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As U.S. pivots to China, nuclear non-proliferation fades into the rearview
It took Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev years to negotiate it, but only a day for the Trump administration to leave behind the hard-fought nuclear arms reduction treaty the U.S. and Russian leaders signed more than 30 years ago.
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'They all go home to Joe Biden': Democratic debates leave top tier of presidential hopefuls unchanged
With the second Democratic presidential primary debate out of the way and Congress about to head into a six-week summer recess, American politics is officially entering the doldrums, which means the peripheral candidates who caught our eye this week will have to work extra hard to drum up the attention they need to stay in the race.
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2nd Democratic presidential debate promises drama — and a death match for some
The first Democratic caucus of the 2020 U.S. presidential race is still six months away, but this week's debates in Michigan could be make or break for some in the crowded field of 20 candidates vying to be the presidential nominee.
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An indictment of Trump or a disaster for the Democrats? Mueller hearings entrench familiar divides
The denunciations of former special counsel Robert Mueller's appearance before two congressional committees Wednesday were ample and merciless. But at the end of a long day of sound and fury, Republicans and Democrats were just as entrenched in their polar-opposite views of the Russia investigation as when it began.
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How Robert Mueller's day of answering questions on Capitol Hill might unfold
Neither Republicans nor Democrats are expecting bombshell revelations when they square off with Robert Mueller on Wednesday for five hours of congressional hearings on the Russia investigation, but both hope to extract enough from the tight-lipped former special counsel to advance their respective agendas.
Ilhan Omar's trial by political firestorm
In just six months, Ilhan Omar has gone from freshman congresswoman to national lightning rod, not surprising for a dogged community organizer whose career has been on a rapid rise since she pulled off a historic upset in the 2016 Minnesota state election.
Boeing insists fix to 737 Max software will 'get it right,' but flights are likely still months off
It's the height of the summer travel season, and if the country's major airports are anything to go by, commercial flights are humming along at a brisk clip, but there's not a 737 Max jet in sight — and likely won't be for months.
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Tweets condemned as racist are part of Trump's plan, and strategists say it may work
U.S. President Donald Trump didn't back down after a chorus of condemnation over his tweets targeting four congresswomen, all of them women of colour. The move has some Republican strategists suggesting it's all part of a bid to make the most progressive Democrats the face of the entire party.
Panama Papers reveal billions hidden in anonymous paper shares
The Panama Papers revealed various complex, labyrinthine ways in which the world's wealthy have tried to distance themselves from their money, but one of the most common is surprisingly simple: paper stock certificates, long the preferred choice of money launderers and tax evaders and only recently banned in many jurisdictions.
Bitcoin feud over expansion threatens to destabilize currency
Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has earned legions of fans and has often been touted as the future of money, is in danger of having no future at all if a rift within the peer-to-peer network that keeps the bitcoin system running cannot be resolved.
Ottawa shooting inflated the rhetoric of 'homegrown terrorism'
As Canadians mark the one-year anniversary of the Ottawa shooting today, Muslim communities around the country will be sharing in the sorrow at the deaths of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent but will also be reminded of some of the ugly rhetoric that accompanied the tragedy and the unwelcome attention it drew to their faith.
Riding changes, lack of incumbents make for confusing election for voters
There has been much griping about the length of the current election campaign, but there is a bright side: voters have longer to get to know their candidates. That may be a good thing this election cycle as it's the first since a major redrawing of riding boundaries.
Flibanserin, 'female Viagra,' distracts from real causes of low libido: critics
The U.S. approval of the first pill to treat low libido in women has whipped up a whirlwind of debate, but does the so-called female Viagra address the real reasons for lack of sexual desire? Many health experts warn it does not.
Conservative pledge to collect data on foreign homebuyers gets mixed reception
While some in the real estate industry welcomed the Conservatives' pledge this week to collect more data on foreign ownership in the housing market, many are skeptical that such information will do anything to solve the problem of access and affordability in overheated real estate markets such as Vancouver or Toronto.
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Greece crisis: What the deal with eurozone demands
Now that Greece has agreed to wide-ranging reforms in order to secure a third bailout from the eurogroup, it is facing a strict timetable to implement those changes. Here's a look at the specifics of the deal.