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Ignoring global outcry, Hungarian government restricts freedom of university
Students protest Prime Minister Viktor Orban's efforts to force a George Soros-founded university out of the country in Budapest, Hungary, on April 2, 2017.
Sotheby’s sets world record selling $71-million pink diamond
In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017, file photo, the "Pink Star" diamond, the most valuable cut diamond ever offered at auction, is displayed by a model at a Sotheby's auction room in Hong Kong.
Poland's ruling party lost support after opposing Tusk at EU
European Council President Donald Tusk talks to the media in presence of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov after their meeting at the presidential office in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, April 3, 2017. Tusk arrived briefly to Skopje to discuss with Ivanov the latest developments regarding the migrant crisis, the political situation in Macedonia and regional issues. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
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CPP changes could leave younger workers footing the bill, report says
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SIU investigating after 52-year-old man dies in Kingston, Ont.
Pack ice, epic blizzards as 'relentless' winter won't let go across Newfoundland
Snow is piled up in front of house in Gander, N.L. on Monday, April 3, 2017 in a handout photo. Parts of Newfoundland continue to be hammered by heavy, blowing snow for a second straight day. Environment Canada has issued several blizzard warnings and special weather statements for parts of the island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Trudy Carter MANDATORY CREDIT
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Benefit program for Holocaust survivors launched in Serbia
Pink diamond fetches record $71.2M in Hong Kong auction
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017, file photo, the "Pink Star" diamond, the most valuable cut diamond ever offered at auction, is displayed by a model at a Sotheby's auction room in Hong Kong. The stunning 59.6 carat diamond has sold for HK$553 million or US$71.2 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, setting a record for any diamond or jewel. It's Also the highest price for any work ever sold at auction in Asia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
Swiss watchdog: Probes of money laundering jump in 2016
Iraq suicide bombings in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, kill 22
Iraqis walk past burned cars used to block a street recently retaken by Iraqi security forces during fighting against Islamic State militants on the western side of in Mosul, Iraq, Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Dutch court approves extradition for man accused in Amanda Todd cyberbully case
Carol Todd sits on a bench dedicated to her late daughter Amanda Todd at Settlers Park in Port Coquitlam, B.C., on Sunday October 5, 2013. The mother of a British Columbia teenager who took her own life after enduring cyberbullying says it's "just surreal" that the Dutch man charged in her daughter's case has been approved for extradition to Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
For US nod on WhiteWave buyout, Danone will sell Stonyfield
Stonyfield and Dannon yogurts are stacked on a supermarket shelf, Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in New York. Danone will sell its Stonyfield Farms business to gain approval from the U.S. for a $12.5 billion buyout of Denver's WhiteWave Foods, doubling the size of the French company's business in North America. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The Latest: Rebel official says UN 'responsible' for deaths
Chemical attacks in Syria since 2012
Travelling overseas this summer? Ensure measles vaccine is up to date
A nurse prepares a vaccine at the Skagit County Public Health office in Mount Vernon, Wash., on May 10, 2012.
Lawmakers warn UK to assess impact of 'no deal' Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May meets Jordanian Prime Minister Hani al-Mulqi in Amman, Jordan, Monday, April 3, 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May has begun a visit to Jordan where she is to announce plans to send more British military trainers to help the kingdom's air force in the fight against Islamic State extremists. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)
'Exact opposite of what is needed': CIBC slams Ont. rent-control rules
Apartment developers say tight new rent controls would be a disincentive to build new apartment units in Toronto, where vacancy rates are already low.
Norway court sentences man for recruiting for IS group
Judge rejects Roman Polanski’s bid to end sex abuse case
A U.S. judge on Monday, April 3, 2017 rejected a motion by fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski seeking assurances that he can return to the United States without fear of being jailed for having sex with a minor four decades ago.
