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Canadian finance minister's resignation letter to PM Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly resigned on Monday, saying she was no longer on the same page with...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Olympics-Prince Feisal champions member input in IOC presidential bid
LONDON - The promise of a more democratic International Olympic Committee with greater input from members is key to Prince Feisal Al...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
WTO fixes date for major meeting in Cameroon in early 2026
GENEVA - World Trade Organization members agreed on Monday to hold the next ministerial conference in Cameroon in early 2026, the global...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Putin accuses West of pushing Russia to its "red lines" forcing it to respond
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the West of pushing Russia to its "red lines" - situations it has publicly...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Romanian government talks hampered by demand for fiscal clarity
BUCHAREST - One of the four Romanian parties due to join a coalition government demanded clarity over taxation and spending plans on...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Tax Russia to rebuild Ukraine and increase defence spending, Estonia says
TALLINN - Estonia will propose that the leaders of the United Kingdom-led alliance of northern European NATO countries spend no less than...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Exclusive-Britain pares back secretive China strategy review, seeking closer ties
LONDON - Britain's Labour government has pared back an audit of relations with China, four sources with knowledge of the matter said,...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
'Chai and samosas': US hotels welcome Indian tourist boom to revive revenue
U.S. hotels and travel companies are aiming to tap a surge in Indian tourists to boost revenue as domestic leisure spending falters and...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
2024 in photos: the world under water
A drone view shows flooded houses in Venek, Hungary, September 17, 2024. Fedja Grulovic In 2024, it often felt like it was flooding...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
As Bolivia's big state economic model slowly implodes, fear of 'total crisis'
LA PAZ - Housewife Yola Chura worried about high food prices while shopping at a market in Bolivia's highland city of El Alto, where she...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Facts-Germany's election in polls, parties and policy debates
BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany's parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
US case against India's Gautam Adani appears strong but extradition unlikely, experts say
NEW YORK -The U.S. fraud case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani appears to be backed by documents that will help prosecutors make...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
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