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Michigan travel pitch draws Canadian criticism amid Trump trade tensions

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) With trade tensions between the United States and Canada already prompting a sharp decline in cross-border travel, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is ...

Iranian prosecutor denies Trump’s claim 800 prisoners were spared execution

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there "completely false." Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations ...

Ukraine, Russia, US ‘promote dialogue’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region will be a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi on Friday for talks to end Russia's nearly four-year full-scale invasion. The UAE's foreign ministry ...

Zelenskyy says repeated warnings to Europe feel like ‘Groundhog Day’

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted his European allies Thursday for what he portrayed as the continent's slow, fragmented and inadequate response to Russia's invasion nearly four years ago and its continued international aggression. Addressing the ...

Trump says NATO agrees to future Arctic security deal

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland, pulling a dramatic reversal shortly after insisting he wanted to get the island "including right, title and ...

High-speed crash casts shadow over Spain’s rail system

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The deadly train wreck in southern Spain has cast a pall over one of the nation's symbols of success. Sunday's collision killed at least 42 people and injured dozens more, according to officials on Tuesday. "It is undoubtably a hard blow, and I have to work so ...