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MONTREAL - Canadian entrepreneur Guy Laliberte, founder of the Cirque du Soleil circus company, appeared before a judge in French Polynesia on Wednesday over claims of cannabi...

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's most important political parties have agreed to call for a new constitution to replace one impose by a military dictatorship almost 40 years ago. It's a move that follows a m...

MADRID - The Spanish league lost another battle against the Spanish soccer federation on Friday and won't be allowed to take a regular-season match to the United States, at least not for now. The game...

Plcido Domingo is scheduled to sing two concert performances in Verdi's "I Vespri Siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers)" next summer as part of the 100th anniversary Salzburg Festival, which features 221 p...

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 Nov. 13. What we are watching i...

OTTAWA - Geoff Regan, who presided over the House of Commons as Speaker for the last four years, is looking to reprise his role in the new session of Parliament. The Halifax Liberal MP plans to l...

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 Nov. 15. What we are watching i...

OTTAWA - The ripples from Venezuela's collapse are shifting Canada's Western Hemisphere neighbourhood, creating major long-term costs for the new Liberal minority government. South America's bord...

EDMONTON - An established Edmonton charity that has supported philanthropy in the community for more than 65 years says the provincial government's inquiry into so-called anti-Alberta activi...

LONDON - Twenty-four prominent British writers and entertainers, including author John LeCarre and actor Simon Callow, say they won't vote for Labour Party candidates in next month's election because ...