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Clashing views colour future of stalled N.Korea nuclear talks
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - To hear a beaming Donald Trump at his June summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the solution to North Korea’s headlong pursuit of nuclear weapons, a foreign policy n...
Dec 07, 2018
Brazil future unclear amid opposing ideologies of ministers
RIO DE JANEIRO - With his inauguration just weeks away, Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is assembling a Cabinet of ministers with starkly different views on key issues like climate change, th...
Dec 07, 2018
Japan OKs divisive bill allowing more foreign workers
TOKYO - Japanese lawmakers early Saturday approved government-proposed legislation allowing hundreds of thousands of foreign labourers to live and work in a country that has long resisted accepting ou...
Dec 07, 2018
China prepares mission to land spacecraft on moon's far side
BEIJING - China was preparing to launch a ground-breaking mission early Saturday to soft-land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a spac...
Dec 07, 2018
Ex-major leaguers Valbuena, Castillo die in Venezuela crash
CARACAS, Venezuela - Former major league players Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo were killed in a car crash in Venezuela caused by highway bandits who then robbed them, officials said Friday. The 33-y...
Dec 07, 2018
Carbon monoxide poisonings in B.C. prompt warning about detectors
VANCOUVER - A senior paramedic in British Columbia is encouraging homeowners to buy carbon monoxide detectors and inspect their appliances following a spike in poisonings in the past week. Leon Barano...
Dec 07, 2018
Inquiry into murder-suicide involving Afghan veteran to being early next year
HALIFAX - The long-awaited fatality inquiry into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself in rural Nova Scotia is expected to begin early next year - more than two years af...
Dec 07, 2018
In the news today, Dec. 7
Four stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 7 --- CHINESE TELECOM EXEC DUE IN VANCOUVER COURT A Chinese telecommunications executive who was arrested after an extradition request from the United States ...
Dec 07, 2018
CARTOON 12-07-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 12-07-2018
Dec 07, 2018
Chinese telecom executive accused of fraud over Iran sanctions in United States
VANCOUVER - A senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei is facing allegations of fraud by using a subsidiary to violate United States and European Union trade sanctions against Iran in a case that...
Dec 07, 2018