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WASHINGTON - With fanfare and a White House kickoff, House Republicans unfurled a broad tax-overhaul plan Thursday that would touch virtually all Americans and the economy’s every corner, mingli...

VANCOUVER - Canada’s two hottest housing markets experienced above-average home sales last month, according to local real estate board figures, as buyers appear to be snapping up properties ahea...

CAIRO - Scientists say they have found a hidden chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, in what would be the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century and one likely to spar...

A veteran truck driver and father of nine who worked tirelessly to support his family in northeastern Ontario was one of three people killed in a pileup that set off a massive fireball on a highway no...

WASHINGTON - After years of public controversy and debate, work is finally set to begin on a massive memorial to President Dwight Eisenhower. A groundbreaking ceremony Thursday marked the start of the...

LONDON - British police are seeking the extradition from Libya of the brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber on murder charges stemming from the attack. Hashem Abedi, the brother of the bomber...

LONDON - The resignation of Britain’s defence secretary amid a growing sexual harassment scandal is a sign the U.K.’s corridors of power are not always a comfortable place for women. As al...

Three decades had passed since their 1987 graduation from a technology high school in Argentina, but they had kept close through marriages, trips, jobs - mostly as architects - and children. Some had ...

WASHINGTON - When in Asia, make sure handshakes aren’t too long - or short. Don’t bobble names or titles. Stifle the critical tweets. Don’t question the food. These points of etiquet...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott is calling for an emergency meeting early next year on Aboriginal child welfare, declaring that the current situation resembles the horrors of Canad...