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• U.S. international Terrence Boyd's days in Toronto appear numbered - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 23:56
  U.S. international Terrence Boyd's days in Toronto appear numbered  Lethbridge News NowTORONTO — It appears striker Terrence Boyd's days with Toronto FC are over. The 28-year-old U.S. international has seen just 339 minutes of MLS action with ...
  
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• Meek Mill's conviction thrown out, granted new trial - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 23:56
  Meek Mill's conviction thrown out, granted new trial  Lethbridge News NowA Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday overturned rapper Meek Mill's conviction in a drug and gun case that...
  
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• George Takei calls migrant treatment a 'grotesque low' - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 23:56
  George Takei calls migrant treatment a 'grotesque low'  Lethbridge News NowBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — George Takei says U.S. migrant detention policies reached depths beyond what Japanese-Americans faced during their World War II ...
  
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• Cosby appeal to focus on other women's testimony, Quaaludes - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 23:56
  Cosby appeal to focus on other women's testimony, Quaaludes  Lethbridge News NowNORRISTOWN, Pa. — Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month say the accusations from other women are ...
  
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• Man arrested near Taylor Swift's house held without bail - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 23:41
  Man arrested near Taylor Swift's house held without bail  Lethbridge News NowSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — An Iowa man police say came to Rhode Island with a backpack full of burglary tools to visit Taylor Swift has been held without bail ...
  
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• Ghostbusters 2020 filming in Fort Macleod August 8-13 - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 23:34
  Ghostbusters 2020 filming in Fort Macleod August 8-13  Lethbridge News NowFORT MACLEOD, AB – The Town of Fort Macleod has announced several road closures in the community to coincide with the filming of Ghostbusters 2020 ...
  
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• Family of missing Calgary fisherman confirms body found in the Peace River

  26-07-2019 23:31
  The body of 39-year-old Aaron Kingma, the Calgarian who was swept away by the Peace River in northern British Columbia in May, has been located. The father of two had been fishing in the river with friends near Hudson's Hope, B.C. on May 29 when he was swept away by a strong current. Hundreds of people took part in the ground, aerial and aquatic search for Kingma before it was called off on June 1. His family confirms his body was found on Wednesday by a family that lives along the river. His bo
  
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• Lethbridge organization receives $1.68M to help women pursue careers in male-dominated professions

  26-07-2019 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Women looking to make their mark in certain professional fields in southern Alberta are getting more than $1.6 million to help, thanks to new funding received by Economic Development Lethbridge's Tecconnect.
  
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• Calgary teacher suspended after investigation into head-butting incident

  26-07-2019 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta teacher has been suspended after head-butting a student at school.
  
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• 'This is not humour': Edmonton mother upset over 'body shaming' sign

  26-07-2019 22:57
  An Edmonton mother is upset over a community league billboard she considers “fat shaming.” Jessica Baudin-Griffin said she was surprised and disappointed to see the Leefield Community League’s billboard read: “I wish everything was as easy as getting fat!” on one side and “Tired of being Fat & Ugly? Hit the gym and just be Ugly!” on the other. Baudin-Griffin and her 13-year-old daughter posed in front of the sign with their thumbs down to show disapp
  
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• 'Sneak peak': Overhaul of Ha Ling trail makes route safer for hikers

  26-07-2019 22:50
  A popular mountain trail that has been closed for almost a year is just a few weeks away from reopening to hikers and officials say the work was required to allow it to remain safe and sustainable. Crews have started to wrap up work on Ha Ling trail, which is one of the most heavily used in all of Kananaskis Country and Alberta Parks as a whole. During peak times in the summer, as many as 600 people per day use the trail and Alberta Parks recognized that it needed a major facelift. "The trail wa
  
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• Alberta increases oil production limit for September

  26-07-2019 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government says it will again ease its crude oil curtailment program for September.
  
