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Construction of the stage for Shakira's concert in Brazil resumes after worker's death

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Workers in Brazil on Monday resumed the construction of the stage for the concert by Shakira next weekend on Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana Beach, work that was halted the day...

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Michael Jackson streams skyrocket after 'Michael' biopic opening weekend, up 95% in the US

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Jackson once sang “Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.” For fans of the King of Pop’s music, it's words to live by: Streams of his catalog jumped 95% in the U.S. over the...

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Saskatchewan's Moe supportive of sovereign wealth fund, calls for easing regulations

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is calling Ottawa's new sovereign wealth fund a good initiative. But Moe says if Prime Minister Mark Carney really wants to unlock investments in major projects,...

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Reporters covered the correspondents' dinner shooting in real time. Conspiracy theories still spread

So much information, streaming out in so little time. And still: Within minutes, conspiracy theories flooded the internet. The shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner attended...

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Carney's trade advisory group meets for 1st time, welcomes new member

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's new advisory council on Canada—U.S. trade met for the first time today, ahead of trade negotiations with President Donald Trump's White House that are set to begin...

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Supreme Court grapples with multibillion-dollar wave of lawsuits over Roundup cancer claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed divided Monday over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer. ...

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Oprah Winfrey’s podcast lands at Amazon as part of multiyear deal

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey's podcast is headed to Amazon. Winfrey's production company, Harpo Entertainment, struck a multiyear deal to give Amazon-owned Wondery exclusive distributing...

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Quebec premier meets U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON — Quebec's premier met today in Washington D.C. with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, an influential member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Christine Fréchette met Greer ahead...

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B.C. says new regulations effective this fall will curb extortion-related violence

VICTORIA — Provincial gun regulations that have been nine years in the making will come into effect in British Columbia this fall, shutting down what the province call loopholes in federal laws that...

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Canadian manufacturers call for tariffs on global imports of wood products

OTTAWA — Canadian wood manufacturers are welcoming a trade inquiry into wood imports but say the investigation needs to be followed by immediate provisional tariffs on foreign-made goods entering the...

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