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PARIS - Filmmaker Roman Polanski is skipping the awards ceremony for France's equivalent of the Oscars - where his latest movie leads this year's nominations - because of protests prompted by a new ra...

MADRID - Global opera star Plcido Domingo has cancelled his upcoming performances at one of Spain's main opera houses as officials and music venues in the tenor's home country reassess their ties afte...

Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern):   9:50 p.m. Toronto police are responding to a protest in the city's...

OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says the federal government has room to increase spending and still remain financially sustainable over the long run, though the same can't be said for many provi...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders and seized on Mike Bloomberg's past with women in the workplace during a contentious debate Tuesday night that tested th...

LONDON - Global shares fell sharply once again Wednesday as fears over the speed of the new coronavirus around the world accentuated. With the spread around Europe gathering pace - Greece became the l...

NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street, extending a weeklong rout and bringing the Dow Jones Industrial Average 10% below the record high it hit two weeks ago. Investors continue t...

SHERBROOKE, N.S. - A U.S.-based conservation group has chosen a site in Nova Scotia where it plans to build a kind of retirement home for whales raised in captivity. The Whale Sanctuary...

OTTAWA - Canada's long-running effort to buy new fighter jets is facing another delay. The federal government announced Tuesday it is giving jet makers another three months to submit their propos...

TOKYO - A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers ar...