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Delays, hesitation mark Syrians' return from Lebanon
This Monday, July 31, 2017 photo released by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows ambulances of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent gathering in the Syrian border village of Fleeta. The government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media released videos and photos of buses and ambulances near the Lebanese border town of Arsal and the Syrian village of Fleeta preparing for the evacuations. The second round of an exchange between Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group and Syria's al-Qaida affiliate that would lead to thousands of refugees resettled in Syria. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
Remains of WWII pilot from NYC killed in 1944 identified
No charges for deputies in fatal shooting of man with knife
Senate Dems spell out conditions on bipartisan tax reform
The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017. Most Senate Democrats and independents said Aug. 1, that upcoming legislation to rewrite the tax code should make sure the middle class doesn’t pay more. They won’t support any upcoming GOP effort to overhaul the U.S. tax code that delivers tax cuts to “the top 1 percent” or adds to the government’s $20 trillion debt. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Human-wildlife conflict in India: 1 human killed every day
Key drug sales push Pfizer profit up 50 per cent
FILE - This Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, file photo, shows the Pfizer logo on display at the company's world headquarters in New York. Pfizer Inc. (PFE) on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, reported second-quarter profit of $3.07 billion. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Jordanian activists celebrate repeal of ‘marry the rapist’ law
Activists protest in front Jordan's parliament in Amman on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 with banners calling on legislators to repeal a provision that allows a rapist to escape punishment if he marries his victim.
Q&A: Keith Urban reflects on touring, his wife Nicole Kidman's 'Big Little Lies'
John Kelly wins praise across the aisle, but bigger task is ahead
White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly attends a ceremony where U.S. President Donald Trump presented the Medal of Honor to former Army Specialist James McCloughan of South Haven, Michigan, during an East Room ceremony on July 31, 2017.
WestJet’s new discount airline service not expected until next year
Westjet aircraft are pictured at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on May 26, 2016.
New WestJet discount airline service not expected until next summer
A pilot taxis a Westjet Boeing 737-700 plane to a gate after arriving at Vancouver International Airport on February 3, 2014. WestJet (TSX:WJA) says the launch of its new no-frills, low-cost airline won't be until next summer after initially announcing plans it would start offering flights later this year.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Thomson Reuters profit tops forecasts; boosts 2017 target
A Thomson Reuters office is shown in Boston
UK government criticizes utility's gas price hike
Morning Update: Ottawa urged to cut off arms exports to Saudis; a quest to calm the White House; St. Mike’s head chastised
A Saudi Arabia flag is seen flying on Parliament Hill Nov. 2 in Ottawa.
Air Canada, WestJet shares soar on boom in air travel
A Westjet Boeing 737-800, left, taxis past an Air Canada Rouge Airbus A319 at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, April 28, 2014.
Air Canada shares jump on record $300 million earnings and strong outlook
An Air Canada Airbus A321-211 is seen taking off from Pearson International Airport on Friday, July 28, 2017. Air Canada (TSX:AC) shares jumped almost 10 per cent Tuesday as the airline reported record second-quarter earnings and a well-received outlook. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
Syria slams Saudi Arabia for 'politicizing' hajj pilgrimage
Greek Patriarch denounces Israeli court's real estate ruling
Italy focuses on Libya mission to manage migrant crisis
Tuesday’s small-cap stocks to watch
A West Jet Boeing 737-700 aircraft departs Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia February 9, 2011.
Poles commemorate Warsaw Uprising on 73rd anniversary
A man wears period costume as people stand on the city's main intersection holding burning flares to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Thousands of residents opened an uneven struggle on Aug. 1, 1944 in an effort to liberate the city from the Nazis and take control ahead of the advancing Soviet Red Army. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
Former Greek statistics chief convicted for breach of duty
FILE - In this Thursday, July, 22, 2010 file photo former Greece's statistics chief Andreas Georgiou, stands outside the headquarters of the Statistics agency, in Athens. A high court in Greece convicted Georgiou to two years in prison for breach of duty on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in a politically charged case closely watched by international bailout lenders. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
Joe Fresh to expand into plus sizes with fall line
A model wears Joe Fresh Plus Sizes fashion in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Joe Fresh MANDATORY CREDIT
Practical, disruptive innovation can give your company a competitive edge
Mojdeh Poul is president of 3M Canada.
