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BEIJING (AP) — In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital on Saturday. The bipedal robots of various makes and sizes navigated the 21.

ROME (AP) — Iran and the United States plan to meet over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program again next week, after both sides said they made progress in their talks Saturday in Rome. A U.S.

Two games into his Canadian Premier League career and David Rodriguez is already turning heads. And leaving defenders in his wake.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S.

EDMONTON — Alberta's premier is on her way across the Pacific for a week of meetings in Japan and South Korea.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's attempt to fire nearly everyone at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was paused on Friday by a federal judge, who said she was “deeply concerned” about the plan.

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay has asked a court to allow it to put the royal charter that launched the company 355 years ago on the auction block, along with its trove of art and historical artifacts.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Power was restored to 98.8% of customers early Friday after an island-wide blackout hit Puerto earlier this week, authorities said. More than 1.

This Easter, soaring cocoa prices will continue to have an effect on the price of chocolate, experts say — and consumers will likely be looking for deals to fill their baskets.

EDMONTON — Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the government is overstepping and making an issue out of nothing.