Robert E. Lee statue removed in Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was hoisted away from its place of prominence in Charlottesville on Saturday and carted off to storage, years after its threatened removal became a rallying point for white
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Harper urges global powers not to negotiate with incoming Iranian regime
Governments around the world should shun Iran's incoming president based on his long-standing record of human rights abuses, a former Canadian prime minister argued Saturday in a speech to an international conference on the state of the middle-eastern...
For MLB All-Star Game, right/left divide goes beyond field
DENVER (AP) — Debates about right and left at the All-Star Game used to deal with pitchers or perhaps batting orders.
Finance minister says Canada is committed to proposed global corporate tax rate
VENICE, Italy — Canada stands firmly behind a two-pillar plan to enact sweeping reforms to the global corporate tax system and limit multinational companies' capacity to shop around for lower tax rates, the country's finance minister said Saturday. Ch...
Ethiopia’s ruling party wins national election in landslide
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party on Saturday was declared the winner of last month’s national election in a landslide, assuring a second five-year term for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
G-20 finance ministers back plan to stop use of tax havens
Top finance officials representing most of the world's economy have backed a sweeping revision of international taxation that includes a 15% global minimum corporate levy to deter big companies from resorting to low-rate tax havens.
Realmuto to start at catcher for NL, Molina a replacement
DENVER (AP) — Philadelphia's J.T. Realmuto will take over from injured San Francisco catcher Buster Posey as the National League's starter in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Coors Field.
Ontario reports 179 new COVID-19 cases, eight deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 179 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with eight additional virus-related deaths. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 32 of the cases are in Waterloo, 27 are in Grey Bruce and 23 are in Toronto. She says 207,507
Government raises price of staple bread once more in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — For the seventh time in a year, Lebanon’s economy ministry announced on Saturday new prices for bread, slowly removing subsidies as the country sinks deeper into a dire economic and political crisis.