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Trump criticizes teen climate activist after magazine honour
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lashed out at 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, a day after she was named by Time as its Person of the Year, calling her selection "ridiculou...
Dec 12, 2019

UK voters decide who they want to resolve Brexit impasse
LONDON - Britons who have endured three years of wrangling over their country's messy divorce from the European Union cast ballots Thursday in an election billed as a way out of the Brexit stalemate a...
Dec 12, 2019

Climate activists protest at EU building as leaders gather
BRUSSELS - Greenpeace activists scaled the European Union's new headquarters in Brussels on Thursday and unfurled a huge banner warning of a "climate emergency," hours before the bloc's leaders gather...
Dec 12, 2019

Tentative deal reached to keep Metro Vancouver's SkyTrains running
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's transit system dodged a major disruption for the second time in less than two weeks on Tuesday as a tentative agreement was reached to keep SkyTrains running. The Ca...
Dec 12, 2019

Hamilton welder to carry Canada colours at World Darts Championship in London
Canadian Matt Campbell is expecting a wild scene when he takes centre stage this weekend at the William Hill World Darts Championship in London. Take a packed house at the 3,000-capacity Ale...
Dec 12, 2019

Ethics law forbids ex-minister Philpott from paid work for First Nation
OTTAWA - The federal ethics law has put a crimp in Jane Philpott's plan to put her experience as a former minister of health and Indigenous services to work for the benefit of a northern Ontario&...
Dec 12, 2019

Finland gets world's youngest prime minister, a woman age 34
HELSINKI - Finland became the country with the world's youngest sitting head of government Tuesday when the Nordic country's parliament chose a 34-year-old woman who is a prolific user of social media...
Dec 12, 2019

Baloney Meter: Is Trudeau's mandate the 'weakest' in Canadian history?
OTTAWA - "The Liberal party lost votes and seats in every region of the country. It lost the popular vote and was reduced to a minority government with the weakest mandate in Canadian history." - Cons...
Dec 12, 2019

Democrats' impeachment charges say Trump betrayed the nation
WASHINGTON - House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, declaring he "betrayed the nation" with his actions toward Ukraine as they pushed toward historic pro...
Dec 12, 2019

AP Interview: Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's top diplomat said Tuesday that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for "freedom and democracy," and would help those displaced from the semi-autonomous Chin...
Dec 12, 2019