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RCMP arrests 15 people allegedly tied to international money laundering scheme
The RCMP and other police forces arrested 15 people Monday in a series of raids in Montreal and Toronto targeting what investigators say is an extensive international money laundering network wit...
Feb 13, 2019
Naeem Khan gets a boost from a trio of '70s Halston muses
NEW YORK - Naeem Khan brought 1970s glam back to New York Fashion Week with the help of a few models of the era. The Halston icons Pat Cleveland, Karen Bjornson and Alva Chinn closed Khan's show Tuesd...
Feb 13, 2019
2 managers of New Delhi hotel where fire killed 17 arrested
NEW DELHI - Two managers of a New Delhi budget hotel where a fire killed 17 people have been arrested, police said Wednesday. The general manager of the Arpit Palace Hotel, Rajender Singh, and manager...
Feb 13, 2019
Rap artists and women take centre stage at Grammy Awards
LOS ANGELES - Rap artists and women have felt shunned by the Grammy Awards in recent years. But this year, they both took centre stage. Childish Gambino's disturbing look at race relations, "This is A...
Feb 13, 2019
UK government downplays suggestion it will seek Brexit delay
LONDON - The British government on Wednesday downplayed a report that its chief Brexit negotiator said lawmakers will have to choose between backing Prime Minister Theresa May's unpopular divorce deal...
Feb 13, 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 13, 2019
NATO chief says allies keen to avoid arms race with Russia
BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Wednesday that the military alliance is studying a range of options to deal with what it insists are Russian violations of a key missile treat...
Feb 13, 2019
No escape? El Chapo likely off to 'prison of all prisons'
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 hi...
Feb 13, 2019
Unhappy with deal, Trump still doesn't expect a new shutdown
WASHINGTON - Under mounting pressure from his own party, President Donald Trump appears to be grudgingly leaning toward accepting an agreement that would head off a threatened second government shutdo...
Feb 13, 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 13, 2019