Indonesia arrests man who bought orangutan, leopard, bear
Pope allows schismatic society to celebrate marriages
Afghan president says refugees off Australia visit agenda
U.S. ratchets up urgency on North Korea ahead of meeting with China
Some analysts believe Chinese President Xi Jinping might be willing to hand U.S. President Donald Trump a symbolic victory on trade to put a positive spin on their meeting this week.
Nigeria must negotiate release of 195 Chibok girls: Group
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 file photo released by the Nigeria State House, Chibok school girls recently freed from Islamic extremist captivity are seen during a meeting with Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in Abuja, Nigeria. Nigeria's government must speedily negotiate the release of 195 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held by Boko Haram Islamic extremists for nearly three years, the Bring Back Our Girls group said Tuesday April 4, 2017. (Sunday Aghaeze/Nigeria State House via AP, File)
Trump administration cites abortion provision, halts funding to UN agency
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attends a NATO foreign ministers' meetings at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on March 31, 2017. The State Department is cutting off funding for the U.N. Population Fund.
Berlin voters to get say on keeping old airport open
FILE - In this March 20, 2017 file photo the main building and the tower of Tegel airport in Berlin are photographed. Plans to replace Berlin’s three small airports with a shiny new one have hit a fresh bump, after campaigners collected enough signatures to force a referendum on keeping a second site open. Officials said Tuesday, April 4, 2017 that over 200,000 people have signed a petition demanding that the Tegel airport in the northwest of the capital remain in operation. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP,file)
Inventor of World Wide Web wins computing's 'Nobel Prize'
In this Monday, April 3, 2017, photo, Tim Berners-Lee poses outside his office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Berners-Lee, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, is this year's recipient of the A.M. Turing Award, computing's version of the Nobel Prize. The honor comes with a $1 million prize funded by Google, one of many companies that made a fortune thanks to Berners-Lee's efforts to make the internet more accessible and useful. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Justin Timberlake, Eddie Vedder to lead Pilgrimage Festival
FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2015, file photo, Justin Timberlake performs at the 49th annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Timberlake will headline the next Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival on Sept. 23 and Sept. 24. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Turin Olympic champ Gushue says NHL absence from '18 Games a "terrible decision"
Canada skip Brad Gushue calls a shot during the 8th draw against the United States at the Men's World Curling Championships in Edmonton, Monday, April 3, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Spain seizes property worth $735M linked to Assad's uncle
FILE - In this May 27, 2005 file photo, Rifaat Assad, the exiled uncle of Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Marbella, southern Spain. Spanish police are raiding properties and blocking bank accounts of relatives of Rifaat Assad, former Syrian vice president and uncle of the current Syrian president as part of a money laundering investigation after Spain's Civil Guard said searches on Tuesday April 4, 2017 were carried out in the southern coastal towns of Marbella and Puerto Banus with the aid of French police. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)
London police charge 6 more in beating of asylum-seeker
A general view of the bus stop in Croydon, south London, Monday April 3, 2017, where a 17-year old Iranian-Kurdish asylum seeker was attacked by a group of people in a suspected hate attack on Friday March 31. Police have detained some suspects in connection with what they described as a "brutal attack" on the asylum seeker who was fighting for his life in hospital but is "starting to make a recovery", police said Monday.(Georgina Stubbs/PA via AP)
Legal challenge over Fred Thompson's estate concludes
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2007, file photo, Republican Presidential hopeful, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, pauses while addressing the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in Washington. The Tennessean reported that Dan Thompson and Tony Thompson dropped their lawsuit that claimed their father's widow, Jeri Thompson, had made changes to his will at a time when he "lacked the requisite mental capacity." The adult sons from a previous marriage said in a statement Monday, April 3, 2017, that documents turned over in the discovery process had satisfied them that their father's final wishes had been followed. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Watchdog report: 'Breakdown of democracy' in Poland, Hungary
People demonstrate on the 20th anniversary of Poland's constitution in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, April 2, 2017. The protest comes at a time that they and other poles fear the constitutional order in Poland is threatened by the country's populist government.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Uber driver charged after police find fake badge, gun in car
EU examining new proposed plans for Royal Bank of Scotland
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John McCallum speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on Dec. 14, 2016.
