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TEHRAN, Iran - The death toll in Iran from the new coronavirus climbed for another consecutive day, killing 62 more people in the past 24 hours as the government on Wednesday raised the nationwide dea...

EDMONTON- Alberta Agriculture says the 2020 update to its "Blue Book" is now available.It includes information on newly registered pesticide products including herbicides, insecticides, seed treatment...

WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has endorsed former Vice-President Joe Biden. Booker announced on Twitter early Monday that Biden will "restore hon...

BOSTON - After winning guilty verdicts against top Enron executives in one of the most high-profile cases of corporate fraud, the lead prosecutor declared: "No matter how rich and powerful you are, yo...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada: - British Columbia: 39 confirmed, including 1 death - Ontario: 37 confirmed - Alberta: 14 confirmed - Quebec: 4 conf...

TORONTO - Cindy Perry was all set for a March break trip to California with her wife and their two children, but the novel coronavirus outbreak that is sweeping the globe made her reconsider...

CAIRO - Sudan's prime minister said Monday he survived a "terror attack" after an explosion and gunfire targeted his motorcade in the capital Khartoum. Abdalla Hamdok, a longtime economist, tweeted he...

MOSCOW - The Russian parliament approved a sweeping constitutional reform in the third and final reading Wednesday, a move that will allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 12 year...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 11 ... Wha...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's oil company Aramco said Wednesday it will increase production capacity to 13 million barrels per day, up from 12 million per day. The majority state-owned ...