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North Korea calls Bolton 'war monger' over missile comment
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Monday called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a "war monger" and "human defect" after he described its recent tests of short-range missiles as a v...
May 29, 2019
Baghdad court sentences fourth French IS member to death
BAGHDAD - The French former members of the Islamic State group were brought into the courtroom in Baghdad one after the other on Monday and made to sit inside a wooden cage in the middle. As they spok...
May 29, 2019
Trump in Japan: Pomp and tense circumstance
TOKYO - All the pomp and pageantry in the world couldn't paper over the tensions between President Donald Trump and Japan's Shinzo Abe on two of their most pressing issues: North Korea and trade. The ...
May 29, 2019
New auto giant? Fiat Chrysler wants to merge with Renault
PARIS - Fiat Chrysler proposed on Monday to merge with France's Renault to create the world's third-biggest automaker, worth $40 billion, and combine forces in the race to make electric and autonomous...
May 29, 2019
In the news today, May 29
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, May 29 --- O'REGAN TO VISIT MERCURY-DAMAGED GRASSY NARROWS Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan is being urged to ensure a long-awaited visit to an ...
May 29, 2019
O'Regan urged to make Grassy Narrows visit 'more than a pre-campaign photo op'
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan is being urged to ensure a long-awaited visit to an Ontario First Nation is substantive and not a pre-election photo opportunity. O'Regan is set&nb...
May 29, 2019
B.C. man who scaled Everest says climb is not for 'faint of heart'
VANCOUVER - When Chris Dare stood on the roof of the world he had tears behind his goggles. The British Columbia man has climbed mountains on seven continents in less than 10 ...
May 29, 2019
Tornadoes strafe Kansas City area in latest spasm of storms
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A vicious storm tore through the Kansas City area, spawning tornadoes that downed trees and power lines, damaged homes and injured at least a dozen people in the latest barrage of s...
May 28, 2019
Blues must try to slow down Bruins in Stanley Cup Final
BOSTON - Jake DeBrusk got a step on Robert Bortuzzo and he was off to the races. Despite missing the net on the breakaway, the message was already sent. Two minutes into the Stanley Cup Final, the Bos...
May 28, 2019
Air Canada experiencing technical issue affecting airport operations
Air Canada says it is experiencing a system-wide technical issue affecting its airport operations, check-in and call centres. Spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick says the airline is working to resolve the pro...
May 28, 2019
