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Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, blames temporary factors
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says economic growth during the final quarter of 2019 will be "significantly weaker" than predicted in its fall report. In its latest report on near-term growth, the ...
Feb 13, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeals on solitary confinement
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will revisit the decisions of courts in British Columbia and Ontario that said the federal law allowing prolonged solitary confinement in prison was unco...
Feb 13, 2020
Official: Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for genocide trial
CAIRO - Sudan's transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on charges of war crimes and genocide, a top Sudanese...
Feb 13, 2020
The women of 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' redraw the frame
NEW YORK - What's inside the frame and what's outside of it are electrifyingly synonymous in French filmmaker Cline Sciamma's "Portrait of a Lady on Fire." It's a sumptuous period romance set in 18th-...
Feb 13, 2020
Snoop Dogg apologizes to Gayle King for rant over Bryant
NEW YORK - After days of blistering criticism, Snoop Dogg has finally apologized to Gayle King for attacking her over her interview with former basketball star Lisa Leslie about the late Kobe Bryant. ...
Feb 13, 2020
Canadian research officials return from Geneva with plan to tackle coronavirus
OTTAWA - Canada will aim $6.5 million at research on stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus, after co-ordinating with researchers around the world on tackling the outbreak. Representatives of&nb...
Feb 13, 2020
Canadian volleyball men to open against Rio runner-up Italy at Tokyo Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The Canadian men's volleyball team will open against Rio silver medallist Italy at the Tokyo Olympics. Canada, ranked 10th in the world, will then play No. 9 Japan, No. 8 ...
Feb 13, 2020
UK Treasury chief quits as Johnson shakes up Cabinet
LONDON - U.K. Treasury chief Sajid Javid unexpectedly resigned on Thursday, throwing a carefully planned shakeup of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government into turmoil. Javid had been ...
Feb 13, 2020
Powell: Economy looks resilient despite risk of China virus
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. economy appears durable, with steady growth and unemployment near a half-century low, but faces risks from the broadening...
Feb 13, 2020
Japan reports 1st death from virus, 44 more cases on ship
TOKYO - Japan announced Thursday its first death from a new virus, hours after confirming 44 more cases on a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo as fears of the spreading disease mount in the country. ...
Feb 13, 2020