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Japan trade deficit highest in 5 yrs, hit by China doldrums
TOKYO - Japan reports its exports tumbled 8.4 per cent in January from a year earlier, as slowing Chinese growth pushed its monthly trade deficit to the highest level in nearly five years. Exports to ...
Feb 20, 2019
Deadly crackdown stokes fear among protesters in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela - Jhonny Godoy had taken to Twitter to proclaim his opposition to President Nicolas Maduro, posting a video that showed him running through the streets waving the national flag as p...
Feb 20, 2019
Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Disputes over President Donald Trump's border wall and California's bullet train are intensifying the feud between the White House and the nation's most populous state. The Trump ...
Feb 20, 2019
Vinnie Hinostroza scores shootout winner as Coyotes defeat Oilers 3-2
EDMONTON - Vinnie Hinostroza scored the shootout winner, adding to a goal in regulation, as the Arizona Coyotes came away with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday over an Edmonton Oilers team missing s...
Feb 19, 2019
China closes Tibet to foreigners for sensitive anniversaries
BEIJING - China is barring foreign travellers from Tibet over a period of several weeks that includes a pair of sensitive political anniversaries questioning the legitimacy of Beijing's rule over the ...
Feb 19, 2019
O'Reilly's overtime goal lifts Blues past Maple Leafs 3-2
ST. LOUIS - Ryan O'Reilly scored 34 seconds into overtime and the St. Louis Blues beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Tuesday night for their franchise-record 11th straight win. Jaden Schwartz and Col...
Feb 19, 2019
Barkov's hat trick lifts Panthers over Canadiens, 6-3
SUNRISE, Fla. - Aleksander Barkov finally scored the goal he's been dreaming about. Barkov got his second career hat trick and the Florida Panthers beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-3 on Sunday night. Bar...
Feb 19, 2019
Tatar scores winner as Canadiens edge Blue Jackets to snap four-game slide
MONTREAL - Tomas Tatar scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens held on to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Tuesday. The victory, Montreal's first since...
Feb 19, 2019
Trump nominates Jeffrey Rosen for deputy attorney general
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Jeffrey Rosen, a longtime litigator and deputy transportation secretary, to replace Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general. In his current p...
Feb 19, 2019
Michigan Gov. Whitmer blocks immigrant detention plan
LANSING, Mich. - Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer blocked the sale of a former state prison that was proposed as the site of a privately operated federal immigration detention centre, drawing praise f...
Feb 19, 2019