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Indonesia's Widodo tells AP he'll push economy, labour reform
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo says he is freed from political constraints in his final term and vows to push sweeping economic reforms. Widodo told The Associated Press on Fri...
Jul 26, 2019
Now British PM, brash Boris Johnson faces Brexit conundrum
LONDON - Boris Johnson took over as Britain's prime minister Wednesday, vowing to break the impasse that defeated his predecessor by leading the country out of the European Union and silencing those h...
Jul 26, 2019
Kanesatake chief meets with federal and provincial officials over Oka land dispute
MONTREAL - Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Simon is meeting with representatives from the federal and provincial governments in an attempt to defuse tensions over a land dispute near the Quebec...
Jul 26, 2019
Swedish court documents give details on A$AP Rocky case
HELSINKI - Swedish authorities have released court documents in the assault case in which American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men are charged, with prosecutors saying that the victim was punched ...
Jul 26, 2019
George Takei calls migrant treatment a 'grotesque low'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - George Takei says U.S. migrant detention policies reached depths beyond what Japanese-Americans faced during their World War II internment. Takei, interned as a child, said his...
Jul 26, 2019
Cardinal Ortega, former archbishop of Havana, dies at 83
HAVANA - Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the former archbishop of Havana who helped organize the first papal visit to the communist country and negotiated modest openings with a government that...
Jul 26, 2019
Cosby appeal to focus on other women's testimony, Quaaludes
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month say the accusations from other women are no coincidence, but "the culmination of a decade...
Jul 26, 2019
Allergan expands recall of Biocell textured breast implants following Canadian ban
TORONTO - Allergan PLC says it's voluntarily recalling Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders worldwide, a move that follows Canada's suspension of the product's licences due to po...
Jul 26, 2019
Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem picks up second bronze at world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem has captured her second bronze medal at the 2019 world aquatics championships. The Canadian/U.S. dual citizen came third in the women's 20...
Jul 26, 2019
Mueller: No Russia exoneration for Trump, despite his claims
WASHINGTON - Robert Mueller, the taciturn lawman at the centre of a polarizing American drama, bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump's claims of "total exoneration" Wednesday in the federal probe o...
Jul 26, 2019