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2018 BMW 530i xDrive.
Dealing with work stress by living a healthier home life
Harvey Schachter
March 8: Tariffs? Not feeling the love. Plus other letters to the editor
National Trade Council adviser Peter Navarro waits for President Donald Trump for an event in the Oval Office at the White House.
Former Trump campaign chief faces arraignment in Virginia
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves Federal District Court, in Washington. Manafort is scheduled for arraignment on Friday, March 2, 2018, in a northern Virginia courthouse on charges including tax evasion and bank fraud. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Niagara Falls couple charged after 'rash' of daytime break-ins: police
Markets watch European Central Bank for hint on stimulus end
In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo the sun is reflected in the windows of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. The ECB governing council meets on Thursday March 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Dutch bank CEO's pay rise sparks outrage among lawmakers
Prominent leader of German nationalist party to step down
FILE - In this March 13, 2016 Andre Poggenburg, top candidate of the right-populist AfD party, smiles after the closing of the state elections in the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
A ‘softer Trump’ buoys the Canadian dollar (but that mercy means holding Ottawa hostage)
EU weighs new ways to tackle migration as spring approaches
In this photo taken on Sunday Feb. 18, 2018 photo, a man stands on the deck after being rescued by aid workers of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, after leaving Libya trying to reach European soil aboard an overcrowded rubber boat, 60 miles north of Al-Khums, Libya. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
Spring fashion inspired by the glamorous early era of flight
Max Mara elevates the details of a classic trench in its silk overcoat and double-breasted skirt.
She sings. She dances. And she’s a hologram. Inside the Montreal company engineering virtual-reality pop star Maya Kodes
Armed with a story and a songwriting team, 12-person production crew headed by an Emmy Award-winning animator, her own A&R man, a mountain of proprietary software and hardware, a touring holographic spectacle and two EPs of chart-ready pop songs available on iTunes and Spotify, Neweb Labs' Maya Kodes is already the world’s first interactive virtual singer.
Women push back against ‘blockchain bros’
Elena Sinelnikova is the co-founder and chief executive officer of CryptoChicks.
How luxury train trips are perfecting the art of slow travel
Luxury train travel is back in vogue and one Canadian railway is leading the way with a lineup of adventurous voyages.
Frigs is ready to move on from Toronto’s ‘Seattle moment’
Toronto rock group Frigs recorded their new album, Basic Behaviour, over a 16-month period, while some of the tracks ‘are three years old,’ guitarist Duncan Hay Jennings says.
This International Women’s Day, feminists should - finally - accept transgender women
Denise Balkissoon
Another good reason to hire women: to boost productivity (and men’s pay)
Linda Nazareth
Albania suffers floods, landslides after days of heavy rain
German government calculates deaths from nitrogen dioxide
Belgium has scandal brewing over rapper's World Cup song
FILE - In this Friday, July 1, 2016 file photo, a Belgium fan poses for a photograph prior to the Euro 2016 quarterfinal soccer match between Wales and Belgium, at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d'Ascq, near Lille, France. The Belgian football federation said on Thursday, March 8, 2018 that it will not change its mind about choosing a rapper known for lacing his songs with obscene and misogynistic lyrics to produce its official World Cup song. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
No special treatment for U.S. if it wants to rejoin TPP: official
From bottom left, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, Brazil's President Michel Temer, Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri and Guyana's President David Arthur Granger, and from top left, Suriname's Minister in Charge of Business Natasha Halfhuid, Ecuador's Negotiator for Mercosur Diego Ribadaneira, Chile's Foreign Minister Heraldo Munuz, Colombia's Embassador to Brasil Alejandro Borda, Peru's Negotiator for Mercosur Luis Quesada and Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil pose for an official photo of the Mercosur and Associated States Summit of Heads of State, at the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil on December 21, 2017. Canada is expected to announce the start of formal free trade negotiations on Friday with the four-country South American trade bloc known as Mercosur. A spokesman for International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the negotiations could begin in earnest in the next 10 days. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Eraldo Peres
Poland remembers 1968 student protests, anti-Semitic purge
Polish President Andrzej Duda, left, shakes hands with former Israeli Knesset Speaker Shevah Weiss during ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of student protests that were exploited by the communists to purge Jews from Poland, at the Warsaw University in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 8, 2018. Duda made an emotional plea for forgiveness to the 13,000 Poles of Jewish origin who were expelled from Poland 50 years ago and decried the loss the country suffered with their departure. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
Iraqi court sentences al-Qaida leader's sister to death
Africa moving past Trump's slur, says African Union official
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, center, and Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Workneh Gebeyehu, right, depart after a news conference following their meeting, Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
Algerian pres calls for action on migrant criminal networks
UK: Nerve agent attack on ex-spy was 'brazen and reckless'
A police tent is framed by police tape covering the the spot where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill Sunday following exposure to an "unknown substance" in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Britain's counterterrorism police took over an investigation Tuesday into the mysterious collapse of the former spy and his daughter, now fighting for their lives. The government pledged a "robust" response if suspicions of Russian state involvement are proven. Sergei Skripal and his daughter are in a critical condition after collapsing in the English city of Salisbury on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
