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Jerusalem's famed Israel Museum gets new director
Euro 2016 generated 1.2 billion-euro boost for France
FILE - In this Sunday, July 10, 2016 file photo, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with the trophy at the end of the Euro 2016 final soccer match between Portugal and France at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the nominees for FIFA's world's best player award on Monday Jan. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
Rail, airline strikes prompt disruption for UK travellers
British Airways planes wait at Heathrow Airport during a 48-hour cabin crew strike in London, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Valeant sells 3 skincare brands to L'Oréal for $1.3B
FILE - This May 27, 2013, file photo, shows the head office and logo of Valeant Pharmaceuticals in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Valeant is selling its CeraVe, AcneFree and AMBI skincare brands to L'Oréal for $1.3 billion. Shares of the pharmaceutical company soared more than 13 percent in Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, premarket trading.(Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Pharmaceutical company to sell Cold-Eeze lozenge brand
Turkey renames street after slain Russian ambassador
To travel on the cheap, be strategic when booking your trip
Europe cold snap: River shipping halted, death toll 61
Ronda Rousey ends silence with 'rock bottom' Instagram post
FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2016, file photo, Ronda Rousey stands in the cage after Amanda Nunes forced a stoppage in the first round of their women's bantamweight championship mixed martial arts bout at UFC 207 in Las Vegas. Rousey broke her silence since the fight by posting a quote about rebuilding from "rock bottom" on Instagram Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Court backs Swiss that Muslim girls must attend swim class
Egypt annual urban consumer price inflation highest in years
FILE -- In this Nov. 25, 2016 file photo, a vegetable vendor sells produce at a market in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt is seeing a dramatic jump in the country’s annual urban consumer price inflation. In a Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, statement, the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said that inflation has reached a record high of 24.3 percent, the highest in six years. The agency said food and beverage prices increased around 5.2 percent in December, and that medical care jumped to nearly 5.6 percent, compared to November. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Messaging app Snapchat to put European base in UK
Court rejects grounds for new trial in Kercher murder
The weighty economic challenges of Justin Trudeau's new cabinet
Lebanese president looks to mend ties on Saudi visit
After a lifetime of achievements, Christopher Plummer takes the long view
Christopher Plummer has always maintained links to Canadian theatre and film, and has particularly strengthened them in his later years.
Jan. 10: Power politics. Plus other letters to the editor
Inside the control room at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Clarington, Ont.
To the tune of 300%: streaming's big shiny year
Earphones are seen on a tablet screen with a Spotify logo on it, in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 20, 2014.
How to successfully close the skills gap
Sarah Franklin
UK Labour leader suggests national maximum wage
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a visit to Paston Farm Centre in Peterborough, England where he outlined the party's plan for Brexit and vision for Britain. Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017. Corbyn Ôªø ÔªøBritain's main opposition leader, seeking to start the year with new political momentum, has suggested imposing a national maximum wage. Corbyn told the BBC Tuesday that "I would like to see some kind of high-earnings cap" to reduce inequality. (Chris Radburn/PA via AP)
Rejected tiger cub being cared for at German couple's home
In this Jan. 9, 2017 photo Monica Farell, left, and her husband Mann Saad Rose walk four-month-old tiger baby girl Elsa at the beach in Luebeck, northern Germany. The Siberian tiger was born in a circus and rejected by her mother. She is raised now in the house of circus artists and will be moving to the zoo in Dassow into her own enclosure in March. (Jens Buettner/dpa via AP)
Valeant to sell $2.1-billion in assets to pay down debt
The headquarters of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, seen in Laval, Que.
Cyprus leaders tackle power-sharing in Geneva peace talks
Thai PM says king seeks change in pending constitution
FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, file photo, released by the Bureau of the Royal Household, Thailand 's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun delivers a speech after accepting the throne at the Dusit Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's prime minister says he will honor the request of the King for changes to the constitution approved by a country-wide referendum last August. (Bureau of the Royal Household via AP)
List of nominees for 2017 British Academy Film Awards
Danish police investigate 6 murders in 1 house
Cupcake entrepreneur launches ethical, high-fat ice cream brand
Lori Joyce is founder of the new Vancouver-based Betterwith Ice Cream
China refutes claims it’s a major source of fentanyl
A Globe and Mail investigation last year revealed how fentanyl is manufactured in China and how easily it is shipped to Canada, and border officials here have intercepted dozens of such shipments
Anti-asbestos activists feel duped by alleged spy in U.K. court case
Former nurse Laura Lozanski, seen in Ottawa on Monday, has spent more than a decade working to educate people on the dangers of asbestos exposure, and advocating for a ban.
Conservatives need a moderate, humane agenda
Hugh Segal
Why a media coalition is decrying a CRTC ruling on Super Bowl feeds
A countdown to Super Bowl LI scrolls outside of NRG Stadium in Houston on Jan. 7, 2017.
Passive investing is on trend, but it's not for everyone
‘I don’t mind paying the fees because I think it’s worth it,’ says Judith Cane, a money coach based in Ottawa.
