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BEIRUT - The battle for control of the Islamic State group’s de facto capital Raqqa, in northern Syria, will begin “within days,” a spokeswoman for a U.S.-backed Syrian force at the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - C. Wade McClusky Jr. faced a tough decision on June 4, 1942: turn his low-on-fuel U.S. Navy air squadron around or keep searching for the Japanese fleet headed for Midway. He decided to...

JOHANNESBURG - The former head of South Africa’s main opposition party faced suspension from party activities on Saturday following tweets in which she said colonialism had some positive results...

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota regulators are getting ready to open a series of 22 public meetings on an oil pipeline project that opponents have dubbed the next Dakota Access pipeline struggle. Enbridge Ene...

TORONTO - A ticket sold in Quebec claimed the $55 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The exact location of the sale has yet to be revealed. There were also eight Maxmillion prizes...

TORONTO - Not even a two-homer night was enough to satisfy Josh Donaldson. The Blue Jays third baseman, who returned from a calf injury just a week ago, led Toronto in a 7-5 win over the New York Yank...

Hockey star Jonathan Toews says the only way to solve climate change is to set aside personal agendas and think on a broader scale. The Chicago Blackhawks captain and two-time Canadian Olympic champio...

TROCHU, Alta. - Environment Canada says a tornado touched down southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. It says it came down near Wimborne, a small community about 216 kilometres south of Edmonton around 5:10 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake rumbled north of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands but did not cause a tsunami or damage structures. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake occurre...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is to meet with his American counterpart in Ottawa next week. Morneau says he looks forward to the June 9 meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. It̵...