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At some point in the summer of 2018, the Canadian government is going to legalize marijuana across the country. And as such, provinces are preparing for exactly how they plan to sell it. In Alberta, they’ll be issuing licenses for cannabis stores. In B.C., it’ll be a mix of public and private stores that will […]

Donald Trump, the US president, has said he would intervene in the case of arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou if it would help secure a trade deal with Beijing.  “If I think it’s good for the country, if I think it’s good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made – which […]

I had barely gotten the words out before my doctor was reaching for his prescription pad. I hadn’t been sleeping, eating or accomplishing much of anything, really. It had been going on for some time. I had recently suffered a significant personal loss, but no, it wasn’t the first time I was experiencing these symptoms. […]

A group of Italian mayors has rebelled against Matteo Salvini, the country’s hardline interior minister, by refusing to implement stringent new laws on the treatment of asylum seekers. The mayors of Palermo, Naples, Florence and Parma said that a controversial security law, passed by the populist coalition in November, violates the basic rights of migrants […]

Virgin Galactic has successfully sent its test pilots into space, marking a major milestone in the race for commercial space travel and sparking emotional scenes among those back down on Earth. Sir Richard Branson, watching with his son Sam, admitted he shed more than a few tears as the space craft flew to 51.4 miles, […]

Donald Trump is facing an uphill battle to replace his defence secretary as the president reels from perhaps the worst, and most chaotic, week of his presidency so far. In a major dent to his "America First" foreign policy, several leading candidates for the job have already declared they oppose pulling US troops out of […]

(Reuters) — Former U.S. president Barack Obama is in advanced talks with Netflix Inc to produce a series of high-profile shows, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Under the terms of a proposed deal, Netflix will pay Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama for exclusive content on […]

Chinese consumers will soon be able to buy a home in Canada with the click of a button. Real estate portal Juwai, which markets overseas properties to mainland Chinese buyers, has signed an agreement with online retail site JD.com that will see houses in Canada listed for sale “like milk, shoes and other household goods,” […]

A Yemeni mother who was granted a waiver from President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several Muslim majority countries has arrived in the US to say goodbye to her dying toddler son. Shaima Swileh landed at San Francisco airport Wednesday night, and was greeted by a group of supporters carrying placards. Her two-year-old boy Abdullah Hassan, […]

London has welcomed 2019 with a dazzling firework display and the chimes of Big Ben. Some 100,000 ticket-holders lined the banks of the Thames to watch 70,000 projectiles made up of eight tonnes of fireworks fire into the sky from three barges and the London Eye. Edinburgh also put on a spectacular display, with around 75,000 party-goers gathering in the […]