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WASHINGTON - Experts say President Donald Trump's bid to defend free expression on the Internet could end up having the opposite effect - and even put the United States offside in its new trade agreem...

OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for public access to government information has reminded his cabinet colleagues of the need for transparency and accountability "even in times of crisis." In ...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:18 a.m. on May 28, 2020: There are 88,467 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 49,702 confirmed (inclu...

ST. LAWRENCE, N.L. - A small Newfoundland and Labrador community is preparing a virtual service to mourn the deaths of four fishermen, three of them from one family. The Canadian Coast Guard...

NEW YORK - Jonathan Karp, who has worked with authors ranging from Sen. Edward Kennedy to Susan Orlean, has been named the new CEO of Simon & Schuster. He replaces Carolyn Reidy, who died two week...

TOKYO - Just two months after the unprecedented Olympic postponement, organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto was asked Thursday about progress toward next year's rescheduled Tokyo Games. "If you ask, a...

MINNEAPOLIS - Violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody rocked a Minneapolis neighbourhood for a second straight night as angry crowds looted stores, set fires and left a path o...

OTTAWA - Canada joined with its major allies Thursday in condemning China for imposing a new national security law on Hong Kong, one day after a contentious B.C. court ruling in the Meng Wanzhou affai...

WASHINGTON - U.S. orders for big-ticket factory goods plunged for the second straight month in April as the coronavirus pandemic hammered the economy. The Commerce Department said Thursday that orders...

BERLIN - Germany said Thursday it is seeking EU sanctions against a Russian man over his alleged role in the hacking of the German parliament at a time when evidence shows he was working for Russian i...