TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27.
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MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country wants “security guarantees” before any talks to end the Ukraine-Russia war. Zelenskyy made his remarks Friday during a meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
MUNICH (AP) — Ukra…

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street fell short of a record following mixed profit reports from big companies. The S&P 500 ended essentially flat Friday, a day after rallying within 0.1% of its all-time high set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Averag…

Brazil is the second-largest exporter of steel to the United States after Canada (Douglas MAGNO) (Douglas MAGNO/AFP/AFP)
Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vowed "reciprocity" in response to a 25-percent levy on steel imports annou…

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street fell short of a record following mixed profit reports from big companies. The S&P 500 ended essentially flat Friday, a day after rallying within 0.1% of its all-time high set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Averag…

Intel (INTC) stock notched about a 23% weekly gain Friday, its most significant weekly move upward since 2000, in a rally fueled by US Vice President JD Vance's bullish comments on domestic AI chip production earlier this week and investor speculation…

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Happy Valentine’s Day. I’m sending this from the NBA All-Star Technology Summit in San Francisco, where I’ve never seen so many major st…

(Reuters) -Parties interested in buying the popular short-video app TikTok are talking directly with the White House, and not with its Chinese owner ByteDance, Axios reported on Friday.
TikTok's fate has been up in the air since a law requiring ByteDa…

Oil swung from gains to losses on Friday as traders weighed the prospects of retaliatory US tariffs with supply implications from stricter US policy against Iran.
West Texas Intermediate crude (CL=F) pared gains to fall below the flatline, on track to…

Munich | China’s top diplomat said the country will respond to any further unilateral US sanctions, calling such moves a form of “bullying” in his first major public remarks since US President Donald Trump launched a new trade conflict.
“If the U…

Zhipu AI, a leading Chinese AI company specializing in large language models (LLMs), has recently completed a new funding round with a pre-investment valuation of 20 billion yuan (US$2.8 billion). This round was led by Zhongguancun Science City Ltd., r…

ByteDance is exploring further integration of its large language models (LLMs) with various types of hardware, such as AI glasses and smart headphones, aiming to transform its in-house AI capabilities into user-centric hardware products, according to C…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is ready to hold talks with the Philippines to settle their overlapping claims to the undersea continental shelf in the South China Sea, official Vietnamese media said Friday, in a diplomatic approach that contrasts with C…

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The NHL's version of musical chairs began Wednesday, with starting goalies Jacob Markstrom and Darcy Kuemper switching teams and conferences.
Markstrom, 34, was shipped to …

For two decades, Christopher Gibbs, a row crop and cattle farmer in Shelby county, Ohio, was an ardent Republican party member.
He served as chair of his county’s Republican party branch for seven years and when Donald Trump became the party’s presiden…

Chris Alexander is a former deputy head of mission of the Canadian embassy in Moscow and a former Canadian cabinet minister. He is currently a distinguished fellow of the Canadian International Council and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.…
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I was not among the lucky few to be blessed with a Still Wakes the Deep review code ahead of the narrative-horror game's launch, but I still planned to review the title for Windows Central alongside the first wave of players.…
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Open this photo in gallery: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg arrives to Rideau Cottage, Ottawa, on June 19.Blair Gable/Reuters
Every government minister has a role to play. As Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair’s role seems to be to find n…

The European Union could trigger a ‘trade war’ if it continues to escalate tensions, China’s commerce ministry said on Friday, accusing the bloc of foul play during its eight-month anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles.…
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BEIJING (AP) — With no obvious options, China appears to be keeping its distance as Russia and North Korea move closer to each other with a new defense pact that could tilt the balance of power among the three authoritarian states.…
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency has suffered a series of cyberattacks since last year, but sensitive information related to rockets and satellites was not affected and it is continuing to investigate and take preventive measures, officials said Frida…