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A U.S. lawmaker is calling for an investigation after a $ 300-million contract to help restore Puerto Rico’s battered power grid was awarded to a small company based in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown. CBC | World News

Condé​ Nast International says it is severing ties with Terry Richardson, the U.S. fashion photographer who has faced allegations of sexual misconduct. CBC | World News

Will Stassi Schroeder quit Vanderpump Rules after Season 6? After returning to her full-time role on the Bravo TV show last year after a brief hiatus from the series, Stassi Schroeder has hinted at her future exit from the show on Instagram from Europe. As she continued to enjoy spending time with her longtime friend and Vanderpump Rules guest star ...

The ruling Communist Party formally lifts Xi Jinping’s status to China’s most powerful ruler in decades, setting the stage for the authoritarian leader to tighten his grip over the country while pursuing an increasingly muscular foreign policy and military expansion. CBC | World News

Republican leaders of two committees in the U.S. House of Representatives launched an investigation on Tuesday into the purchase by a Russian firm several years ago of a Canadian-based company that owned some 20 per cent of U.S. uranium supplies. CBC | World News

Bob Corker and Jeff Flake, two southern Republican senators with little to lose politically as they enter their last months in office, strongly criticized Donald Trump’s temperament as president on Tuesday, a remarkable display as the party sought to unite over tax reform. CBC | World News

Fears about the future of Remembrance Sunday parades have prompted the creation of a petition demanding additional Government funds to make sure the events go ahead. Daily Express :: News Feed

SPAIN had the highest budget deficit in the EU last year, according to new statistics, while the ongoing Catalonia crisis threatens to plunge the Spanish economy into further uncertainty. Daily Express :: News Feed

Kathy Griffin is no stranger to controversy, not least when it comes to Donald Trump, even going so far as to depict herself holding what looked like the president’s severed head. This time, however, Griffin was making a guest appearance on Network Ten’s The Project when she called Trump a “Nazi.” Griffin, who is currently in Australia on a national ...

SAUDI Arabia has vowed to take on extremism and return to a more moderate form of Islam. Daily Express :: News Feed