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Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it's up to Trump whether to keep them

Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it's up to Trump whether to keep them

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration announced Friday that it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effort to inflict pain on Moscow for its nearly 3-year-old war in Ukraine as Pr
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Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case , but the judge declined to impose any punishment, an outcome that cements his conviction but frees him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat o
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Human rights group asks Canada to join U.S. and declare another genocide in Sudan

Human rights group asks Canada to join U.S. and declare another genocide in Sudan

OTTAWA — A prominent human rights group is calling on Ottawa to follow the U.S. and declare that recent actions by Sudan's paramilitary force amount to genocide.
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Trudeau says Trump is trying to distract from cost of tariffs with 51st state remarks

Trudeau says Trump is trying to distract from cost of tariffs with 51st state remarks

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that incoming U.S. president Donald Trump is trying to distract from how costly his tariffs will be for American consumers by talking about making Canada the 51st state.
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Mélanie Joly will not run for Liberal party leadership, source confirms

Mélanie Joly will not run for Liberal party leadership, source confirms

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is bowing out of the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader — making her the second cabinet minister to choose their current job over a chance to become prime minister.
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Venezuela latest: Nicolás Maduro inaugurated for a third term, defying evidence of fraud

Venezuela latest: Nicolás Maduro inaugurated for a third term, defying evidence of fraud

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term Friday despite international condemnation of his recent reelection as illegitimate , as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down
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Poilievre says the next Canadian election will be about the carbon price

Poilievre says the next Canadian election will be about the carbon price

OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre returned to Ottawa on Thursday after the holidays with a familiar demand for Justin Trudeau: call a carbon-tax election. Neither Trudeau's announcement that he plans to resign as Liberal leader nor U.S.
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Tennis star Jannik Sinner gets April date at sports court for appeal hearing in doping case

Tennis star Jannik Sinner gets April date at sports court for appeal hearing in doping case

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport's highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year.
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Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months

Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months

MIAMI (AP) — More than 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived more than two decades in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Homeland Security Department said Friday in one of the Biden administration's final acts on immigration pol
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Firefighters hope for a break from fierce winds fueling devastating blazes in Los Angeles area

Firefighters hope for a break from fierce winds fueling devastating blazes in Los Angeles area

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters hoped for a break Friday from fierce winds fueling massive blazes in the Los Angeles area that have killed 10 people, obliterated whole neighborhoods and set the nation's second-largest city on edge.
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