Change management is a journey, not a race
Anna-Maria Parente
I got a distracted-driving ticket for vaping. Could I get out of it?
Aug. 1: Professionalism in politics. Plus other letters to the editor
Donald Trump has already removed Anthony Scaramucci from the job he gave him less than two weeks ago as White House communications director.
Australia asks why US refused dual citizen lawmaker entry
Jews visit contested Jerusalem holy site on day of mourning
Fire at four-unit Halifax condo forces 20 people from their homes
Rowling apologizes for claiming Trump ignored disabled boy
FILE- This is a Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 file photo of British author J.K. Rowling as she poses for the photographers during photo call to unveil her new book, entitled: 'The Casual Vacancy', at the Southbank Centre in London. J.K. Rowling has apologized, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, for tweets alleging that U.S. President Donald Trump refused to shake the hand of a disabled boy. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
‘Day of reckoning’ looms for Canada’s consumer debt bomb
Credit cards are displayed in Montreal, Wednesday, December 12, 2012.
Tropical Depression Emily heads away from Southeast coast
Part of a tree rests on a mobile home in the Easy Living Mobile Home Park after strong winds moved through the area in Tampa, Fla., Monday, July 31, 2017. (Skip O'Rourke/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Report: Syrian Kurdish forces hold IS fighters from Sweden
British Bases: soldier arrested for fatal traffic accident
NATO helicopter has hard landing in Afghanistan; 2 injured
Eurozone economy picked up speed in the second quarter
The skyline of the banking district is reflected in a puddle after a heavy thunderstorm during the night in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
What Richard Branson learned from his seven biggest failures
Minimum wages: The small-town view
Margaret Wente
Ottawa’s new tax measures unfairly target many doctors
André Picard
Man freed after airline plot arrest shocked to be questioned
FILE- In this Sunday, May 4, 2014 file photo, an Etihad Airways plane prepares to land in Abu Dhabi Airport, United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates' national airline says it is working with Australian police in its investigation into an attempted airplane attack. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Migrants scale Spanish border fence, 14 injured
German jobless rate ticks up to 5.6 pct on seasonal factors
Anti-India strike, security lockdown shuts disputed Kashmir
Kashmiri village women shout pro-Pakistani and pro-freedom slogans during the funeral procession of senior militant Arif Nabi Dar in Lilhar, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Large anti-India protests and clashes spearheaded mostly by students erupted in disputed Kashmir on Tuesday after government forces killed two senior militants in a gunbattle and fatally shot a protester during an ensuing demonstration demanding an end to Indian rule. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Sam Shepard, dead at age 73, was a new kind of artist
Sam Shepard, dead at age 73, was a new kind of artist
This image released by Netflix shows Sam Shepard from the original series, "Bloodline." Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, died of complications from ALS, Thursday, July 27, 2017, at his home in Kentucky. He was 73. (Saeed Ayani/Netflix via AP)
Sony sees recovery with a nearly quadrupling of profit
FILE - In this Friday, April 28, 2017, file photo, people walk out from the headquarters of Sony Corp. in Tokyo. Sony’s fiscal first quarter profit nearly quadrupled compared to a year ago, boosted by its lucrative image sensor and other businesses, highlighting a gradual recovery at the Japanese electronics and entertainment company. Sony reported Tuesday, Aug. 1, an 80.9 billion yen ($735 million) April-June profit, up dramatically from 21.2 billion yen the same period a year ago. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
Five stories in the news for today, Aug. 1
Indonesia lifts threat to ban encrypted app Telegram
Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara, left, shakes hands with Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov during their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The Indonesian government has lifted its threat to ban the encrypted messaging app Telegram because it's taking steps to address "negative" content that includes forums for Islamic State group supporters, Rudiantara said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
1,700-pound barbecue pit stolen from Albuquerque restaurant
The Latest: 2 Venezuelan judges shelter in Chilean residence
Arizona to use new system to check big rigs entering state
Suspect in killing of Navajo girl pleads guilty to murder
NAFTA schedule: A cabinet dinner to launch seven rounds of trade talks
Cabinet ministers from three countries will gather for dinner in Washington where negotiations will begin on Aug. 16 between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico for a new North American Free Trade Agreement, in the first of seven negotiating rounds scheduled through the fall. Members of the military train at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, June 30, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Carolyn Kaster
