Delphine Cherry knows as well as anyone how intractable violent crime is in Chicago. In 1992, her teenage daughter was gunned down in one of the city’s toniest neighborhoods – a bystander…
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Trump says U.S. has launched 3rd fatal strike in a month on alleged drug smuggling boat
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday the military carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month. Trump in a social media posting said the strike killed…
10/3 podcast: Can Carney deliver? Liberals' ambitious fall session begins
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. MPs returned to Ottawa this week for what’s…
House passes short-term government funding bill; Senate Democrats poised to block it
The House on Friday passed a short-term bill to keep the government open into the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, but it’s likely to be rejected in the Senate as…
Simons expanding with new stores as other major retailers close doors
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Don't know the language? Apple's new AirPods will translate speech 'live'
Even a casual watcher of Star Trek is likely to have seen the characters exploring strange new worlds with compact translator devices in hand. Well, now Apple users armed with the new…
Trump praises U.K. trade deal, pledges to finalize it with 'tough' British negotiators
President Trump said Thursday he would finalize a trade deal with the U.K. “very soon” as he tries to lock in favorable trade terms for the U.S. despite a court case looming…
How Donald Trump’s and King Charles’s state visit speeches compared
At a state banquet honouring the U.S. president, King Charles and Donald Trump delivered speeches that were a study in contrasts. The King and the president each spoke ahead of Wednesday’s banquet…
Carney calls himself a 'great economist' while sparring with Poilievre on the economy
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre offered Prime Minister Mark Carney a backhanded compliment while grilling him on the size of the deficit in the upcoming budget — which led to Carney…
Israeli fighter jets launched ballistic missiles from the Red Sea in Qatar strike, official says
Israeli fighter jets over the Red Sea launched ballistic missiles to target Hamas leaders in Qatar last week, a U.S. defense official said, in what was a novel method likely designed to…