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WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department will ramp up the size of the bonds and other securities it auctions across-the-board in the face of the unprecedented borrowing needs of the the U.S. government as...

LONDON - Mourners remembered activist John Hume on Wednesday, celebrating the visionary politician who devoted his life to peace and forged the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ire...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell in June for the first time since February as exports posted a record increase, rising twice as fast as imports. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the...

U.S. businesses sharply reduced hiring last month suggesting that the resurgent viral outbreak this summer slowed the economic recovery as many states closed parts of their economies again and consume...

Rawane Al Zahed remembers running through her home to check on her family after she heard blasts rip through Beirut and felt the ground shake beneath her feet. Al Zahed, who has filed paperwork to joi...

MONTREAL - Tropical storm Isaias is blowing through the southern part of Quebec, bringing with it strong winds and heavy rain and causing power outages that have left tens of thousands in th...

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron is travelling to Lebanon on Thursday to offer support for the troubled country after a massive, deadly explosion that has drawn global pledges of medical and h...

KAMLOOPS - I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES it has to be said before we stop stigmatizing the North Shore as the crime centre of the city.Case in point. There was a home invasion a few days ago on the North Sh...

LONDON - A British judge ruled Wednesday that the Duchess of Sussex can keep her friends' names secret while she brings a privacy invasion lawsuit against a British newspaper. High Court judge Mark Wa...

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 Aug. 5. What we are watching in Canada ... Nea...