German FM Gabriel says he won't be part of next government
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2015 file photo German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel waves to the delegates as he receives the applause after his speech during the Social Democratic party convention in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
In the news today, March 8
President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after speaking at the Latino Coalition Legislative Summit, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
China to build massive $1.5 billion panda conservation area
In this Jan. 20, 2017, photo, staff members hold some 23 pandas born in 2016 at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Base in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan Province. The Bank of China pledged at least 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) on Thursday, March 8, 2018, to create a massive giant panda conservation park in southwestern Sichuan province. (Chinatopix via AP)
Viola Desmond takes her place as Canadian civil rights icon with new $10 bill
More than half a century after Viola Desmond challenged racial segregation by sitting in a whites-only section of a New Glasgow, N.S., movie theatre, the civil rights pioneer will become the first black woman on a Canadian bank note. Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, left, Minister of Status of Women Patricia Hajdu, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau, right, and Wanda Robson, Desmond's sister, unveil an image of Desmond who will be featured on the new Canadian ten dollar bill during a ceremony in Gatineau, Que. Thursday December 8, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The Latest: Danish inventor describes how journalist died
Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen, centre, arrives at the courthouse where the trial of Danish inventor Peter Madsen, charged with murdering and dismembering Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard his homemade submarine begins, in Copenhagen, Thursday, March 8, 2018. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau via AP)
Germany deports Egyptians for visa problems, asylum denials
Danish inventor denies killing journalist at murder trial
The Wednesday, March 7, 2018 photo shows the submarine UC3 Nautilus of Danish inventor Peter Madsen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Madsen goes on trial Thursday, March 8, for the killing of journalist Kim Wall in his submarine. (AP Photo/Dorothee Thiesing)
Police chief resigns after pot-smoking video surfaces
US, Russia trade blame as diplomats fail to meet in Africa
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives at Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Wednesday, March, 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Paralympic snowboarder designs innovative gear - for rivals
Mississippi could test how soon state can restrict abortion
Woods makes his Tampa Bay debut at Valspar Championship
Tiger Woods tees off on the 10th hole at Innisbrook's Copperhead course during the pro-am at the Valspar Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Palm Harbor, Fla (Jim Damaske/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Syria aid convoy on hold, top UN official appeals for calm
This photo released by the Syrian Red Crescent shows a convoy of vehicles of the Syrian Red Crescent arriving to Douma, eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 5, 2018. Desperate for food and medicine, Syrian civilians in the war-ravaged eastern suburbs of Damascus hoped for relief Monday as a 46-truck aid convoy began entering the rebel stronghold, the first such shipment in months. (Syrian Red Crescent via AP)
2 at a time: C-USA tourney games on 2 courts simultaneously
Tribes clear longest Kuskokwim road to date amid warm winter
US sends warning shot with California immigration lawsuit
Buddhist mobs sweep through Sri Lanka's Muslim neighbourhoods
Morocco women struggle against marital violence, stereotypes
Freeland demands Iranian authorities allow professor's widow to leave
Wednesday's Games
Christians emerge as key patrons for Jews moving to Israel
Japan economy grows 1.6 per cent in October-December quarter
In this Jan. 15, 2018, photo, people walk on a street in Tokyo. Japan reports its economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.6 percent in October-December, much stronger than the initial estimate, thanks to strong domestic demand and private investment, according to the revised government data issued Thursday, March 8, 2018.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
No charges for agent accused of groping Terry Crews
FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, Terry Crews poses for a portrait to promote the film, "Sorry to Bother You", at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Prosecutors on Wednesday, March 7, decided not to file charges against a talent agent whom Crews said groped him at a Hollywood party. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
WHL Roundup: Halbgewachs with five points leads Moose Jaw over Lethbridge
Derek Stepan scores late goal, lifts Coyotes over Canucks 2-1
Arizona Coyotes defenceman Jason Demers (55) tires to clear Vancouver Canucks left wing Brendan Leipsic (9) from in front of Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) during third period NHL action in Vancouver, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
What swamp? Lobbyists get ethics waivers to work for Trump
White House gears up campaigning for PA special election
In this March 5, 2018, photo. Republican Rick Saccone, speaks at a campaign rally in Waynesburg, Pa. Saccone is running against Democrat Conor Lamb in a special election being held on March 13 for the PA 18th Congressional District vacated by Republican Tim Murphy. Fighting to stave off another special election embarrassment, the White House is strengthening its final-days offensive in western Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Trump rolling out big trade tariffs, sparing Mexico, Canada
FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2018, file photo, White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington. Cohn is leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade policy. Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, has been the leading internal opponent to Trump's planned tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Views of Trump's trade adviser carry the day at White House