Liberals, Conservatives hold on to seats in byelections
Five new lawmakers will be headed to Ottawa following the results of Monday’s byelections.
Trump revokes Alaska refuge rule; change may be symbolic
FILE - This March 13, 2009, file photo shows three moose browsing near Anvik, Alaska. President Donald Trump on Monday, April 3, 2017, signed a resolution approved by the U.S. House and Senate to revoke a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule banning most predator control on Alaska refuges, a program that state wildlife officials use to kill bears and wolves to boost caribou and moose populations. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
Hungary approves stricter terms for Soros-founded university
FILE- In this April 2, 2017 file photo participants walk during the rally, organized by the Freedom for Education movement, called CEU in downtown Budapest. Lawmakers from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party are expected to approve a draft education bill that critics say targets a university founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros. The bill, scheduled to be voted on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, modifies rules regulating foreign universities in Hungary. Central European University says parts of the bill directly target it, and could force it to close. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP,file)
Daimler, parts firm Bosch team up to make driverless cars
FILE- In this Feb. 2, 2017 file photo, the logo of Mercedes is photographed at the annual news conference at the company's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Automaker Daimler AG and parts supplier Bosch Group say they are teaming up to make driverless cars that they say could be on city streets at the start of the next decade. The companies would combine expertise in car making, sensors and software so that people in a specific part of town could order a shared car through their smart phone. The driverless car would then come pick them up and take them where they want to go. The companies said Tuesday, April 4, 2017 the system would let people make better use of their time in cars and help those who do not have driver’s licenses. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,file)
Portugal official was in frame for top eurozone job, PM says
April 4: A report card on Bombardier. Plus other letters to the editor
Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare pictured in Mirabel, Que., Monday, November 28, 2016.
U.S. warns companies not to overlook qualified Americans
President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders related to trade, at the White House in Washington, March 31, 2017.
German officials meet with journalist imprisoned in Turkey
German Minister of State Michael Roth speaks to the media on detained German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel, in Istanbul, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Foreign Ministry official Michael Roth told reporters that Deniz Yucel met Tuesday with Consul General Georg Birgelen and a German consulate attorney in prison. It was the first consular contact Yucel, a reporter for Die Welt newspaper, has been allowed since he was arrested on charges of producing terrorist propaganda and incitement to hatred — accusations he denies. ( AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Japan Cabinet allows schools to study banned imperial order
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South Africa's Zuma says government disputes are damaging
FILE -- In this Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 file photo, South African President Jacob Zuma, right, alongside deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, left, outside parliament at the State of the Nation address in Cape Town, South Africa. Ramaphosa this weekend called for his countrymen to get rid of "greedy" and "corrupt" people, in remarks seen as an attack on Zuma. Ramaphosa was speaking after Zuma fired widely respected finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a cabinet reshuffle last week in which he purged other political opponents. (AP Photo/Nic Bothma, Pool, File)
The Ford Performance Racing School kicks into overdrive
Mission control for the Ford Performance Racing School is the Utah Motorsports Campus (formerly Miller Motorsports Park), a state-of-the-art facility set within breathtaking surroundings.
