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Kavanaugh confirmation all but sure after long, bitter fight
WASHINGTON - After weeks of shocking accusations, hardball politics and rowdy Capitol protests, a pair of wavering senators declared Friday they will back Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirm...
Oct 05, 2018
India signs $5 billion deal for Russian air defence systems
NEW DELHI - India signed a $5 billion deal to buy five Russian S-400 air defence systems on Friday despite a looming threat of U.S. sanctions on countries that trade with Russia’s defence and in...
Oct 05, 2018
As Gaza worsens, Palestinian leader controls fate of US plan
JERUSALEM - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been sidelined, isolated and humiliated by the Trump administration. But the embattled Palestinian leader may have the final say in determining the ...
Oct 05, 2018
Brazil's Workers' Party likens front-runner to Hitler
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s Workers’ Party is comparing far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro to Adolf Hitler in a new video. The video was published Thursday from the party’s Twitter acc...
Oct 05, 2018
Dave Anderson, sports columnist, Pulitzer winner, dies at 89
NEW YORK - Dave Anderson, a genteel sports writer whose elegant, descriptive prose won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary as a columnist for The New York Times, died Thursday. He was 89. He died at an as...
Oct 05, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions,...
Oct 05, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and La...
Oct 05, 2018
Penhold Fire called to two vehicle collision
PENHOLD- Shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday Penhold Fire responded to a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Highways 2A and 42. A pick-up and a car collided and the driver of the car required extr...
Oct 05, 2018
Lavish wedding tests new Mexico government austerity pledge
MEXICO CITY - It was a lovely wedding, officiated by an archbishop, with designer dresses, palatial decorations and a huge convention-centre reception. But for Mexico’s austerity-minded presiden...
Oct 05, 2018
Latvian vote could see ethnic Russian party at the front
HELSINKI - A political party catering to the ethnic Russian minority is expected to win the most votes in Saturday’s parliamentary election in Latvia - a Baltic member of the European Union and ...
Oct 05, 2018