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Prague to ink partnership with Taipei after snubbing Beijing
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The city of Prague, the Czech capital, approved Thursday a partnership agreement with the capital of Taiwan, Taipei. The move comes two months after Prague revoked a similar s...
Dec 12, 2019
Democrats, White House forge new North American trade deal
WASHINGTON - House Democrats and the White House announced a deal on a modified North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a major Capitol Hill win Tuesday on the same day that impeachm...
Dec 12, 2019
Wholesale prices unchanged in November as energy prices cool
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices were unchanged in November as the rise in energy costs slowed following a big gain in the previous month. The Labor Department said Thursday that the flat reading in...
Dec 12, 2019
Climate activists protest at EU building as leaders gather
BRUSSELS - Greenpeace activists scaled the European Union's new headquarters in Brussels on Thursday and unfurled a huge banner warning of a "climate emergency," hours before the bloc's leaders gather...
Dec 12, 2019
Tentative deal reached to keep Metro Vancouver's SkyTrains running
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's transit system dodged a major disruption for the second time in less than two weeks on Tuesday as a tentative agreement was reached to keep SkyTrains running. The Ca...
Dec 12, 2019
Hamilton welder to carry Canada colours at World Darts Championship in London
Canadian Matt Campbell is expecting a wild scene when he takes centre stage this weekend at the William Hill World Darts Championship in London. Take a packed house at the 3,000-capacity Ale...
Dec 12, 2019
Ethics law forbids ex-minister Philpott from paid work for First Nation
OTTAWA - The federal ethics law has put a crimp in Jane Philpott's plan to put her experience as a former minister of health and Indigenous services to work for the benefit of a northern Ontario&...
Dec 12, 2019
Finland gets world's youngest prime minister, a woman age 34
HELSINKI - Finland became the country with the world's youngest sitting head of government Tuesday when the Nordic country's parliament chose a 34-year-old woman who is a prolific user of social media...
Dec 12, 2019
Baloney Meter: Is Trudeau's mandate the 'weakest' in Canadian history?
OTTAWA - "The Liberal party lost votes and seats in every region of the country. It lost the popular vote and was reduced to a minority government with the weakest mandate in Canadian history." - Cons...
Dec 12, 2019
Democrats' impeachment charges say Trump betrayed the nation
WASHINGTON - House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, declaring he "betrayed the nation" with his actions toward Ukraine as they pushed toward historic pro...
Dec 12, 2019