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A former aide to Republican congressman Trent Franks has told The Associated Press the congressman repeatedly pressed her to carry his child, at one point offering her $ 5 million to act as a surrogate mother. CBC | World News

Britain and the European Union hammered out a deal early Friday that allows Brexit talks to finally move on to the all-important issues of trade and the future relationship between the two. CBC | World News

FLEMISH dreams of a separate state from Belgium have been revived as the separatist leaders have been inspired by the mass Catalan demonstration in Brussels, providing yet another headache for the European Union leaders desperately trying to prevent the bloc from falling apart. Daily Express :: News Feed

The European Union and Japan have agreed terms for a free trade deal liberalizing almost all trade between the bloc and the world’s third-largest economy. CBC | World News

In the deadliest single attack on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in recent memory, rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 14 peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in an assault on their base that was launched at nightfall and went on for hours. CBC | World News

Firefighters battled several intense wind-driven wildfires early today that have swept across densely populated Southern California, destroying at least 500 structures and chasing 190,000 people from their homes over the past five days. CBC | World News

The California Horse Racing Board says approximately 25 racehorses were killed when a wildfire engulfed about eight barns at a training centre in northeast San Diego County. Horses that were in surrounding pastures remain unaccounted for. CBC | World News

Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright may be in the midst of a cheating scandal on Vanderpump Rules but months after the latest episodes were shot, they appear to be going strong. Following Monday night’s premiere episode, which featured Faith Stowers claiming to have slept with Jax Taylor, the longtime reality star and SUR Restaurant bartender traveled to New York City ...

Many Pokemon GO players around the world are now thrilled for the up and coming release of Gen 3 pocket monsters. Niantic has been keeping the details about the much-awaited launch of the new batch of characters under wraps. However, new reports suggest that Gen 3 Pokemon would arrive today. Tech Crunch previously claimed that Niantic is releasing the Gen ...

A 30-year-old Gazan was killed and dozens more were wounded in skirmishes between Israeli forces and protesters along Gaza’s border with Israel on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry says. CBC | World News