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UK police probe cause of train collision that killed driver and left 9 in critical condition

LONDON (AP) — Nine people were in critical condition on Saturday after a collision between two passenger trains in central England the night before killed the driver of one of the locomotives, police...

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US and Iran to talk Sunday in Switzerland as Tehran says it closed Strait of Hormuz again

TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — U.S. and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait...

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Energy prices expected to push inflation higher for May, economists say

OTTAWA — High oil and gasoline prices are expected to push inflation higher when Statistics Canada reports its consumer price index for May on Monday. But the devil will be in the details as economists...

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Cuba pushes through sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since the revolution

HAVANA (AP) — Observers on Friday called Cuba’s new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul of the island’s communist economy since the Cuban revolution, as the grandson of former...

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Toys "R" Us Canada owner trying to keep business open, may rebrand: court docs

The owner of Toys "R" Us Canada is trying to buy some of the retailer's assets so it can keep the chain going or rebrand the beleaguered business that has been in creditor protection since February. A...

June 19, 2026 11:46 am EST EST

Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting, officials say, as US-Iran talks hang in the balance

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed Friday to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim agreement between the United...

June 19, 2026 2:16 pm EST EST

World Cup ticket buyers are left stranded as resale purchases fall through

ATLANTA (AP) — Bina Ramroop broke down in tears when she realized she wasn't going to get the World Cup tickets she had bought for her grandson's 13th birthday. As thousands poured into...

June 19, 2026 7:56 am EST EST

Flair Airlines reaches 3-year tentative agreement with pilots, union says

EDMONTON — A union representing pilots at Flair Airlines says they have reached a new tentative agreement with company management. The Air Line Pilots Association says the agreement comes after 10...

June 18, 2026 6:23 pm EST EST

Carney says it's 'no secret' Trump doesn't like CUSMA trade pact

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney appears untroubled by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent claim that the United States would “do better without" the North American free trade pact. “It’s no...

June 18, 2026 5:26 pm EST EST

Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre

VANCOUVER — The federal and British Columbia governments have announced billions of dollars in combined investments to spur housing development and update infrastructure, including building a new high...

June 18, 2026 8:46 pm EST EST