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• Small plane crashes off Vancouver Island

  26-07-2019 22:32
  Emergency crews are responding to a small island off the northern tip of Vancouver Island where a floatplane has crashed. The Cessna 208 Caravan floatplane went down on Addenbroke Island, approximately 82 kilometres off Vancouver Island, shortly after noon Friday. Two Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft – a CH-149 Cormorant rescue helicopter and a CC-115 Buffalo patrol plane – have been dispatched from the 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron based out of Comox, according to the navy's Ma
  
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• At least four dead after small plane crashes off Vancouver Island

  26-07-2019 22:32
  Four people are dead after a float plane crash on a small island off the northern tip of Vancouver Island. The Cessna 208 Caravan float plane went down on Addenbroke Island, approximately 82 kilometres off Vancouver Island, with nine people on board Friday morning. The Transportation Safety Board confirmed Friday evening that the plane belongs to Seair Seaplanes of Vancouver. Two Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft – a CH-149 Cormorant rescue helicopter and a CC-115 Buffalo patrol plane &nda
  
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• RCMP manhunt: How online rumours affect police investigations

  26-07-2019 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  A photo of an individual who looked strikingly like one of the men suspected in the deaths of three people in B.C. began circulating online Thursday evening.
  
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• Alberta’s Chuckegg Creek wildfire now being held

  26-07-2019 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  The Chuckegg Creek wildfire in northern Alberta is now classified as being held.
  
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• Carey Price’s father among elite coaches at Lethbridge goalie camp - Global News

  26-07-2019 21:27
  Carey Price’s father among elite coaches at Lethbridge goalie camp  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: A week-long camp in Lethbridge offered bantam and midget goaltenders the chance to learn from some experienced hockey coaches. Danica ...
  
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• Hundreds of campers stranded in northern Alta. by washed out highway

  26-07-2019 21:23
  Approximately 200 people are stranded at a campground in northern Alberta after flooding washed out the only highway with southbound access. An evacuation order was issued for the area of Marten Beach, including the hamlet and neighbouring campground on Thursday afternoon because of the flooding. About 75 people from the hamlet have registered at the evacuation centre at the Municipal District Office, but hundreds of people at the campground haven’t been able to leave. The group stranded a
  
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• Canada, New Zealand tops list of countries most vulnerable to housing bubble

  26-07-2019 20:54
  Housing prices in Canada are not sustainable, and rising much faster relative to how much people are earning or paying for rent, according to research from Bloomberg Economics released earlier this month. The results puts Canada, alongside New Zealand, at the top of the list of countries most at risk of a housing bubble, according to the study.  Canada was also the only country to rank near the top in all four bubble indicator categories: House price-rent ratio, house price-income ratio, re
  
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• UFC teaming up with Aurora Cannabis for CBD study on athlete performance

  26-07-2019 20:24
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship is in Edmonton this weekend and ahead of that, a Canadian cannabis company is teaming up with the UFC to evaluate the effects of CBD on athlete performance.  The partnership will explore the use of CBD as a treatment for pain and a way to accelerate healing among mixed martial artists. "We know anecdotally that professional athletes across sports disciplines are turning to hemp-derived CBD treatments to assist with physical recovery, with varying degrees o
  
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• 'Our ability to serve Calgarians will be reduced': Calgary fire chief reacts to budget reduction package

  26-07-2019 19:42
  City council approved a $60M budget cut package earlier this week and Calgary's fire chief says slashing the fire and emergency services budget will have an impact on response times and public safety. On Tuesday, council voted 13 to 1 to approve the budget reduction package and the plan includes more than $7 million in cuts from the fire department and emergency service’s budget and another $7 million from the Calgary Police Service. Calgary Fire Chief Steve Dongworth says the cu
  
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• John Fogerty pulls out of troubled Woodstock 50 festival - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 19:37
  John Fogerty pulls out of troubled Woodstock 50 festival  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - John Fogerty has pulled out of Woodstock 50 just weeks before the troubled anniversary event is sup...
  