Boeing signs $3B deal with Iran airline, a first under Trump
FILE -- In this March 7, 2017 file photo, the first of the large Boeing 737 MAX 9 models, Boeing's newest commercial airplane, sits outside its production plant, in Renton, Wash. Boeing Co. announced Tuesday, April 4, 2017 that it has signed a new, $3 billion deal with Iran's Aseman Airlines for 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Chicago-based Boeing said the deal includes purchase rights for an additional 30 737 MAX aircraft. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File )
House measures rebuke North Korea for belligerent behaviour
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India-China row deepens as Dalai Lama arrives in NE India
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives at the Thubchok Gatsel Ling Monastery in Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. India said Tuesday that China should not interfere in its internal affairs, as the Dalai Lama began a weeklong visit to India's remote northeast that Beijing has protested. ( AP Photo/ Tenzin Choejor)
Chemical attack kills dozens in Syria, US blames Assad
Six stories in the news today, April 4
Liberal candidate Mona Fortier celebrates after winning the Ottawa-Vanier federal byelection in Ottawa on Monday, April 3, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
White House effort to revive health bill gets mixed reaction
The Capitol is mirrored in a parked car at dawn in Washington, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
VA defends work to fix troubled veteran suicide hotline
FILE - In this March 7, 2017, file photo, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, addresses a House Veterans' Affairs Committee's hearing on Captiol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs is telling skeptical lawmakers it has already fixed problems with its suicide hotline that were highlighted in an internal watchdog’s report released just two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
Dems elevate attacks as Supreme Court showdown nears
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National Archives to White House: Save all Trump tweets
Travelling overseas this summer? Ensure measles vaccination up to date: top doc
A doctor's assistant prepares a measles vaccination in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/dpa, Lukas Schulze
A timeline of Roman Polanski's 4-decade underage sex case
Immigrant tuition break gaining support in Tennessee
FILE - In this April 22, 2015, file photo, supporters of a bill to extend in-state tuition to students whose parents brought them into the country illegally signal their position on a motion from the well of the House chamber in Nashville, Tenn. From right are Reps. Mark White, R-Memphis; Joe Towns, D-Memphis, and Harry Brooks, R-Knoxville. A deeply conservative state, Tennessee voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump and his tough stance on immigration. And yet, Republican lawmakers are pushing a proposal that would allow public colleges to offer in-state tuition rates to students whose parents brought them into the country illegally. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)
6 Iranian migrants pulled from sinking boat in Channel
Afghan official: 650 tons of drugs seized in past 12 months
At White House, Jordan king to present Arabs' view on peace
Renowned Indian classical singer Kishori Amonkar dies at 84
A man pays his last respect to classical Indian musician Kishori Amonkar in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Amonkar, renowned for her innovative interpretation of classical Indian music, has died, one of her students said Tuesday. She was 84. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
US ratchets up urgency on N. Korea ahead of China visit
FILE - This combination of file photos show U.S. President Donald Trump, right, in a meeting at the White House in Washington, on March 31, 2017, and China's President Xi Jinping in a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Dec. 1, 2016. President Xi probably won’t give President Trump a round of golf during their first face-to-face meeting on April 6-7, but may find it worthwhile to ensure his American counterpart does not feel like he’s leaving empty-handed. Some analysts believe Xi might be willing to hand Trump a symbolic victory on trade to put a positive spin on the meeting. (AP Photo/File)
Border agency fields pitches for Trump's wall with Mexico
Kendall Jenner's protest Pepsi spot prompts online backlash
RCMP release few details about three deaths after shots fired north of Winnipeg
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Investigators: Mexico sewage spew size remains a mystery
New labour deal at Regina refinery ratified by members of Unifor union
Prosecutor asks jury for 'full justice' over barracks ambush
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2015, file photo, Eric Frein is led away by Pennsylvania State Police Troopers at the Pike County Courthouse after his preliminary hearing in Milford, Pa. Attorneys for Frein, charged in the 2014 ambush slaying of Pennsylvania Police Cpl. Bryon Dickson II, are asking a judge on the eve of his trial to throw out his videotaped confession. (Butch Comegys/The Times & Tribune via AP, File)
Saskatchewan man gets jail time for driving drunk and dragging dog
Tar Heels take NCAA title, 71-65, over Gonzaga
Isaiah Hicks #4 of the North Carolina Tar Heels attempts a shot against the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2017 NCAA Men's Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona.
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