Arsenault, Barton, Chang and Hanomansing new hosts of 'The National'
Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief, CBC News, speaks during the CBC upfront showcasing the CBC 2017-18 fall/winter lineup in Toronto on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. CBC will announce who will host its flagship news program "The National" at a news conference on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Not a peep about Trans Mountain during meeting between PM, Vancouver mayor
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson shake hands prior to their private meeting in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday August 1, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ben Nelms
Peugeot maker PSA finalizes takeover of GM's Opel, Vauxhall
Black police concerned by Trump quips on handling suspects
Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives during a conference, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in Atlanta, just days after President Donald Trump said police shouldn't be "nice" to suspects by shielding their heads as they are lowered, handcuffed, into police cars. The comment, now described by the White House as a joke, angered some cops who said it only served to dial back progress they'd made with the people they serve. (John Amis/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
California health premiums to rise an average 12.5 per cent
FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2016 file photo Insurance agents help sign people up for insurance through the Covered California exchange at their storefront on Beach Blvd. in Huntington Beach, Calif. Monthly premiums for California health insurance plans sold under former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will rise by an average of 12.5 percent next year, officials said Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (Nick Agro/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP,File)
Honda reports 19 per cent rise in profit on sales, cost cuts
FILE - In this Friday, April 28, 2017, file photo, a man walks past Honda cars on display at Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo. Improved sales and cost cuts helped Japanese automaker Honda shrug off lingering troubles from the Takata air bag recalls to log a nearly 19 percent improvement in its fiscal first quarter profit. Tokyo-based Honda, which makes the Fit subcompact, Accord sedan and Asimo robot, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, reported a 207.3 billion yen ($1.9 billion) profit for April-June, up from 174.6 billion yen the same period last year. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
Homeless lifelong bank robber gets 15 years for Reno holdup
FILE - This file booking photo provided by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office shows, Tommy Ray McAdoo, who is accused of robbing a Reno, Nev., bank with a steak knife. McAdoo faces 25 years in prison or more when he's scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Reno on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (Washoe County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
BP sees earnings slip as spill costs continue to weigh
A pump at a BP petrol station in London, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Oil producer BP's second-quarter earnings slipped 5 percent as the Deepwater Horizon disaster continued to weigh on the company. (AP Photo/Caroline Spiezio)
GOP shows signs of reaching out to Democrats on health care
Jordan activists celebrate repeal of 'marry the rapist' law
Women activists protest in front Jordan's parliament in Amman on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 with banners calling on legislators to repeal a provision that allows a rapist to escape punishment if he marries his victim. Parliament is to vote on the proposed change to the penal code Tuesday. The banner in the middle in Arabic reads: Article 308 is a disgrace in the Jordanian justice system, the banner on the left says: Article 308 does not protect honor, it protects the culprit. (AP Photo/Reem Saad)
Father, son prepare for eclipse after missed 1979 viewing
This frame grab from a video shows Gene Brick, 92, left, and his son, Bartt Brick, peer through a telescope in Madras, Ore., June 12, 2017, that they made together in 1964. The two plan to watch the upcoming solar eclipse together Aug. 21, 2017, as it passes through Oregon. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
Trump on tricky legal ground with 'Obamacare' threat
In this July 31, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump pauses during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump’s threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and force the collapse of “Obamacare” could put the government in a tricky legal situation. Legal experts say he’d be handing insurers a solid court case, while undermining his own leverage to compel Democrats to negotiate, especially if premiums jump by 20 percent as expected after such a move. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Kelly wins praise across the aisle, but will Trump change?