The real health-care change we need? Strong leadership
André Picard
FIFA to expand World Cup to 48 teams in 2026
FILE - In this July 13, 2014 file photo Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger holds up the World Cup trophy as the team celebrates their 1-0 victor over Argentina after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FIFA is about to make the World Cup a bigger and, it hopes, richer event even at the cost of lower quality soccer. FIFA President Gianni Infantino hopes his ruling Council will agree Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 to expand the 2026 World Cup to 48 nations, playing in 16 groups of three teams. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, file)
Bombs near government offices in Afghan capital kill 38
Afghan security forces inspect the site of two large bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Two loud explosions rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul, causing casualties. The target of the blasts was probably an area that includes government and lawmakers' offices. Sediq Sediqqi, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said that first, a suicide bomber carried out an attack, followed by a second explosion, caused by car bomb parked near the site. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Murakami's new book to be released Feb. 24 in Japan
FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, file photo, novelist Haruki Murakami of Japan makes a speech after receiving the Jerusalem's award during the International Book Fair in Jerusalem. Murakami's new book "Kishidancho Goroshi," which means "Murder of a Knight Commander," will hit Japanese bookstores on Feb. 24, the book's publisher, Shinchosha Publishing Co. said Tuesday. Overseas availability isn't yet known. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Rights groups urge Pakistan to probe abductions of activists
Activists of Pakistan civil society rally to condemn the missing human rights activist Salman Haider, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. A Pakistani university professor, poet and rights activist who has been critical of the Taliban and also of the government's efforts against militants, has been missing since last week, his family said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Police accuse 2 of helping fugitive before officer's killing
Four stories in the news today, Jan. 10
Turkish lira weakens amidst constitutional debate
Turkey's parliament convened to debate proposed amendments to the country's constitution that would hand President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's largely ceremonial presidency sweeping executive powers, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday. Jan. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Shooting suspect's mental issues may explain little
Roman Herzog, Germany's president in the 1990s, dies at 82
FILE - In this June 30, 1999 file photo German President Roman smiles during the presentation of his book titled "Courage for Renewal" in Bellevue castle in Berlin. Herzog has died, German President Joachim Gauck confirmed Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. He was 82. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer)
Life or death legal journey for airport shooting suspect
FILE- This file booking photo provided by the Broward Sheriff's Office shows suspect Esteban Santiago in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Santiago, the Iraq war veteran accused of fatally shooting multiple people and wounding several others at a crowded Florida airport baggage claim, is due for his first court appearance Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. (Broward Sheriff's Office via AP)
Justin Trudeau adds fresh faces to cabinet; Freeland up, Dion, McCallum out
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland at the start of a meeting with EU counterparts at the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium Sunday October 30, 2016. Trudeau is expected to shake things up with his cabinet this afternoon ??? the first major shuffle since the Liberals came to power just over a year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Members of a B.C. First Nation launch court challenge of federal LNG approval
Richard Wright, spokesperson for the Hereditary Chief of Luutkudziwuus, holds up a copy of the fourth federal lawsuit against the Pacific Northwest LNG project during a news conference in Vancouver, Tuesday, Jan.10, 2017. The Gitxsan chiefs announced Tuesday that they have joined other lawsuits in the fight against the Pacific Northwest LNG expansion plans. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
I'd stand up to Trump as AG, Sessions tells senators
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016, file photo, Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sessions, is set to be questioned by his peers at a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)
A look back at the federal trial of Dylann Roof
IS claims attack on Egyptian troops in Sinai
FILE -- In this June 1, 2016 file photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, speaks during a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. El-Sissi spoke to the private ONTV network late on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, saying Egypt faces a tough battle as it struggles “alone” against insurgents and the terror threat from an Islamic State affiliate based in northern Sinai. His remarks came a day after a brazen militant attack, involving a truck bomb, killed at least eight in the Sinai city of el-Arish. El-Sissi says there are 25,000 troops in that part of Sinai Peninsula, where fighting has raged for years against militants. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
Michigan charter school backed by DeVos growing
In this Jan. 4, 2017 photo, George Radashaw sits at the controls of a Cessna airplane simulator at West Michigan Aviation Academy in Grand Rapids, Mich. The charter high school at Gerald R. Ford International Airport was founded by Dick DeVos, a pilot and husband of Betsy DeVos, who is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be head of the U.S. Education Department. Betsy DeVos played a key role in encouraging her husband to set up a Western Michigan charter school, an education philosophy likely to continue if she’s confirmed by the Senate as education secretary. DeVos faces a Senate panel considering her nomination on Jan. 11. (AP Photo/Ed White)
25 dead, 1 million affected by floods in southern Thailand
Q&A: A look at presidential farewell speeches
In this Jan. 7, 2017, photo, President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the White House in Washington. Now an elder statesman, Obama will return Jan. 10 to the city that launched his unlikely political career to deliver one final speech as president: a parting plea to Americans not to lose faith in their future, no matter what they think about their next president. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Dangerous blizzard, flooding as new storm hits California
