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North Korean soldiers shoot and wound fellow soldier defecting to South Korea: Seoul

North Korean soldiers shoot and wound fellow soldier defecting to South Korea: Seoul

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean soldiers shot at and wounded a fellow soldier who was crossing a jointly controlled area at the heavily guarded border to defect to South Korea on Monday, the South’s military said.

North Korean soldiers have occasionally defected to South Korea across the border. But it’s rare for a North Korean soldier to defect via the Joint Security Area, where border…

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Qualcomm says Broadcom’s $103 billion offer ‘dramatically’ undervalues the chipmaker Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm Inc on Monday rejected rival Broadcom Ltd’s $103-billion takeover bid, saying the offer “dramatically” undervalued the U.S.

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More than 400 millionaires urge U.S. Congress not cut their taxes as part of Trump’s economic plan

More than 400 millionaires urge U.S. Congress not cut their taxes as part of Trump’s economic plan

More than 400 American millionaires and billionaires are sending a letter to Congress this week urging Republican lawmakers not to cut their taxes.

The wealthy Americans, which include doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and CEOs, say the GOP is making a mistake by reducing taxes on the richest families at a time when the the nation’s debt is high and inequality is back at the worst level since the…

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Befuddled by group handshake, Donald Trump strains, grimaces and finally succeeds

Befuddled by group handshake, Donald Trump strains, grimaces and finally succeeds

MANILA, Philippines – Nevertheless, he persisted.

President Donald Trump, after some brief, initial confusion, managed to successfully execute a traditional handshake for a group photo at a summit in the Philippines.

But first, the president’s unintentionally comedic struggles went viral.

Appearing at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit here, Trump was momentarily befuddled by the…

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Ride-hailing service Lyft expanding to Toronto market TORONTO — Ride-hailing company Lyft is bringing its service to Canada. In a blog post, the company says it’s coming to Toronto.

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The Post’s Speakeasy: Pierre Poilievre explains Liberal hypocrisy on taxes Listen in on the politics chat going on in dark corners of Ottawa bars with the National Post’s Speakeasy series.

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The hiring dilemma: Should you retain staff for their skills or their cultural fit? Sifting through hundreds of resumes is no easy feat. Whether you are hiring for a big corporation or a small business, one bad seed can ruin the bunch.

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General Electric for the third time in 125 years is cutting its dividend, this time by half BOSTON — General Electric is slashing its quarterly dividend in half with investors gathering in Boston, where Chairman and CEO John Flannery is expected to lay out significant changes for the U.S.

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Quebec’s fantastical reactions to Catalonia’s secession attempts

Quebec’s fantastical reactions to Catalonia’s secession attempts

Reacting to Catalonia’s reckless attempt at unilateral secession, Quebecers have displayed their own confusion about how secession could or could not be achieved in Quebec. Here, ambiguity reigns.

Louis Bernard, the former chief of staff to separatist Premier René Lévesque, published an article in Le Devoir recently in which he claimed that, in Canada, unlike in Spain, victory in a referendum…

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Canadian vitamin-maker bucking bad IPO trend, could get a boost from the flu In an up-and-down year for Canadian IPOs, shares of Toronto-based vitamin-maker Jamieson Wellness Inc. have been on a steady rise since their July debut.

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Pro-Nazi posters found at UBC gym that hosted Remembrance Day ceremonies VANCOUVER — Officials at the University of British Columbia says pro-Nazi posters have been found on the school’s Vancouver campus.

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Ancient shark with 300 teeth that may have inspired tales of ‘sea serpents’ captured by researchers

Ancient shark with 300 teeth that may have inspired tales of ‘sea serpents’ captured by researchers

Maybe it’s time we Homo sapiens re-evaluated our relationship with the oceans of the world.

It has been a good few millennia, sure, but our love affair may have been a little rushed. After all, what do we really know about the ocean? Roughly 95 per cent of it remains unexplored, and it seems as if every other day we’re finding out something new and unsettling.

Old emotions can die hard. So for…

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Max Pacioretty scores in overtime; Canadiens now one game under .500 MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens are steadily erasing a bad start to the season and they don’t want to stop.

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Dozens dead, hundreds injured after earthquake strikes near Iran-Iraq border TEHRAN, Iran — A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the region along the border between Iran and Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 61 people and injuring 300 in Iran, an Iranian official said.

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Toronto Raptors squander chance to prevail at buzzer as Boston Celtics win 12th straight game BOSTON — Al Horford had 24 points in his return from a two-game absence because of a concussion and the Boston Celtics hung on to beat the Toronto Raptors 95-94 on Sunday for their 12th straight victory.

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Jen Gerson: The greatest weakness in Western democracies is us

Jen Gerson: The greatest weakness in Western democracies is us

“Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat?’” Trump wrote in his tweet, referring to the leader of North Korea’s ruling dynasty. “Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend — and maybe someday that will happen!”

Tweeted, sigh, President Donald Trump on Saturday. Proving, yet again, that the leader of the free world is a particularly callow…

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New road will be Canada’s first permanent link to Arctic coast

New road will be Canada’s first permanent link to Arctic coast

TUKTOYAKTUK, N.W.T. — At 6 a.m. on Wednesday, in the arctic cold and darkness of the Mackenzie Delta, Darrel Nasogaluak will fire up his vehicle and head out on Canada’s newest and most exotic road trip.

Nasogaluak, mayor of the Northwest Territories hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, will drive down 120 kilometres of brand-new, two-lane, all-weather gravel to Inuvik. Replacing a seasonal ice road, the new…