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Scheer seeks guarantee SNC-related documents will be saved by bureaucrats
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has written to the government's top bureaucrat to ask him to keep a list of any requests he gets to delete records - suggesting that a...
Oct 20, 2019
Netflix releases Panama Papers movie despite lawsuit
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Netflix has released a movie based on the so-called Panama Papers despite an attempt by two lawyers to stop the streaming premiere. "The Laundromat," starring Gary Oldman, Antonio B...
Oct 20, 2019
Mixed message: Boris Johnson seeks Brexit delay, sort of
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed ahead Sunday with plans to try to win parliamentary backing for his new Brexit deal even as the European Union began considering his grudging requ...
Oct 20, 2019
'The Casagrandes' extols Mexican American life via animation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - "The Casagrandes," Nickelodeon's new original animated series that centres around an 11-year-old girl trying to survive a big city, is one of the first cartoons in the U.S. to feat...
Oct 20, 2019
Faced with protests, Lebanon PM blames own gov't for crisis
BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister gave his partners in government a 72-hour ultimatum to come up with "convincing" solutions for a rapidly worsening economic crisis, as nationwide protests against the...
Oct 20, 2019
Johnson returns to London to drum up support for Brexit deal
LONDON - After defying expectations to win the backing of European Union leaders for his new Brexit deal , Prime Minister Boris Johnson was battling Friday to secure enough support to get the deal thr...
Oct 20, 2019
US defence chief in Afghanistan to assess the way ahead
KABUL - U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper has arrived in Kabul to assess what comes next for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Peace talks with the Taliban are stalled and persistent violent attacks b...
Oct 20, 2019
Hong Kong protesters set up roadblocks, clash with police
Hong Kong protesters flooded the city's streets on Sunday in defiance of a ban by the authorities on their march, setting up roadblocks and tossing firebombs amid the firing of tear gas by police. Pro...
Oct 20, 2019
Trump drops plan to host G-7 at his Doral golf resort
WASHINGTON - Responding to stinging criticism, President Donald Trump has abruptly reversed his plan to hold the next Group of Seven world leaders' meeting at his Doral, Florida, golf resort next year...
Oct 20, 2019
India, Pakistan exchange fire in Kashmir, killing 9
SRINAGAR, India - Pakistani and Indian soldiers traded fire in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, killing at least nine people on both sides, officials said. The Indian military said Pakistani soldiers targe...
Oct 20, 2019