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Expel George Santos? GOP leaders aren't ready to take that step

Expel George Santos? GOP leaders aren't ready to take that step

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protecting a narrow, four-vote majority, Republican leaders in the House are making clear that they intend to let the legal process play out with New York Rep.
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CNN faces backlash over chaotic Trump town hall event

CNN faces backlash over chaotic Trump town hall event

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is facing a backlash over its town hall featuring former President Donald Trump, an event that swiftly turned chaotic in a stark display of the tightrope facing journalists covering a leading 2024 Republican candidate who refuses
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Pakistan's Supreme Court orders the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan

Pakistan's Supreme Court orders the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan , whose arrest on corruption charges earlier this week sparked a wave of violence across the country by his supporters.
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Disaster risk profile warns Canada ill-prepared for a major earthquake

Disaster risk profile warns Canada ill-prepared for a major earthquake

OTTAWA — The first draft of a new national disaster risk assessment report warns that a major earthquake in British Columbia or parts of Ontario and Quebec could swiftly become the most costly natural disaster Canada has seen.
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Agency struggled to get pharma companies to engage in drug-price reform: memo

Agency struggled to get pharma companies to engage in drug-price reform: memo

OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was warned that pharmaceutical companies had steadfastly refused to engage on drug-price reforms before he urged an independent federal agency to pause those reforms in favour of more consultation, a 2021 mem
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French prosecutors seek trial for Sarkozy over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

French prosecutors seek trial for Sarkozy over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are seeking to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 12 others to trial on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal financing from the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhaf
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Hopes dashed for a new deal in Newfoundland and Labrador's stalled crab fishery

Hopes dashed for a new deal in Newfoundland and Labrador's stalled crab fishery

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Crab fishers and processors have once again locked horns in Newfoundland and Labrador, prolonging a bitter standoff in the province's lucrative snow crab fishery.
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Airlines demand 'shared accountability' for flight disruptions

Airlines demand 'shared accountability' for flight disruptions

MONTREAL — The National Airlines Council has released a report calling on Ottawa to implement "shared accountability" in aviation, with the goal of smoother travel — and across-the-board responsibility for flight disruptions.
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NDP Leader Rachel Notley promises $1.2B for Calgary schools, hospitals, transit lines

NDP Leader Rachel Notley promises $1.2B for Calgary schools, hospitals, transit lines

CALGARY — The Alberta NDP is promising to build more hospitals, schools and light-rail transit lines in Calgary if the party is elected on May 29. Leader Rachel Notley is to make an announcement to spend $1.
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Top Tory strategist accuses Liberals of dropping the ball on foreign interference

Top Tory strategist accuses Liberals of dropping the ball on foreign interference

OTTAWA — The former deputy chief of staff to Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper told members of Parliament Thursday that the Liberal government isn't doing enough to combat foreign interference, echoing similar testimony from national-securit
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