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OTTAWA - At a time when Canada is attracting more students from around the world, there are concerns qualified applicants from certain countries are getting turned away because of ...

LONDON - A BBC radio broadcaster was fired Thursday for using a picture of a chimpanzee in a tweet about the royal baby born to Meghan the Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry. Danny Baker, ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit increased slightly in March, even though the deficit with China fell to the lowest point in five years. The deficit in goods and services edged up 1.5% to $50 billi...

ROME - A Polish-born Holocaust survivor opened a book fair in Italy on Thursday to a standing ovation, after organizers agreed to ban a publisher linked to a neo-fascist group. Halina Birenbaum, an 89...

GEORGETOWN, P.E.I. - Dennis King appealed for co-operation from his political opponents as he took office Thursday as Prince Edward Island's 33rd premier. The Tory leader and his eight-member cabinet ...

VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. is raising its quarterly dividend and extending its payout program as it targets annual growth of seven to 10 per cent through 2022. The telecommunications company wi...

Those close to Marie Henein say the only thing the high-profile criminal lawyer defends more relentlessly than her clients is the justice system itself. Henein displayed that commitment to the fa...

BEIJING - Animal rights groups on Saturday cheered the release of 37 spotted seal pups rescued from traffickers into the wild in northern China in a small victory for efforts to save the country's end...

WASHINGTON - Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan is making his second trip to the U.S.-Mexican border to highlight what President Donald Trump calls a national emergency, after freeing up $1.5 b...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and coverups by their superiors to ch...