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For US-China trade talks, hopes are high, expectations low
WASHINGTON - U.S. and Chinese negotiators are holding high-level talks aimed at settling a six-month trade war that has weakened both sides, shaken financial markets and clouded the outlook for the gl...
Feb 01, 2019
Dems make opening offer, with no money for Trump's wall
WASHINGTON - Democrats in the House offered a border security plan on Wednesday that would not provide a penny for Donald Trump's border wall, ignoring - for now - an early-morning warning from the pr...
Feb 01, 2019
Prosecutor: El Chapo feared prosecution on US soil
NEW YORK - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was portrayed Wednesday in closing arguments at his U.S. trial as a ruthless Mexican drug lord who also became skilled at evading capture and escaping prison becau...
Feb 01, 2019
Polar blast envelops Midwest, strains aging infrastructure
CHICAGO - A blast of polar air enveloped much of the Midwest on Wednesday, cracking train rails, breaking water pipes and straining electrical systems with some of the lowest temperatures in a generat...
Feb 01, 2019
Trump, Pelosi remain far apart on the border wall issue
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declared that there'll be no "wall money" in any compromise border security deal as she and President Donald Trump signalled that congressional negotiators ...
Feb 01, 2019
US poised to announce withdrawal from nuclear arms treaty
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is poised to announce Friday that it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War and whose demise some ...
Feb 01, 2019
French police tactics at yellow vest protests under fire
PARIS - Is France cracking down too hard on yellow vest protesters? A top European human rights official thinks so, joining other critics decrying the police use of high-velocity rubber projectiles an...
Feb 01, 2019
3 students killed in South Africa school walkway collapse
JOHANNESBURG - At least three students are dead after a walkway collapsed at a school outside Johannesburg, a South African official said Friday. Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education for Gauteng prov...
Feb 01, 2019
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker launches 2020 bid
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Cory Booker on Friday declared his bid for the presidency in 2020 with a sweeping call to unite a deeply polarized nation around a "common purpose." The New Jersey Democrat, who...
Feb 01, 2019
New Brunswick pulls plug on 2021 Francophonie Games, blames Ottawa
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has abandoned plans to host the 2021 Francophonie Games, throwing the international event into turmoil and escalating a feud with the federal government. Premier Blaine Hig...
Feb 01, 2019