Northeast tries to dig out, power up after latest storm
A man clears snow off of his car on State Street in Danbury, Conn., during Wednesday's snowstorm, March 7, 2018. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed an order banning tractor-trailers and tandem trailers on Connecticut highways to help neighboring New York manage its traffic as highway conditions worsen because of the nor'easter. (Carol Kaliff/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)
Women are sticking with US submarines at same rate as men
In this April 26, 2017 photo U.S. Navy Ensign Megan Stevenson, of Raymond, Maine takes a rest after working with other U.S. Navy officers to patch high-pressure leaking pipes inside a replica of a submarine engine room during a damage control training exercise at the Naval Submarine School, in Groton, Conn. The Navy began bringing female officers on board submarines in 2010, followed by enlisted female sailors five years later. Their retention rates are on par with those of men, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
AP Interview: UN Women chief: Sex abuse cases tip of iceberg
Condemned Ohio killer claims innocence, asks for mercy
This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows William Montgomery, sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of Debra Ogle during a March 1986 robbery in Toledo, Ohio. Ohio Parole Board members were set to hear arguments Thursday, March 8, 2018, about whether Montgomery's life should be spared, with Montgomery's execution scheduled April 11, 2018. Montgomery was also convicted of murder, but not sentenced to death, for the fatal shooting of Ogle's apartment mate Cynthia Tincher, who prosecutors say was killed because she could identify Montgomery and his co-defendant Glover Heard. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)
Confessed killer who wants freed after 20 years due in court
This undated, file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Nathaniel Cook. Cook, one of two brothers who admitted killing a 12-year-old girl during a string of murders that terrorized an Ohio city in the early 1980s, could be released from prison within months. A judge has set a hearing for Thursday, March 8, 2018, to begin determining whether Cook should be registered as a sex offender if he's released. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)
Sentencing set for man who tried to help Islamic State group
FILE – This undated photo provided by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Columbus, Ohio, shows Aaron Daniels, who is accused of trying to travel to Libya to join the Islamic State group. Federal Judge Edmund Sargus on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, scheduled sentencing to Daniels for April 12. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Natural gas well that exploded and caught fire capped
China eyes greater global leadership role, downplays fears
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi pauses as he listens to a question from a journalist during a press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress at the media center in Beijing, Thursday, March 8, 2018. China says its proposal for a "dual suspension" of North Korean nuclear tests in return for a halt to war games by South Korea and the U.S. has proven successful. Wang on Thursday told reporters that the suspension of such activities during the recent Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea showed that China's approach "was the right prescription for the problem and created basic conditions for the improvement of inter-Korean relations." (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Philippine Congress body backs bid to impeach chief justice
Sick Venezuelans flee to Colombia in mounting refugee crisis
In this Feb. 22, 2018 photo, Venezuelan citizens hold up their identification cards for inspection by the Colombian immigration police, in Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela. Venezuelans are coming in by the thousands in need of urgent medical attention as the country's health crisis is spilling into neighboring Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
March 8: Your daily horoscope
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Mercedes-AMG’s GT four-door coupé is for families who want sports-car fun, too
Mercedes-AMG GT 63S.
Globe editorial: Police handling of Toronto serial-killer case needs independent review
Accused serial killer Bruce McArthur is shown in this image posted to his social media page.
The Latest: San Diego gas leak capped, evacuations lifted
Kroger to light up its headquarters for Women's Day
China's February exports surge, trade surplus widens
Chinese border police officers watch the arrival of a container ship at a port in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province, Thursday, March 8, 2018. China's exports in February surged 44.5 percent over a year earlier while its politically sensitive trade surplus widened amid mounting tension with Washington. (Chinatopix via AP)
Raptors squeak out win over Pistons, become first team to clinch playoff spot
Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan dribbles by Detroit Pistons forward Eric Moreland in the first half at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, on March 7, 2018.
A grim task: Preserving mementos from the Florida shooting
Japan penalizes several cryptocurrency exchanges after hack
In this Feb. 11, 2018, photo, a huge advertisement of Bitcoin is displayed near Shibuya train station in Tokyo. The Japanese government is slapping penalties on several crypotocurrency exchanges in the country, after 58 billion yen ($530 million) of virtual coins were lost earlier this year from hacking. The Financial Services Agency, which has been checking the exchanges, said Thursday, March 8, 2018, that FSHO and Bit Station exchanges were ordered to halt operations for a month. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
DeRozan scores 42, Raptors clinch playoff spot with OT win
Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin (23) looks to shoot as Toronto Raptors forward Norman Powell defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Women strike, protest as the world marks Int'l Women's Day
Women bang pots and pans as shooting slogans during a protest marking the beginning of a 24-hour women strike at the Sol square in Madrid, early Thursday, March 8, 2018. Women in Spain have been called for a 24-hour feminist strike in their workplaces and also stop doing duties at home during the International Women's Day. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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