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US Supreme Court rejects challenge to regulation of gun silencers

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is rejecting a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers, just days after…

Trump raises tariff threat anew over secret provision in Mexico deal

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump said Monday a secret provision of the US immigration deal with…

Hundreds protest in Vancouver against Hong Kong extradition plans

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) -- Hundreds of people protested outside the Chinese consulate in Vancouver on Sunday against controversial plans to…

China warns tech giants after US Huawei ban: report

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The Chinese government convened top tech companies this week and warned them of consequences if…

Venezuela says closing consulates in Canada

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela has announced it will close its consulates in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, leaving only its…

Democrats slam Trump’s use of trade threats against ally Mexico

by Brian KNOWLTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Democrats on Sunday slammed Donald Trump's tactics of threatening punitive tariffs to…

Trump’s threatened tariffs on hold after deal with Mexico

By JILL COLVIN, MATTHEW LEE and LUIS ALONSO LUGO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has put on…

Special Report: Top US cardinal accused of mishandling aide’s sex abuse case

  By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — When Cardinal Daniel DiNardo first met Laura Pontikes in his wood-paneled…

Pelosi told Dems she’d like Trump ‘in prison’: report

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Donald Trump should be sent to "prison," US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told fellow Democrats…

Huawei executive’s extradition hearings set for 2020 in Vancouver

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- Hearings on whether a top official with Chinese telecoms giant Huawei should be extradited to the…

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