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French court hits Swiss bank UBS with $5.1 billion penalty
PARIS - A French court ordered Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, to pay 4.5 billion euros ($5.1 billion) in fines and damages for helping wealthy French clients evade tax authorities, sending a stern w...
Feb 22, 2019
Possible peace declaration looms large over Trump-Kim summit
TOKYO - With their second summit fast approaching, speculation is growing that U.S. President Donald Trump may try to persuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to denuclearization by giving h...
Feb 22, 2019
Arsenic, lead in water pouring out of former US mine sites
RIMINI, Mont. - Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surrounding strea...
Feb 22, 2019
Final Crown witnesses to take stand in Oland trial as prosecutors near end
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Legal arguments dominated the second-degree murder trial of Dennis Oland on Wednesday and led to an early adjournment before a key prosecution witness could take the stand. Crown pr...
Feb 22, 2019
Japanese-Canadian baseball team, internment highlighted in new heritage minute
VANCOUVER - A new heritage minute is sharing the story of a pioneering baseball team in British Columbia and the shameful government policy that tore them apart. Composed of Japanese Canadian pla...
Feb 22, 2019
Japanese-Canadian baseball team, internment highlighted in new heritage minute
VANCOUVER - A new heritage minute is sharing the story of a pioneering baseball team in British Columbia and the shameful government policy that tore them apart. Composed of Japanese Canadian pla...
Feb 22, 2019
Wintour pays tribute to Lagerfeld's generosity, humour
MILAN - Anna Wintour has paid tribute to Karl Lagerfeld's generosity and sense of humour as she presented a new fashion exhibition. The American Vogue editor-in-chief said Friday in Milan that Lagerfe...
Feb 22, 2019
Egypt executes 9 over 2015 assassination of top prosecutor
CAIRO - Egypt on Wednesday executed nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of the country's top prosecutor, security officials said. The nine were...
Feb 22, 2019
Prime Minister continues East Coast tour with stop in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues his tour of the East Coast today with a stop in St. John's, N.L. Trudeau is expected to visit the new Core Science Facility site at Memo...
Feb 22, 2019
Crown expected to wrap evidence portion in Dennis Oland murder trial
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A bloodstained jacket, a missing cellphone and a multitude of police errors - Crown prosecutors are expected to conclude the evidence portion of their case against Dennis Oland at h...
Feb 22, 2019
