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US and Mexico tentatively set to replace NAFTA with new deal

WASHINGTON — Snubbing Canada, the Trump administration reached a preliminary deal Monday with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement — a move that raised legal questions and threat...

Aug 28, 2018
World Business
Uber heads in new direction with Toyota on self-driving cars

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber is teaming up with Toyota to build self-driving cars for its ride-hailing service after its efforts to do it alone were derailed by a fatal collision and allegations of high-tech...

Aug 28, 2018
World Business
[Graphic News] South Korean beer exports to China surge

South Korea's beer exports to China more than doubled in 2017 from the previous year, but exports of other alcohol dropped steeply, industry data showed. South Korea shipped $50.2 million worth of...

Aug 27, 2018
World Business
[Newsmaker] China’s transport ministry censures Didi after murder

BEIJING (AFP) -- China’s transport ministry on Sunday slammed Didi Chuxing’s safety lapses as the ride-hailing giant said it would suspend its Hitch service after the rape and murder of a passenger, ...

Aug 27, 2018
World Business
Pope 'begs for God's forgiveness' for sexual abuse scandal

DUBLIN (AFP) -- Pope Francis "begged for God's forgiveness" on Sunday for multiple abuse scandals within the Irish church but faced accusations by a former Vatican official that he had personally ign...

Aug 27, 2018
World News
Videogamer shoots 2 dead, kills self at tournament

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Two people were killed and 11 others wounded Sunday when a video game tournament competitor went on a shooting rampage before turning the gun on himself in the northern Florida ...

Aug 27, 2018
World News
Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as president of Zimbabwe

Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Sunday after winning a bitterly-contested election which was the country's first since the ousting of strongman Robert Mugabe. ...

Aug 27, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Pope in Ireland decries abuse cover-up, meets with victims

DUBLIN (AP) -- Pope Francis faced a lukewarm reception and scattered protests Saturday on his trip to Ireland, with even his vow to rid the church of the “scourge” of sexual abuse and his outrage at ...

Aug 26, 2018
World News
War hero and presidential candidate John McCain has died

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that t...

Aug 26, 2018
World News
Israel justifies killing MSF nurse on Gaza border

Israel said an MSF nurse shot at troops on the Gaza border this week, a charge the medical charity said Friday it was investigating as it confirmed the death of an employee. “Doctors Without Bord...

Aug 24, 2018
World News
US, China trade barbs after El Salvador cuts Taiwan ties

China lashed out on Friday at “irresponsible” US accusations that Beijing was destabilizing cross-Strait relations after El Salvador cut ties with Taiwan in favour of the Asian giant. The White Hous...

Aug 24, 2018
World News
Ukraine marks independence day with biggest ever military parade

Ukraine marked 27 years of independence Friday with its biggest ever military parade in central Kiev, as war continues against Russian-backed separatists in the country’s east. Around 4,500 servi...

Aug 24, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] SK hynix boasts sharpest growth among chipmakers

SK hynix, South Korea's No. 2 chipmaker, posted the sharpest growth in sales among the world's top 15 players in the first six months of 2018, industry data showed, with Samsung Electronics maintain...

Aug 23, 2018
World Business
Pope vows no more cover ups on sexual abuse in letter to Catholics

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -- Pope Francis, facing sexual abuse crises in several countries, wrote an unprecedented letter to all Catholics on Monday, asking each one of them to help root out “this cultu...

Aug 21, 2018
World News
Flushed contact lenses are big source of microplastic pollution

Contact lenses that are flushed down the toilet or dropped in sink drains contribute vastly to microplastic pollution in the oceans, researchers warned Monday. The amount of plastic waste created by...

Aug 21, 2018
World News

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