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Slovak leader sets framework for snap vote after govt falls

Slovak leader sets framework for snap vote after govt falls

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s president formally dismissed the country’s government on Friday, a day after it lost a no-confidence vote in Parliament, and set the framework for holding an early election by mid-2023.
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Macron returns to Qatar for love of sport, despite criticism

Macron returns to Qatar for love of sport, despite criticism

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is about to jet off to Qatar for the second time in a week, despite broad concerns about the emirate's human rights and environmental record.
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US recession a growing fear as Fed plans to keep rates high

US recession a growing fear as Fed plans to keep rates high

WASHINGTON (AP) — After scaling 40-year highs, inflation in the United States has been slowly easing since summer. Yet the Federal Reserve seems decidedly unimpressed — and unconvinced that its fight against accelerating prices is anywhere near over.
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Drivers are stuck in limbo as world's oil supply reshuffles

Drivers are stuck in limbo as world's oil supply reshuffles

NEW YORK (AP) — At a gas station outside New York City, retired probation officer Karen Stowe was faced with a pump price she didn't want to pay . She bought groceries from the convenience store instead, planning to buy cheaper gas elsewhere.
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Greek governing party suspends Euro MP pending investigation

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s governing center-right New Democracy party has suspended one of its European Parliament members from the party, pending the outcome of an investigation by European authorities into the payment of an assistant.
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US puts 3 dozen more Chinese companies on trade blacklist

US puts 3 dozen more Chinese companies on trade blacklist

BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Commerce is adding 36 Chinese high-tech companies, including makers of aviation equipment, chemicals and computer chips, to an export controls blacklist, citing concerns over national security, U.S.
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China sends ships into Pacific amid Japan security moves

China sends ships into Pacific amid Japan security moves

BEIJING (AP) — A squadron of Chinese Navy ships sailed through straits near Japan into the Western Pacific this week, while Beijing on Friday blasted Tokyo's adoption of a new national security strategy putting itself on a more offensive footing — la
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Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear

Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear

VICTORIA — At first, Cory Holland thought government anti-smoking measures were working when he noticed tobacco sales at his British Columbia convenience store started to drop.
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'Money on the table': Those who don't file tax returns miss benefits delivered by CRA

'Money on the table': Those who don't file tax returns miss benefits delivered by CRA

OTTAWA — Canadians who don't file their tax returns are sometimes shocked to find out how much money they're owed by the government for years of missed benefits, says the head of a non-profit organization working to build financial literacy among low
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North Korea performs key test to build more threatening ICBM

North Korea performs key test to build more threatening ICBM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” for a new strategic weapon, state media reported Friday, a development that could allow him to possess a more mobile, harder-to-detect a
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