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• Canadian pharmacists report rise in drug shortages causing 'patient confusion and distress'

  26-07-2019 19:34
  Drug shortages have “greatly increased” in the last three to five years causing patient confusion and distress, according to a survey of Canadian pharmacists. Of more than 1,700 pharmacists asked by the Canadian Pharmacists Association, the vast majority or 79 per cent, indicated that shortages have “greatly increased.” Managing shortages has become a time-consuming and unwelcome part of pharmacists’ daily practice, the CPA said, that can occupy up to 20 per cent of
  
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• House where Whitey Bulger buried 3 victims for sale

  26-07-2019 19:18
  BOSTON -- The Boston home where late mobster James "Whitey" Bulger and his gang buried three of their victims is for sale. The Boston Globe reports that the asking price for the 1,975-square-foot (180-square-meter) two-story home on a lot that also includes a second residence is $3.5 million. The home was once owned by the brother of a Bulger associate. During Bulger's racketeering trial, a witness said he saw Bulger kill three people in the house. Their bodies were buried in the basement. In 19
  
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• $1M worth of liquid methamphetamine found in Canadian snow globes

  26-07-2019 19:13
  Australian police are reminding criminals that, no matter how clever their concealment of drugs may be, “we can find it.” This comes after the Australian Border Force (ABF) intercepted 15 snow globes that arrived from Canada containing liquid methamphetamine. The ABF did not say where in Canada the snow globes are from. The cargo was stopped by officers in Sydney, who X-rayed and tested the snow globes, which produced a positive result for methamphetamine. “It doesn’t mat
  
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• Now British PM, brash Boris Johnson faces Brexit conundrum - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 19:03
  Now British PM, brash Boris Johnson faces Brexit conundrum  Lethbridge News NowLONDON - Boris Johnson took over as Britain's prime minister Wednesday, vowing to break the impasse that defea...
  
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• Did Facebook data help Trump? 'Great Hack' explores scandal - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 19:03
  Did Facebook data help Trump? 'Great Hack' explores scandal  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — The new documentary “The Great Hack” captures how Facebook's cavalier handling of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal posed a ...
  
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• Iowa carpenter with secret fortune posthumously sends 33 kids to college

  26-07-2019 18:11
  A carpenter from Iowa secretly saved up a fortune of millions, gifting the money after his death to fund 33 college scholarships for students unable to afford post-secondary education. Dale Schroeder worked for 67 years at the same carpentry business in Des Moines, never married and had no living descendants. He was described as a “blue-collar, lunch-pail kind of guy” who had two pairs of jeans, “one for work and one for church,” his lawyer Steve Nielson told CNN affiliat
  
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• Motorcyclist injured in crash on downtown street

  26-07-2019 17:20
  Police are investigating after a motorcycle crashed on a downtown street on Thursday evening sending the driver to hospital. Emergency crews were called to 9th Avenue and 7th Street S.W. for reports of a crash. EMS officials say one person was taken to hospital in stable condition. Police are investigating.
  
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• Tourists asked to plan ahead due to summer congestion in the mountains

  26-07-2019 16:50 via globalnews.ca
  Visitors planning a trip to Lake Louise are being asked to leave their vehicles behind in order to curb congestion.
  
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• China says US 'power politics' undermines global stability - Lethbridge News Now

  26-07-2019 16:37
  China says US 'power politics' undermines global stability  Lethbridge News NowBEIJING — China on Wednesday accused the United States of undermining global stability with unilateral policies and “power politics” as the Defence Ministry ...
  
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• Family displaced after Prestwick area home heavily damaged in fire

  26-07-2019 15:53
  Eight people have been displaced after a fire heavily damaged a home in the city's southeast on Thursday evening. Emergency crews were called to a home on the 200 block of Prestwick Manor S.E. at about 10:20 p.m. for reports of a structure fire. When crews arrived, smoke was coming from the home and the back of the house was fully involved in flame. Crews launched an aggressive attack on the exterior to contain the blaze and keep it from spreading to nearby homes. Fire crews who were attacking t
  
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• Someone may have 'inadvertently' helped two suspects leave Gillam, Man. area: RCMP

