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Barrick Gold says four employees charged and detained pending trial in Mali

Barrick Gold says four employees charged and detained pending trial in Mali

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. says four employees at its Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali have been charged and detained pending trial. The Canadian gold miner says it refutes the charges, but did not say what they entailed.
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Maine, Justice Department enter settlement to improve services for children with disabilities

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Maine announced Tuesday they have entered into a settlement that requires the state to increase community-based behavioral health services for children.
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Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief

Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief

DETROIT (AP) — If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation.
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Takeaways from AP’s report on a study into extremism in the military that used old data

Takeaways from AP’s report on a study into extremism in the military that used old data

The Associated Press has found that a Pentagon-funded study that looked into extremism in the military relied on old data, included misleading analyses and ignored evidence that could have led to a different conclusion.
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AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data

AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, sat in front of a screen with the headline: “Study Disproves Military Extremism Problem.” It was Jan.
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‘Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs

‘Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsidy.
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Boissonnault's former company suspended from federal procurement

Boissonnault's former company suspended from federal procurement

OTTAWA — The federal government is barring a company previously co-owned by a Liberal MP and former minister from bidding on contracts with the federal government.
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Canada's financial intelligence agency aiming to provide crucial info in real time

OTTAWA — Canada's financial intelligence agency says it is modernizing with the aim of providing valuable information to police and security officials in real time — or as close to that goal as it can get.
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Rudy Giuliani in a courtroom outburst accuses judge in assets case of being unfair, drawing a rebuke

Rudy Giuliani in a courtroom outburst accuses judge in assets case of being unfair, drawing a rebuke

NEW YORK (AP) — In an angry outburst in a New York courtroom, Rudy Giuliani accused a judge Tuesday of making wrong assumptions about him as he tries to comply with an order requiring him to turn over most of his assets to two election poll workers w
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Five things to know about Donald Trump's tariff threats against Canada

Five things to know about Donald Trump's tariff threats against Canada

Donald Trump posted to Truth Social on Monday that he plans to sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico.
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