Homeland Security pick cites securing border as top priority
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump talks to media as he stands with retired Marine Gen. John Kelly at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Kelly is likely to be pressed about plans to build a border wall and other steps to boost immigration security at a Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 10, for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
"La La Land" leads race for British Academy Film Awards
Actors Sophie Turner, right, and Dominic Cooper speak with each other before they pose for photographers after announcing the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2017 at a photo call at BAFTA headquarters in central London, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
2 missing Turkish soldiers reported killed in Syria
Norwegian mass murderer Breivik makes Nazi salute at court
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 15, 2015 file photo, Anders Behring Breivik gestures as he enters a courtroom in Skien, Norway. Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, is returning to court this week as the government appeals a ruling that his isolation in prison breaches the European Convention on Human Rights. (Lise Aserud, NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
Powerful undersea quake hits south Philippines, no damage
Israeli troops kill knife-wielding Palestinian attacker
A man pays respect at the site of truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. On Sunday a Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem, killing four soldiers and wounding 15 others in one of the deadliest attacks of a more than yearlong campaign of violence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the driver was a supporter of the Islamic State group, and suggested the attack was inspired by similar assaults in Europe, without providing any evidence. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Sea piracy plunges to 18-year low but kidnappings rise
South Korean president's confidante snubs impeachment trial
A supporter of disgraced South Korean President Park Geun-hye stands to oppose her impeachment in front of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Park's longtime friend at the center of a massive corruption scandal refused to testify at Park's impeachment trial on Tuesday. The sign held by the supporter reads: "Nullity of impeachment." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Palestinians await Israeli outpost's evacuation
Iranians mourn as former leader Rafsanjani interred
A man weeps during a mourning ceremony for former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack, at the Jamaran mosque in north Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. Mourners from all walks of life in Iran — from the country's president to passers-by on the street — paid their respects Monday to the late Iranian leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Monday's Games
Guantanamo Bay convict charged with assault in Australia
Greece: Policeman injured in shooting at political party
Policemen guard outside the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) offices after a gunman opened fire at a police bus in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Authorities say a police officer has been wounded after shots were fired outside the offices of the political party in an area of Athens where anarchist groups frequently clash with police and attack symbols of authority. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Official: Iran ready to discuss 2017 hajj with Saudi Arabia
FILE -- In this Sept. 11, 2016 file photo, hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira Mosque in Arafat, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The official IRNA news agency, late on Monday, Jan 9, 2017, quoted Ali Qaziaskar, a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as saying Iranian authorities are ready to "participate in bilateral talks" with Saudi Arabia about the 2017 hajj pilgrimage. Iran boycotted the 2016 hajj after a stampede and crush of pilgrims during the previous year's pilgrimage killed at least 2,426 people, according to an Associated Press count. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
13 years for ex-high school student in plot to join al-Qaida
Harper's Bazaar marks 150th year with fashionable women list
Knicks PG Derrick Rose misses game for unknown reason
Top-ranked Kerber loses her opening match in Sydney, Canada's Bouchard advances
8 fishermen killed in suspected pirate attack in Philippines
In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, members of the Philippine Coast Guard, left, approach the almost sunken fishing boat of Filipino fishermen who were killed by suspected pirates in waters near Zamboanga City, southern Philippines Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Several Filipino fishermen were killed after a group of suspected pirates boarded a fishing boat in southern Philippine waters and strafed the crew, officials said Tuesday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
Ellsworth Kelly works going on display at upstate NY museum
Jan. 10: Your daily horoscope
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New Jersey driver hurt when dumbbell smashes into windshield
Former MLB pitcher, pitching coach Jackie Brown dies
China pledges further cuts in excess steel, coal production
In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, a man rides a bike past smoke spewing from the sprawling complex that is a part of the Jiujiang steel and rolling mills in Qianan in northern China's Hebei province. China's top economic planner pledged Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017, to continue cutting steel and coal production that have been a source of trade friction with many countries. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Debbie Reynolds' death certificate confirms stroke
FILE - This April 7, 2011 file photo shows Carrie Fisher at the 2011 NewNowNext Awards in Los Angeles. Fisher's death certificate confirms that the actress died of a heart attack, but it says more investigation is needed to try to determine the underlying cause. The Los Angeles County death certificate was obtained Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Valeant to trim debt from US$2.1 billion sale of skincare and cancer treatments
S. Korean dies after setting himself ablaze over Japan deal
FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2017, file photo, an injured Buddhist monk who set himself on fire is put into an ambulance in Seoul, South Korea. The Buddhist monk died Monday, Jan. 9, 2107, days after he set himself on fire to protest the country's deal with Japan on former Korean sex slaves, Seoul National University Hospital said Tuesday, Jan. 10. (Yonhap via AP, File)
Woman charged in single-vehicle rollover that killed eight-year-old girl
Hellebuyck perfect in Jets’ win over Flames
Dustin Byfuglien celebrates his goal with Nikolaj Ehlers during first period action.
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