a political win, never mind...
Feb 15, 2019
Budget defeat puts Spain's centre-left government on ropes
MADRID - Catalan separatist and right-wing lawmakers in the Spanish parliament's lower house rejected Wednesday the ruling Socialist government's 2019 budget plan, likely paving the way for Prime Mini...
Feb 15, 2019