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Quebec construction strike: premier promises back-to-work legislation next week
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he will begin the process of adopting back-to-work legislation Monday if there is no agreement in the province’s construction strike. Couillard ...
May 25, 2017
Manchester attack a tough test for UK leader Theresa May
MANCHESTER, England - It’s a moment all leaders dread: Standing on television to tell the nation there has been a bombing - and another attack might be coming. British Prime Minister Theresa May...
May 25, 2017
Trump scolds fellow NATO leaders: Spend more for military
BRUSSELS - Surrounded by stone-faced allies, President Donald Trump rebuked fellow NATO members Thursday for failing to meet the military alliance’s financial benchmarks, asserting that leaves i...
May 25, 2017
Trump takes a more cautious approach on big trip
BRUSSELS - In his first big tour on the world stage, President Donald Trump is choosing caution over his usual brand of chaos. The early morning Twitter rants that so often rattle Washington have disa...
May 25, 2017
Officials: Manchester bomber passed through Germany, Turkey
BERLIN - The suspected bomber in the concert attack in Britain passed through Germany and Turkey before the attack, authorities said Thursday. Salman Abedi spent only a short time at Duesseldorf airpo...
May 25, 2017
Obama gets rock-star welcome in Berlin, praises Merkel
BERLIN - Barack Obama received a rock-star welcome in Berlin as he appeared at a public debate Thursday with Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom he praised as one of his “favourite partners” du...
May 25, 2017
Foreigners detained in Japan stage hunger strike to stay
TOKYO - Dozens of foreigners seeking permission to stay in Japan have staged a hunger strike while in detention, highlighting what human rights advocates say is shoddy treatment of foreigners here. Su...
May 25, 2017
Beijing protests US Navy patrol through South China Sea
BEIJING - China protested a U.S. Navy patrol that sent a guided missile destroyer near a group of man-made islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, in the first American challenge to Beijing’...
May 25, 2017
US jobless claims rose slightly to 234,000 last week
WASHINGTON - Slightly more people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, but jobless claims remained at historically low levels. THE NUMBERS: Applications for weekly unemployment aid rose 1,000 ...
May 25, 2017
Two men dead following separate incidents in Montreal
Montreal police are investigating the city’s ninth and 10th homicides of the year in different neighbourhoods. One victim died in hospital Wednesday after being stabbed during an altercation lat...
May 25, 2017