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US doesn't dictate terms of trade talks: Carney

US doesn't dictate terms of trade talks: Carney

The United States does not get to dictate the terms of upcoming trade talks, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, following reports Washington wants an "entry fee" before agreeing to open negotiations. The United States and Canada are set to hold talks on revising a North American

Ecuador doctors protest crisis as patients bring own meds to surgery

Ecuador doctors protest crisis as patients bring own meds to surgery

Dozens of doctors, nurses and patients protested Wednesday outside a hospital in Ecuador's capital, expressing outrage at a health care system so overstretched that people undergoing surgery bring their own syringes and medication. One big source of anger is that last week the health ministry announced an unspecified

De La Hoya and Ali's grandson slam proposed federal boxing reform

De La Hoya and Ali's grandson slam proposed federal boxing reform

Oscar De La Hoya and Muhammad Ali's grandson on Wednesday slammed proposed changes to federal boxing laws, warning a US Senate committee that the reforms would prioritize corporate profits and Saudi investors over fighters. Approved last month by the House of Representatives, changes to the Muhammad Ali Boxing

Raiders expected to make Mendoza first pick in NFL Draft

Raiders expected to make Mendoza first pick in NFL Draft

Cuban-American quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who led Indiana to the United States college football crown, is expected to be selected first overall by Las Vegas when the NFL Draft begins on Thursday. The 91st edition of the annual allocation of unclaimed talent will be staged in Pittsburgh, with 257 players

Top Peru ministers resign in protest over stalled US fighter jet deal

Peru's foreign and defense ministers resigned on Wednesday in protest over the decision by the government to stall a $3.5 billion deal for the purchase of 24 US F-16 fighter jets. The ministers said Peru's reputation was in jeopardy after interim president Jose Maria

Three ships targeted in Hormuz, Iran seizes two: monitors, Guards

Three ships targeted in Hormuz, Iran seizes two: monitors, Guards

Iranian forces targeted three container ships on Wednesday, seizing two, global security monitors and the country's Revolutionary Guards said, the latest incidents to threaten a crucial trade route in the Middle East war. British maritime security agency UKMTO said an Iranian gunboat fired at a container ship off

Mideast war weighs on parent of Durex condoms

Mideast war weighs on parent of Durex condoms

Reckitt Benckiser, the British supplier of health and hygiene products including Durex condoms, said Wednesday that soaring oil prices caused by the Middle East war could cost it up to £150 million ($203 million). Reckitt, whose brands also include Dettol surface cleaner and Nurofen painkillers, revealed the fallout in a