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North Korea, trade deficit top Trump's agenda in China
BEIJING - The standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons and demands that China do more to balance trade with America will dominate President Donald Trump’s agenda in Beijing. Trump’...
Nov 07, 2017
Canada's progressive push for the updated TPP might not come so easy
The Trudeau government’s push for so-called progressive chapters in a revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement are likely to be a tough sell among many of Canada’s partners in th...
Nov 07, 2017
Kidnapping charges pending after 5 naked suspects arrested
LEDUC- RCMP say kidnapping charges are pending in a bizarre case near Nisku involving a two-vehicle collision and suspects who were not wearing any clothes. Investigators say a man, a woman and an inf...
Nov 07, 2017
Indonesia threatens to block WhatsApp over sexual content
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities say they will block access to the popular WhatsApp instant messaging app if it doesn’t remove sexually explicit content. The Ministry of Communication...
Nov 07, 2017
In Ecuadorean cave, meals offered in darkness by the blind
QUITO, Ecuador - On the outskirts of Ecuador’s capital, young couples and families venture into a pitch-black cave in search of an unlikely experience: a meal in the dark. Blind waiters guide gu...
Nov 07, 2017
Texas authorities: We won't mention shooter's name again
The shooter’s name went unspoken at a news conference on the killings at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and authorities there said they intend to keep refraining from saying it. “W...
Nov 07, 2017
Texas church gunman had run-ins with the law before shooting
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - Wherever Devin Patrick Kelley went after graduating from high school, a trail of violence followed. In New Mexico, Kelley was kicked out of the Air Force following a court-marti...
Nov 07, 2017
Combat and cultural readiness key for new Army trainers
FORT BENNING, Georgia - Army Col. Scott Jackson reaches out and grasps the hand of a male soldier. Their fingers interlaced, Jackson talks to the soldier for a few minutes and then asks if he feels un...
Nov 07, 2017
Welsh politician who resigned amid misconduct claims dies
LONDON - Carl Sargeant, a Welsh politician who resigned from his post in the Welsh government last week after allegations of misconduct, has died suddenly. Many British news organizations reported, wi...
Nov 07, 2017
Egyptian activists pan US actress Helen Hunt in open letter
CAIRO - Egyptian activists condemned American actress Helen Hunt on Tuesday for her participation in a government-organized youth conference they say is whitewashing authorities’ appalling human...
Nov 07, 2017