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Voices of Iranians ahead of presidential election
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s presidential election is seen as a referendum on Hassan Rouhani’s outreach to Western nations and the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which lifted crippling inte...
May 17, 2017
Ireland to get new leader as Enda Kenny steps down
DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny announced Wednesday he is resigning as leader of the Fine Gael party, paving the way for his replacement as the country’s head of government. After meeti...
May 17, 2017
Dumped Tory candidate squabbles with leader, is 'looking into' continuing her bid
HALIFAX - An ejected Tory candidate says she is looking into continuing her bid for public office, as she traded fresh barbs with the party’s leader about whether she faced a double standard whe...
May 17, 2017
Resolute U.S. racketeering lawsuit against Greenpeace moved to California
TORONTO - A racketeering lawsuit launched by multinational forestry giant Resolute Forest Products against Greenpeace should be heard in California, an American court has ruled. Amid a ramped-up publi...
May 17, 2017
Guay, Osborne-Paradis lead Canada's alpine team into 2017-18 season
CALGARY - World champion Erik Guay and bronze medallist Manny Osborne-Paradis are the headliners of Canada’s alpine ski team for next season. Alpine Canada announced its World Cup alpine and ski...
May 17, 2017
Raonic downs Haas in straight sets, advances to third round at Italian Open
ROME - Canada’s Milos Raonic advanced to the third round of the Italian Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Germany’s Tommy Haas on Wednesday. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., used his dominant ser...
May 17, 2017
Daredevil Nik Wallenda's wife to dangle by her teeth over Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - The trapeze-artist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda is planning her own stunt high above Niagara Falls. Five years after Nik Wallenda walked over the falls on a high wire, aerialis...
May 17, 2017
Gisele Bundchen: Tom Brady had a concussion last year
BOSTON - Tom Brady played through a concussion last year on his way to a fifth Super Bowl title, according to his wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen. The injury, which was not reported by the team, left...
May 17, 2017
Comedian's 'Nazi slut' jab at German politician ruled legal
BERLIN - A German court has ruled that a comedian’s comments calling a leading figure in the nationalist Alternative for Germany party a “Nazi slut” on a television show were satiric...
May 17, 2017
No one took command during gunman's 2014 Moncton rampage, RCMP trial told
MONCTON, N.B. - No one took command during a 2014 shooting rampage in Moncton, N.B., so officers were forced to make their own decisions amid the chaos, a retired assistant RCMP commissioner told the ...
May 17, 2017