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China's Huawei says it hasn't collected Facebook user data
BEIJING - Chinese phone maker Huawei said Wednesday it has never collected or stored Facebook user data, after the social media giant acknowledged it shared such data with Huawei and other manufacture...
Jun 6, 2018

Secret Obama-era permit let Iran convert funds to dollars
WASHINGTON - After striking an elusive nuclear deal with Iran, the Obama administration found itself in a quandary in early 2016: Iran had been promised access to its long-frozen overseas reserves, in...
Jun 6, 2018
GOP's Cox faces tough slog in race for California governor
LOS ANGELES - Republican John Cox thinks high taxes, a high cost of living and a growing housing crisis give him an opening to take on Democrat Gavin Newsom in the fight to be California’s next ...
Jun 6, 2018
Kim's charm offensive may benefit his army if sanctions ease
TOKYO - While raising hopes for denuclearization and a peace treaty to finally end the Korean War, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s newly found focus on diplomacy comes with an ironic flipside:...
Jun 6, 2018
Some Brazil 'Zika kids' try school, others fight to survive
FREI MIGUELINHO, Brazil - On Tuesdays, 18-month-old Joaquim Santos spends an hour sitting by himself in a corner of a special needs classroom in this small city in northeast Brazil, one of the country...
Jun 6, 2018
At Guatemala volcano, time running out for rescue chances
SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala - Emergency crews pulled more bodies from what remained of villages devastated by the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire on Wednesday, but time was quickly r...
Jun 6, 2018

Aide who dismissed McCain could resurface in administration
WASHINGTON - A West Wing aide who dismissed the concerns of cancer-stricken Sen. John McCain could resurface in a new role after leaving her White House job. Kellyanne Conway, a counsellor to Presiden...
Jun 6, 2018
High court says libel suit against Israeli newspaper should be heard in Israel
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a Canadian businessman who claims he was defamed by an Israeli newspaper will have to pursue his libel case in Israel. Mitchell Goldhar, who owns a soccer tea...
Jun 6, 2018

Giuliani: Trump forced North Korea's Kim to beg for meeting
JERUSALEM - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday boasted that Donald Trump’s tough line had forced the North Korean leader to beg to re-schedule a high-profile summit after the presi...
Jun 6, 2018
Banff hiker receives minor injury in grizzly bear attack
BANFF- A hiker suffered a minor hand injury when he was attacked by a female grizzly bear on a trail in Banff National Park. Parks Canada says the lone hiker was on the Lake Minnewanka shoreline trail...
Jun 6, 2018