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, rights, arrives at a event where President Donald Trump was bestowing the Medal of Honor to retired Army medic James McCloughan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Dad admits killing son in court as mom sobs over boy's ashes
FILE - In this undated booking photo provided by the South Pasadena, Calif., Police Department shows Aramazd Andressian Sr. Andressian pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 to killing his 5-year-old son. (South Pasadena Police Department via AP, File)
Nearly 500 suspects stand trial over Turkey's failed coup
A member of the special forces stands guard outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, went on trial in Turkey Tuesday accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Officer screams he was hit in fatal California shooting
Investigators check a crime scene where two police officers and a burglar were shot on Monday, July 31, 2017, at an apartment complex in Los Banos, Calif. Authorities say the two police officers and a burglary suspect were shot in a struggle that erupted when the officers responded to a break-in report at the apartment. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
Officer released from hospital after being shot 4 times
Seas rise, trees die: Climate change before your eyes
Man charged with murder in shooting of Indiana officer
Illinois governor's veto could jeopardize school funding
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Typhoon weakens but could still threaten Japan
This satellite image taken Monday, July 31, 2017, and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Typhoon Noru. The powerful Pacific typhoon that intensified into the Northern Hemisphere's strongest storm of the year but has since lost some of its punch could still threaten Japan by this weekend. (NOAA via AP)
Did Alexander Hamilton hold this coin?
In this Monday, July 31, 2017, image made from a video, David McCarthy, a senior numismatist at Kagin's, holds what is believed to be the first coin ever struck by the U.S. government at the World's Fair of Money in Denver, Colo. The coin is on display this week at the World’s Fair of Money in Denver. (AP Photo/Tatiana Flowers)
Brazil's president faces congressional vote on his future
Brazil's president Michel Temer speaks to the press during his visit to the operations control center at the Army's headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July. 30, 2017. Thousands of soldiers began patrolling Rio de Janeiro amid a spike in violence in Brazil's second-largest city (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Jenna Coleman: Casting a female 'Doctor Who' is 'genius'
Carol Burnett to ask kids to solve adult problems on Netflix
FILE - In this June 29, 2016, file photo, actress, comedian Carol Burnett speaks at the Cancer Moonshot Summit at Howard University in Washington before introducing Vice President Joe Biden. Burnett says she'll be playing her inner self in a new Netflix series: An 8-year old. Netflix announced Monday, July 31, 2017, that the comedy great will star in an unscripted comedy series titled "A Little Help with Carol Burnett." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Pennsylvania ex-mayor pleads not guilty to corruption
College considered selling land before Sander's wife left
FILE- In this July 28, 2016 file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and his wife Jane walk through downtown in Philadelphia during the final day of the Democratic National Convention. An economic development official says a financial services company had considering buying some of a now-defunct college’s lakefront property while Jane Sanders was president of the school. Burlington College closed last year after struggling under the weight of its $10 million purchase of property and buildings from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington in 2010 during Jane Sanders' presidency. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Late-night Toronto shootings kill two men, wound four other people
Watchdog: Tight security hinders oversight of US Afghan aid
In this Monday, July 31, 2017 photo, an Afghan man ride his bicycle walks past blast walls in Kabul, Afghanistan. A U.S. watchdog says unprecedented security restrictions are making it difficult to monitor Afghanistan projects that are costing hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)
Analysts doubt North Korea's ICBM re-entry capability
Xi says China will never permit loss of 'any piece' of land
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)
The 358-mile Long Path gets upgrades at Mine Kill Park
Food fight erupts over Pennsylvania 'Pierogi Festival' name
In a June 9, 2017 photo, a long line starts to form at the Just "R" Pierogi stand at the 2017 Edwardsville Pierogi Festival in Edwardsville, Pa. The Pennsylvania celebration of the popular Polish treat is embroiled in a food fight after the Whiting Pierogi Fest in Indiana threatened a trademark infringement lawsuit over the use of the name "Pierogi Festival." (Frank C. Lauri/The Times & Tribune via AP)
House conservative calls for special counsel's resignation
FILE - In this March 24, 2017, file photo, Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz. speaks with a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franks is calling on special counsel Robert Mueller to resign, citing what he says is a conflict of interest because of Mueller’s “close friendship” with fired FBI Director James Comey. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
2 Venezuelan opposition leaders jailed as crisis escalates
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