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Russia halts oil supplies to Belarus amid economic talks
MINSK, Belarus - Russia has halted oil supplies to Belarus after the two countries failed to renegotiate a contract amid talks on further improving economic ties. In a case that has echoes of Russia's...
Jan 03, 2020
Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy but Iraq tensions linger
BAGHDAD - Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran tensions remain high and could s...
Jan 03, 2020
Oil price jumps on fear of Iranian retaliation against US
LONDON - The price of oil surged Friday as global investors were gripped with uncertainty over the potential repercussions after the United States killed Iran's top general. News that Gen. Qassem Sole...
Jan 03, 2020
"A more dangerous world:" Iran killing triggers global alarm
PARIS - Global powers are warning that the world has become a more dangerous place after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the targeted killing of Iran's top general and are urging restraint on all ...
Jan 03, 2020
Coastal GasLink and U.S. vaping crackdown; In The News for Jan. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 3. What we are watching in Canada ... A h...
Jan 03, 2020
Dikes, ditches and dams: Manitoba's fight against flooding is complex
WINNIPEG - It has become an annual ritual in Manitoba - mid-winter thoughts turn to the spring melt and whether land and communities will be threatened by rising water that comes from r...
Jan 03, 2020
Trump deploys more troops to Mideast after US embassy attack
WASHINGTON - Charging that Iran was "fully responsible" for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East as about 3,000 mor...
Jan 03, 2020
Police, protesters clash in New Year's rally in Hong Kong
HONG KONG - Hundreds of thousands of people packed Hong Kong streets for an annual New Year's Day protest march as the monthslong pro-democracy movement extended into 2020 with further violence betwee...
Jan 03, 2020
Cheers, tears, prayers for 2020: A new decade is ushered in
Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and, of course, President Donald Trump. A look at ...
Jan 03, 2020
Australia sending aid to wildfire towns as death toll rises
PERTH, Australia - Australia deployed military ships and aircraft Wednesday to help communities ravaged by apocalyptic wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of...
Jan 03, 2020