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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to meet with Trudeau today to discuss throne speech
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa today to lay out his priorities in the hope of leveraging his party's position in a minority government. Speak...
Nov 14, 2019
Review of federal fossil fuel subsidies appears to be behind schedule
OTTAWA - Canada's promise to produce an inventory of its fossil fuel subsidies as part of a joint peer review with Argentina appears to be off schedule and may not deliver results until 2021...
Nov 14, 2019
2 dead, 3 injured in a school shooting in Russia
MOSCOW - A student killed a fellow student and wounded three more in a shooting Thursday at a college in Russia before taking his own life, police said. Russia's state Investigative Committee said the...
Nov 14, 2019
German economy grows slightly in 3Q, staving off recession
BERLIN - Germany's gross domestic product returned to modest growth in the third quarter, the Federal Statistical Office reported Thursday, staving off a widely-feared recession in Europe's largest ec...
Nov 14, 2019
Afghan president: 3 Taliban released for held US, Australian
KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday announced that his government has released three prominent Taliban figures in an effort to get the insurgents to free two university professors - an Am...
Nov 13, 2019
Leonard leads Clippers past Raptors in 1st game vs old team
LOS ANGELES - Kawhi Leonard wasn't at his best against his former team. His new teammates knocked down big shots and won anyway. Leonard struggled on 2-for-11 shooting and had nine turnovers, but Lou ...
Nov 13, 2019
Trains collide in Bangladesh, killing at least 16
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and injuring scores, officials said. Local police chief Shayamal Kanti Das said the collision took ...
Nov 13, 2019
Siakam, VanVleet lead Raptors past Trail Blazers 114-106
PORTLAND, Ore. - Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Fred VanVleet had 30 and Toronto Raptors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 114-106 on Wednesday night. Siakam scored 13 of his 36 points in the fourth qu...
Nov 13, 2019
Joe Pavelski leads Stars past Flames 3-1; Dallas wins eighth game in past 10
CALGARY - Joe Pavelski scored twice, including an empty-net goal, as the Dallas Stars continued their red-hot play with a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Calgary native Ju...
Nov 13, 2019
Islamic Jihad says cease-fire reached to fighting in Gaza
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The Islamic Jihad militant group says a cease-fire has been reached to end two days of heavy fighting with Israel. Spokesman Musab al-Berim says the Egyptian-brokered dea...
Nov 13, 2019
