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Budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy
WASHINGTON - An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite a healthy economy. The Congressional Budget Offic...
Jan 28, 2020
Hamas rejects 'çonspiracies' as Trump unveils Mideast plan
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - A senior Hamas official said Tuesday that the Islamic militant group rejects the "conspiracies" announced by the U.S. and Israel and that "all options are open" in respon...
Jan 28, 2020
More than 200 cabinet-appointed positions empty: Memo
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been warned that more than 200 senior jobs need filling across the federal government, including dozens in key leadership and oversight roles. In a memo...
Jan 28, 2020
More than 98,000 still owe money after Phoenix overpaid them, says MacKinnon
OTTAWA - More than 98,000 civil servants may still owe the federal government money from being overpaid through the disastrous Phoenix pay system. The government revealed the estimate this week in a w...
Jan 28, 2020
Indigenous group seeks big funding boost for guardians to help protect lands
An Indigenous organization is asking for a big funding boost from the federal government to put more people on the land who observe and report on changes to the environment. The Indigenous Guardians p...
Jan 28, 2020
Lawsuit: Winter wonderland is neighbour's spring nightmare
NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. - A New Hampshire woman says the operators of a seasonal attraction of ice structures failed to control runoff and flooded her basement with over 15,000 gallons of water - and sh...
Jan 28, 2020
New pressure on Prince Andrew to help Epstein investigation
LONDON - The pressure on Britain's disgraced Prince Andrew increased Tuesday after the revelation by U.S. authorities that he has failed to co-operate with the FBI's investigation into his ties with t...
Jan 28, 2020
Canadian Christine Sinclair on verge of soccer history at CONCACAF qualifier
EDINBURG, Texas - Wednesday marks 7,260 days since Christine Sinclair opened her scoring account for Canada, beating star goalkeeper Bente Nordby in a 2-1 loss to Norway at the 2000 Algarve Cup in Por...
Jan 28, 2020
'Like I'm trapped': Africans in China lockdown see no escape
JOHANNESBURG - The normally bustling supermarket in Wuhan was deserted, looking more foreign than ever. Khamis Hassan Bakari walked the aisles and saw just two other shoppers, and fear sank in. "Every...
Jan 28, 2020
Nicholas Parsons, host of BBC's 'Just a Minute' dies at 96
LONDON - British broadcaster Nicholas Parsons, who hosted the witty, wordy radio program "Just a Minute" for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 96. Parson's agent, Jean Diamond, said he died T...
Jan 28, 2020