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Pence in Bogota to discuss ways to oust Venezuela's Maduro
BOGOTA - The United States is planning new ways to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to give up power and other means to provide assistance to the people of the economically devastated Sout...
Feb 27, 2019
US envoy meets with Taliban co-founder ahead of new talks
DOHA, Qatar - U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with one of the founders of the Taliban for the first time on Monday ahead of the latest round of talks with the insurgents aimed at ending the 17-year wa...
Feb 27, 2019
Poor People's Campaign to hold bus tours of poverty areas
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Poor People's Campaign will hold bus tours of poverty-stricken areas in more than 20 states to call attention to "what the national emergencies really are" in the wake of President...
Feb 27, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 25
Five stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 25 --- SINGH'S FATE IN HANDS OF BYELECTION VOTERS Jagmeet Singh's political fate, and the fortunes of the New Democratic Pa...
Feb 27, 2019
Iran's president rejects resignation of his foreign minister
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president rejected the resignation of his foreign minister on Wednesday, throwing his full support behind the diplomat who negotiated the country's nuclear deal with world powers...
Feb 27, 2019
Singh cements leadership with B.C. byelection win but NDP loses Outremont
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh tightened his shaky grip on the reins of the NDP Monday by winning a do-or-die federal byelection in British Columbia. But the challenge he now faces in reviving ...
Feb 27, 2019
My moose is bigger than your moose: Norwegian politician to visit Saskatchewan
REGINA - The deputy mayor of a Norwegian municipality with a sculpture that set off a mighty moose match with a Saskatchewan prairie city is to arrive for a visit later this week. Part of he...
Feb 27, 2019
Wilson-Raybould warns she still can't tell full SNC-Lavalin story
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould finally gets the chance today to "speak her truth" about the SNC-Lavalin affair, breaking a three-week silence that has fuelled a controversy based, so far, strictly...
Feb 27, 2019
Billionaire list shows $1T hit from '18 market meltdown
BANGKOK - A rich list by wealth compiler Hurun Report shows the market meltdowns in 2018 obliterated $1 trillion in wealth, with more than 212 of China's richest individuals losing their dollar billio...
Feb 27, 2019
China drafts rules on biotech after gene-editing scandal
BEIJING - China has unveiled draft regulations on gene editing and other potentially risky biomedical technologies after a Chinese scientist's claim of helping to create gene-edited babies roiled the ...
Feb 27, 2019
