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In tit-for-tat, Trump threatens more tariffs against China
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as the two nations move closer to a trade war. In response, Chi...
Jun 19, 2018
Looking for signs of global warming? They're all around you
GOTHIC, Colo. - David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist. More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers, birds, bees and butterflies first appea...
Jun 19, 2018
Dozens missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia's Lake Toba
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers searching Tuesday for dozens of people missing after a ferry sank on Indonesia’s Lake Toba found bags, jackets, an ID card and other items in the waters but no new ...
Jun 19, 2018
Japan to check concrete walls after Osaka quake deaths
TOKYO - Japan’s government has ordered an emergency inspection of cinder-block walls at schools nationwide, a day after an earthquake in Osaka killed five people, two of whom were crushed by fal...
Jun 19, 2018
Twin brothers reunited 74 years after WWII death at Normandy
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France - For decades, he was known only as Unknown X-9352 at a World War II American cemetery in Belgium where he was interred. On Tuesday, Julius Heinrich Otto “Henry”...
Jun 19, 2018
In death, one young man stands tall in North Korea relations
CINCINNATI - Otto Warmbier’s legacy is still being written a year after his death. The 22-year-old U.S. college student who died in a vegetative state in a Cincinnati hospital days after his rel...
Jun 19, 2018
AS Blainville takes on Ottawa Fury FC in Canadian Championship second round
LAVAL, Que. - Having dispatched the Oakville Blue Devils, AS Blainville looks to take down Ottawa Fury FC and earn a semifinal showdown with defending champion Toronto FC in the Canadian Championship....
Jun 19, 2018
Canadians at risk of being 'data cows' absent big data strategy, documents show
OTTAWA - Artificial intelligence could give internet giants like Facebook and Amazon even more power to reshape the Canadian economy, threatening the viability of domestic businesses, researchers warn...
Jun 19, 2018
University of Guelph giving raises to full-time female faculty after review
All full-time female faculty members at the University of Guelph will be getting a raise after a salary review found they were being paid less than their male colleagues. Charlotte Yates, the provost ...
Jun 19, 2018
Quebec premier urges crane operators back to work as 'illegal' strike continues
MONTREAL - Premier Philippe Couillard warned Quebec’s crane operators Tuesday there will be consequences for what he called an illegal strike, as construction sites were paralyzed across the pro...
Jun 19, 2018