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President Obama addresses the Canadian Parliament after participating in the North American Leaders Summit in Ottawa, Canada.

At a summit with the leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico in Ottawa, a reporter asked at a joint press conference if they had discussed Trump’s sometimes caustic rhetoric toward Mexico and if the mogul’s populist campaign affected the trade negotiations among the three countries. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto began by saying his government would respect the outcome of the U.S. election, which he described as a domestic matter, according to the summit’s translation of Peña Nieto’s remarks. Читать дальше...

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks again will seek major upgrades in free agency, a year after DeAndre Jordan's jolting change of heart ruined their plans.

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks again will seek major upgrades in free agency, a year after DeAndre Jordan's jolting change of heart ruined their plans.

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks again will seek major upgrades in free agency, a year after DeAndre Jordan's jolting change of heart ruined their plans.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Anthony Rizzo saw the ball ricochet across the outfield and kicked his legs into high gear, deciding he was going to try to touch 'em all. His sides were aching by the time he slid safely into…

The Italian Navy has begun recovery of a boat that sank in April 2015 while attempting to reach Italy from war-torn Libya with as many as 700 refugees and migrants aboard. Photo: Marina Militare

Sanfrecce Hiroshima's 21-year-old forward admits he is 'stunned' by the offer and insists he would even be ready to be loaned out after he joined the Gunners

The headquarters of Morgan Stanley in New York. The Fed gave the bank a conditional passing grade, raising concerns on its internal controls and processes. Morgan was the only United States bank not to receive an unqualified passing grade.

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Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake said on Wednesday that it's "quite possible" that Donald Trump will lose his state after a series of polls showed the race between the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and Hillary Clinton as either extremely close or in the former secretary of state's favor.

But Flake, in an interview with Business Insider, said that it won't affect fellow Arizona Sen. John McCain's efforts at reelection in the traditionally deep-red state.

Following multiple years of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited a record 683 new members to join.

'Look, we voted Leave, it’s time for you to leave,' has become the mantra of emboldened xenophobes across the country who have marred Britain’s historic vote for independence with vitriolic nationalism.

(ATTN: ADDS more comments throughout, photo) By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's newly-appointed ambassador to Japan said Wednesday that the landmark December deal reached between Seoul and Tokyo to resolve the comfort women is

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional officials have found lead in the drinking water of a House office building, and a Florida lawmaker is demanding answers. The office of the Architect of the Capitol informed lawmakers Tuesday that lead levels in the drinking water of the historic Cannon Building "are slightly above the (Environmental Protection Agency) standard."

– Enyimba have lost their second consecutive game in Champions League – The People’s Elephant on the brink of elimination in the group phase Premier League Champions Enyimba lost their Champions League tie against Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa by 2-1. The home side took the lead in the first half through Leonardo Castro as […]

Against a grim backdrop of rising suicide rates among American women, new research has revealed a blinding shaft of light: One group of women — practicing Catholics — appears to have bucked the national trend toward despair and self-harm.

The Veterans Affairs Department Inspector General launched an investigation last year into a VA crisis hotline's performance. The investigation found that at least 23 veterans, troops or family members who called the crisis line in fiscal 2014 were transferred to a voicemail system and their calls never returned.

Google Capital took a majority stake in Care.com, boosting shares of the on-demand family care service.

The Academy

The Academy has invited 683 new members to join its ranks, and following the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, it's sending a message about how much diversity it's adding.

Members of the new class are 41% people of color and 46% female, according to an infographic the organization released Wednesday. John Boyega, Idris Elba, America Ferrera, Oscar Isaac, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, and more are all now members of the Academy. 

But while the most recent additions may be balanced in terms of representation... Читать дальше...

Ted Galen Carpenter

Politics, Americas

Faulty historical analogies continue to bedevil American foreign policy.

Foreign policy elites are fond of citing philosopher George Santayana that those “who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In the political arena and popular culture, his observation is typically further simplified to the adage “history repeats itself.” But that cliché is dangerously inaccurate. History never truly repeats itself. Every era is different in crucial ways. Читать дальше...

The second billboard quoted Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” above a photo of the White House adorned with Confederate Flags.

LYTLE, Texas — Two workers have died after being overcome by toxic fumes in a large oil tanker in Bexar County. Bexar County spokeswoman Laura Jesse says the accident happened Tuesday morning near Lytle, about 30 miles southwest of San Antonio, at Pinnacle Truck Trailer & Rail, where tanker interiors are cleaned. She says the

Los clásicos de clásicos.

Donald Trump's trade speech directly contradicts his past calls for 'global unity' June 29, 2016, 2 p.m. Trump's inward-looking trade policy has economic experts on edge. Hillary Clinton and her supporters are rolling out a $13 million ad blitz in key states. Donald Trump is turning his back on...