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OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is naming his shadow cabinet, including his predecessor Andrew Scheer as the party's infrastructure critic. O'Toole is keeping Ontario's Pierre Poilievre as f...

NEW YORK - The path that brought rapper and activist Genesis Be to a New York City stage, her body draped in a Confederate flag and a noose hung around her neck, was a long one. Growing up in Mississi...

The 166 remaining Tour de France riders have been cleared to continue racing ahead of Tuesday's Stage 10 after undergoing COVID-19 tests, but the race director is going home. Tour organizers said that...

KYIV, Ukraine - A leading opposition activist in Belarus was held on the border Tuesday after she resisted authorities' attempt to force her to leave the country. Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the Co...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 8 ... What...

OTTAWA - A prominent human-rights organization says Canada is failing to bring suspected war criminals to justice. In a newly released report, Amnesty International Canada depicts the f...

EDMONTON - The Alberta Review Board is to get an update today on the progress of a mentally ill man who stabbed five young people to death at a Calgary house party six years ago. Matthe...

NEW DELHI - India on Tuesday reported 1,133 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day total. The Health Ministry also reported 75,809 new cases, raising India's tally to...

BEIJING - China said Indian forces crossed into territory it holds along their disputed border and fired warning shots at a Chinese patrol in a move it called a "serious military provocation" and a vi...

TOKYO - The official campaigning to lead Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead t...