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Trump cancels tariff threat over Greenland, says NATO agreed to 'framework' of future Arctic deal
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was canceling his planned tariff on U.S. allies in Europe over US control of Greenland after he and the leader of NATO agre...
Jan 21, 2026 Terry Craig sends handwritten letters to friends and family over the Christmas season. For Craig, writing is a gift — one that he hopes to inspire in others. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Carney's speech to World Economic Forum draws praise, calls for action
Prime Minister Mark Carney's call at the World Economic Forum for middle powers to band together against economic coercion by "great powers" is drawing both praise and pushback. The speech drew a rebu...
Jan 21, 2026
Second fatal train crash shocks Spain as death toll in the first collision rises to 43
GELIDA, Spain (AP) - Commuter rail service in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona commuter train crashed the night before, killing one person and injuring 3...
Jan 21, 2026 Police officers and firefighters inspect the damage after a commuter train derailed as a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks in Gelida, near Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
Trump says Carney is not 'grateful' in Davos speech
U.S. President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Mark Carney is not "grateful" during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Trump said he heard Carney's Tuesday spee...
Jan 21, 2026 President Donald Trump enters the stage for his special address during the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, members of Kiss and more get into Songwriters Hall of Fame
New York (AP) - Taylor Swift, Kiss' Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Alanis Morissette and Kenny Loggins make up the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. Swift's songwr...
Jan 21, 2026 Taylor Swift appears at the MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Ottawa, provinces ask Supreme Court to uphold law that allows random traffic stops
Lawyers representing the attorneys general of Canada and several provinces have asked the Supreme Court to affirm laws allowing police to make random, routine traffic stops. Federal Justice Department...
Jan 20, 2026
Carney calls on middle powers to band together in World Economic Forum speech
The world has entered a risky new age of great power rivalries and middle powers need to join forces to survive, Prime Minister Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday....
Jan 20, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney makes his way to take part in an event tilted 'Country Strategy Dialogue: Canada' as he attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
BHP hikes cost estimate for first phase of Jansen mine to US$8.4B
Mining company BHP has raised the cost estimate for the first stage of its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan again. The company says the first stage of the project is now expected to cost US$8.4 b...
Jan 20, 2026 The BHP Jansen potash mine, located about 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
'The miracle': 6-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a family that perished in Spanish train wreck
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The roar was deafening inside the train car as it hurtled off the tracks, then slid down a steep slope, ripping open its frame. And then, amid the twisted metal of the wreckage...
Jan 20, 2026 Guardia Civil officers collect evidence next to the wreckage of train cars involved in a collision in Adamuz, southern Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Rift surfaces between Doug Ford and Mark Carney over EV deal with China
Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney's deal with China on electric vehicles has hurt Ontarians and the two have not spoken since. Ford says he was disappointed Carney did not give him a h...
Jan 19, 2026 Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks as Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, looks on during an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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