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Uber acquires Mideast competitor Careem for $3.1 billion
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Ride-hailing service Uber announced on Tuesday it has acquired Mideast competitor Careem for $3.1 billion, giving the San Francisco-based firm the commanding edge in a re...
Mar 26, 2019
UK PM May faces heavy pressure to step down to save Brexit
LONDON - Embattled Prime Minister Theresa May was scrambling Sunday to win over adversaries to her Brexit withdrawal plan as key Cabinet ministers denied media reports that they were plotting to oust ...
Mar 26, 2019
US backed Syrian force clears area retaken from IS
BEIRUT - U.S.-backed Syrian fighters cleared explosives in the last area retaken from the Islamic State group on Sunday and arrested a number of militants hiding in tunnels, a day after declaring mili...
Mar 26, 2019
Terror at sea: Helicopter rescues frighten cruise passengers
STAVANGER, Norway - Rodney Horgen recalled the moment he thought he was facing the end: when a huge wave crashed through the Viking Sky cruise ship's glass doors and swept his wife 30 feet across the ...
Mar 26, 2019
Trump didn't co-ordinate with Russia in 2016, report declares
WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or co-ordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached...
Mar 26, 2019
Military-backed party leads Thailand's post-coup election
BANGKOK - A military-backed party has taken the lead in Thailand's first election since a 2014 coup, preliminary results showed, suggesting junta leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha could stay...
Mar 26, 2019
Russian accused of trying to smuggling orangutan out of Bali
DENPASAR, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the resort island of Bali, a conservation official said Sunday. An...
Mar 26, 2019
Canadian peacekeepers evacuated injured French counter-terror troops in Mali
OTTAWA - Canadian peacekeepers were called upon to evacuate several wounded French soldiers in Mali earlier this month after their counter-terrorism patrol was ambushed by militants. The previously un...
Mar 26, 2019
In the news today, March 26
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, March 26 --- CANADIANS EVACUATED COUNTER-TERROR TROOPS IN MALI Canadian peacekeepers were called upon to evacuate several wounded French soldiers in Mali ear...
Mar 26, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meeting with labour leaders in Winnipeg today
WINNIPEG - Justin Trudeau will be focusing on the training benefits in the recently released budget as he meets with labour leaders in Winnipeg today. The prime minister arrived in the city Monday eve...
Mar 26, 2019
