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Canada inflation slows in January to 1.4%

Canadians paid 1.4 percent more for goods and services in January than a year earlier, kicking off the year with a slowdown in inflation, government data showed Wednesday. The figure was slightly less than economists had forecast, following a 2.0 percent average price hike in December to...

Algeria's Bouteflika being treated at Swiss hospital: report

Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika remains at a Swiss hospital as protests grow in his country against his bid for a fifth term, the Tribune de Geneve newspaper reported Wednesday. Citing what it described as multiple and well-informed sources, the TdG reported that Bouteflika...

Nicaragua: 10 months of deadly crisis

A now-abandoned pension reform announced in April 2018 kicked off months of anti-government protests in Nicaragua that were harshly repressed, claiming around 325 lives. Even after the protests ended in October, President Daniel Ortega pursued a crackdown on the opposition with more than...

Huawei, Samsung agree to settle patent dispute in U.S. court

China’s Huawei Technologies and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics have agreed to settle a two-year old patent dispute in the United States, court documents show. The two companies filed a joint motion to a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to pause court proceedings over their intellectual...