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SYDNEY, Australia - Authorities on Thursday were moving about 2,000 people inland from part of Australia's northern coast ahead of a powerful cyclone expected to hit on Saturday. Evacuees were being m...

BANGKOK - Shares advanced across Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve said it has ruled out interest rate increases for this year. The Shanghai Composite index rose 0.9 per cent to 3,119.72 whil...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament were bracing Wednesday for an all-night voting marathon as opposition parties protested the Trudeau government's efforts to shut down any furthe...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - President Daniel Ortega's administration promised Wednesday to free within 90 days all demonstrators arrested in the year since protests erupted against the Nicaraguan government....

NASHVILLE - Country star Kane Brown and Atlanta-based producer Polow Da Don are embroiled in a contract dispute that has both sides claiming they are owed money. The Grammy-nominated producer, whose r...

LETHBRIDGE - United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney made an appearance at Lethbridge Iron Works Wednesday morning, on his second campaign stop since the provincial election was called Tuesday.W...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Union head Tony Clark lauded the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday for giving minor league players a 50 per cent raise, and he hopes other clubs do the same. Representatives from the players...

NDP Leader Rachel Notley was the first of the major party leaders to make an election campaign-stop in Red Deer on Wednesday.Amongst chants from supporters of "Four more years, four more years," Notle...

QUEBEC - The Quebec government will give the province's taxi drivers $500 million in compensation as it moves to overhaul the province's passenger transport industry. The Coalition Avenir Quebec ...

WASHINGTON - Top U.S. CEOs reported Wednesday that their economic outlook weakened in the first three months of the year although it remains above its historical average. The Business Roundtable, a lo...