  26-07-2019 15:31
  Police say it’s possible that two teenage suspects wanted in connection with three B.C. murders may have fled the area of a northern Manitoba town after receiving help from someone who didn’t realize that the young men are wanted on a nationwide manhunt.More coverage from CTV News Vancouver More coverage from CTV News Winnipeg Interactive map and timeline of northern B.C. deathsRCMP are now urging anyone who may have “inadvertently” helped the suspects to come forward. &l
  
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• Manhunt for B.C. murder suspects narrows to dense, swampy wilderness

  26-07-2019 15:31
  The intense manhunt for two young men who are wanted in connection with three homicides in British Columbia has narrowed to the dense wilderness outside a small town in northern Manitoba.More coverage from CTV News Vancouver More coverage from CTV News Winnipeg Interactive map and timeline of northern B.C. deathsOver the past week, heavily armed police officers from across the country have descended on the community of Gillam, Man. in search of 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmeg
  
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• Gigantic $190 million super-yacht delights boat spotters on Toronto's harbour

  26-07-2019 15:23
  A towering super-yacht docked at Toronto’s harbour is delighting a steady stream of summer spectators. At 81 metres long, Grace could be the largest super-yacht to ever dock at Queens Quay.For more on this story visit CTV News TorontoFresh from a stop in Boston and cruising around the Great Lakes with a crew of 20, Grace is a private vessel previously owned by a Russian billionaire. Built in 2014 and originally called “Cibo,” it was sold and renamed last year, according to the
  
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• Calgary councillors call for extended consultation on arena deal

  26-07-2019 15:01
  A pair of Calgary city councillors is asking the city for an extended consultation period on a tentative arena deal.  On Monday, the city said it had struck a deal with the Calgary Flames to evenly split the cost of a $550 million event centre.  Council is expected to vote to finalize the agreement at a meeting on Tuesday, but public consultation is only being accepted until noon on Friday.  Councillors Evan Woolley and Jeromy Farkas are both taking issue with the rushed period of
  
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• RCMP search for people who may have ‘inadvertently’ helped B.C. murder suspects

  26-07-2019 14:59 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP search the rugged terrain of northern Manitoba for B.C. murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod.
  
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• RCMP search for B.C. murder suspects continues into 4th day in northern Manitoba

  26-07-2019 14:59 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP search the rugged terrain of northern Manitoba for B.C. murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod.
  
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• Extra personnel, drones join RCMP search for B.C. murder suspects in northern Manitoba

  26-07-2019 14:59 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP search the rugged terrain of northern Manitoba for B.C. murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod.
  
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• Girls report more harassment amid rise in U.S. cyberbullying

  26-07-2019 14:20
  SEATTLE -- Rachel Whalen remembers feeling gutted in high school when a former friend would mock her online postings, threaten to unfollow or unfriend her on social media and post inside jokes about her to others online. The cyberbullying was so distressing that Whalen said she contemplated suicide. Once she got help, she decided to limit her time on social media. It helps to take a break from it for perspective, said Whalen, now a 19-year-old college student in Utah. There's a rise in cyberbull
  
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• Seoul: North Korea in worst economic contraction in 2 decades

  26-07-2019 13:57
  SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of -- North Korea suffered its worst economic contraction last year in more than two decades due to international sanctions and bad weather, South Korea's central bank said Friday. The Seoul-based Bank of Korea said in a statement that North Korea's economy shrank 4.1% last year from a year earlier. The statement said it was the North's second straight year of contraction and the worst performance since 1997, when the economy was estimated to have shrunk 6.5%. In the mid-1
  
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• SoftBank sets up $108B investment fund, with no Saudi money

  26-07-2019 13:51
  TOKYO -- Japanese internet company SoftBank Group Corp. has set up a new fund for investing in technologies such as artificial intelligence. Tokyo-based SoftBank said Friday its $108 billion Vision Fund 2 includes $38 billion from SoftBank. The rest is from Apple, FoxConn Technology Group, Microsoft Corp., Japanese banks and other companies. SoftBank's earlier Vision Fund 1, now totalling $70 billion, came under scrutiny after the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Much of the funding
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada says military's no-juries justice system constitutional

