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PARIS - The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO has appointed Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as its goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples. The 25-year-old actress made history as the first i...

TEHRAN, Iran - China's state oil company has pulled out of a $5 billion deal to develop a portion of Iran's massive offshore natural gas field, the Islamic Republic's oil minister said Sunday, an agre...

LONDON - Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive British musician who was best known for his time with the power trio Cream, has died at 80, his family says. Baker's family said on Twitter that he d...

Laurier-Sainte-Marie This Montreal riding is shaping up to be a true three-way race for the NDP, Liberals and Bloc Quebecois. The NDP's Helene Laverdiere rode the "orange wave" to victory in 2011, han...

Beloeil-Chambly If it's true the Bloc Quebecois has rebuilt and regained its footing following eight years in the political wilderness, then party leader Yves-Francois Blanchet needs to win his seat, ...

Becancour-Nicolet-Saurel The longest-serving member of the House is from a party that was only supposed to be around for the time it took to sever Quebec's ties with the rest of Canada. But 28 years l...

MONTREAL - Support for Quebec independence is at or near historic lows, and yet the Bloc Quebecois - a federal party working to break the province off from Canada - is feeling good about its chan...

OTTAWA - Monday's English-language debate may open a window on how the major party leaders would try to steer Canada through a world of economic and political turbulence. Not a moment too soon, say fo...

OTTAWA - Sociology professor Hassan Diab, who spent a decade fighting allegations of terrorism, is now battling in court for a copy of his Canadian citizenship certificate. The 65-year-old O...

LOS ANGELES - Rapper 21 Savage believes immigrants like him who lived in America illegally as children should automatically become U.S. citizens. The Grammy-nominated artist who was held this year in ...