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Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou sues Canada authorities over arrest

OTTAWA – The chief financial officer of China's tech giant Huawei is suing Canada over her arrest at Vancouver airport last year at the...

Islamic State deploys car bombs in defense of last enclave

BAGHOUZ, Syria – Islamic State unleashed car bombs against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) assaulting Baghouz, in a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat...

French yellow vests protest for 16th straight weekend

PARIS – Thousands of French yellow vests protested Saturday for a 16th straight weekend in Paris and other cities to show they are keeping...

Malaysia’s ruling coalition loses seat in state by-election

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s ruling coalition lost a state constituency in a by-election on Saturday, in a sign of waning popularity of Prime Minister...

North Korea has no economic future if it has nuclear weapons says Trump

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that North Korea does not have any economic future with nuclear weapons as the Pentagon...

Mexico frets over US plans to take divisive asylum policy to new cities

TIJUANA, Mexico – The United States is aiming to ramp up in coming weeks a program to send Central American asylum seekers to Mexico...

Brazil to launch corruption probe into Vale dam disaster

BRASILIA – Brazil’s authorities will investigate miner Vale SA over possible corruption in misleading officials about the safety of its dam that burst and...

Rights groups urge release of more Nicaragua prisoners

MANAGUA – Human rights advocates on Friday urged Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega to free 566 people still in custody that the opposition considers political...

Pompeo says world should have eyes wide open about Chinese tech risks

MANILA – U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the world should be “eyes wide open” about the risks of using...

Thai party campaigns on marijuana as cash crop

BANGKOK – Anutin Charnvirakul thinks he has hit on a winning issue for Thailand’s election next month - promoting cannabis farming now that the...