  26-07-2019 13:15
  OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada says military members accused of serious offences under military law do not have the constitutional right to a civilian jury trial. In a 5-2 decision released Friday, the court upheld the established system of military justice after a military court of appeal threw it into question last year. Several military members accused of serious criminal and other non-military offences had argued that they had a right to trials by jury, as guaranteed to Canadians unde
  
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• Woman survives abduction, convinces man to free her: Austria

  26-07-2019 12:31
  BERLIN -- An Austrian triathlete survived a kidnapping in which she was first hit by a car, tied up with duct tape and then taken to a remote house where she was held for hours before convincing her abductor to release her, police said. A 33-year-old man has been arrested. Nathalie Birli, 27, was training with her bicycle on a road in Kumberg in southern Austria on Tuesday afternoon when she was abducted, Graz police spokesman Fritz Grundnig said. The attacker, whose name wasn't given according
  
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• Thieves raid Sao Paulo airport terminal, flee with gold

  26-07-2019 12:19
  RIO DE JANEIRO -- Eight armed men carried out a sophisticated heist at Sao Paulo's main international airport and managed to escape with some 750 kilos (750,000 grams) of precious metals, airport authorities said Thursday. GRU Airport, which holds the Guarulhos operation concession, said the thieves hauled away gold destined for Zurich and New York by using two cars that looked like police patrol vehicles. They also dressed as officers, covered their faces and carried long weapons before making
  
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• Heat, then hail: Weather and travel woes hit Britain, France

  26-07-2019 11:54
  LONDON -- The temperature's dropping but Europe's troubles aren't over: A record-busting heat wave gave way Friday to thunderstorms and hailstorms, bringing the Tour de France to a dramatic halt and causing trouble at British airports and beyond on one of the most hectic travel days of the year. In addition, travellers at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports faced delays because air traffic controllers grounded flights over a technical problem. It marked the second day of travel disruptions in
  
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• Belgium sees first death as a result of record heat wave

  26-07-2019 11:54
  BRUSSELS -- Belgium suffered a first death as a direct result of the record-breaking heat wave when a woman was found dead near her caravan close to the beach. The 66-year-old woman was found by a neighbour late Thursday afternoon after she had apparently been basking in the blazing sun. The incident happened in Middelkerke on the Belgian coast as temperatures rose in the region to over 40 degrees Celsius. Middelkerke police commissioner Frank Delva told The Associated Press that the death is "v
  
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• Apple buys Intel's smartphone modem division for US$1B

  26-07-2019 11:44
  SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple is paying Intel US$1 billion for the chip maker's smartphone modem division in a deal driven by the upcoming transition to the next generation of wireless technology. The agreement announced Thursday comes three months after Apple ended a long-running dispute with one of Intel's rivals, Qualcomm. That ensured Apple would have a pipeline of chips it needs for future iPhones to work on ultrafast wireless networks known as 5G. The Apple-Qualcomm truce prompted Intel to abando
  
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• Juul exec: Never intended electronic cigarette for teens

  26-07-2019 11:36
  WASHINGTON -- A top executive for Juul Labs said that his company never intended its electronic cigarettes to be adopted by underage teenagers, as U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday accused the company of fueling the vaping craze among high schoolers.Read more: Number of vaping youth increased 74 per cent in a year: report Co-founder James Monsees testified that Juul developed its blockbuster vaping device and flavour pods for adult smokers who want to stop. He acknowledged statistics showing "a s
  
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• Global shares most rise ahead of U.S.-China trade talks

  26-07-2019 11:29
  TOKYO -- Global stock markets mostly rose Friday as investors looked ahead to more talks on the China-U.S. trade dispute as well as for signs of what's in store from central banks. France's CAC 40 added 0.5% to 5,605 and Germany's DAX climbed 0.3% to 12,400. Britain's FTSE 100 added 0.6% to 7,532. Wall Street looked set for gains with Dow and S&P 500 futures both up 0.3%. U.S. and Chinese envoys are set to meet in Shanghai next week for talks aimed at ending a tariff war. China's Ministry of
  
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