HOUSTON – For once, Canada heads into a soccer game against the United States with a little bit of bragging rights over its regional rivals.
Marois warns she may scuttle Canada-EU trade deal if Quebec not satisfied
LONDON – Premier Pauline Marois says her Parti Quebecois government could throw up roadblocks to a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union if it’s deemed unsuitable for Quebec.
Banks says Visa customers experiencing a temporary nationwide outage
TORONTO – Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) and TD Canada Trust (TSX:TD) say their customers are among those affected by a nationwide Visa outage.
Iran says it successfully sent a monkey into space
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A gray-tufted monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant's car seat rode an Iranian rocket into space and returned safely, officials said Monday in what was described as a step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight. France tells nationals to leave northern Nigeria
PARIS (Reuters) – France has asked its citizens to leave northern Nigeria and areas around the capital Abuja after threats due to its military intervention in Mali, a diplomatic source said on Monday. Islamist militants have vowed to target French interests following its two-week-old military offensive in Mali against militants allied to al Qaeda. The diplomatic source said the threat of kidnappings coupled with Nigeria’s support for France’s action in Mali had raised the risks for French nationals. France has about 2,000 citizens living in Nigeria, of which 335 live in or around Abuja. …
His cat, his lunch and a high five: Harper's day chronicled on Twitter
OTTAWA – One of the cardinal rules of social media: no one cares what you had for lunch. Unless, perhaps, you’re the prime minister.
Bodies found in Mexico where band went missing
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Searchers pulled 10 bodies from a well in northern Mexico on Monday, near the site where 20 members of a Colombian-style music group and its crew disappeared late last week, according to a state forensic official. Masked 'Black Bloc' a mystery in Egypt unrest
CAIRO (AP) -- An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt's wave of political unrest: a mysterious group of masked young men called the Black Bloc who present themselves as the defenders of protesters opposed to the Islamist president's rule. Canadian gov't moves to ward off another oilsands PR problem, this time in New England
MONTREAL – The Canadian government has moved to defend the oil industry from yet another public-relations fire related to pipelines -- this time on the U.S. East Coast.
Bomb explodes in southern district of Lebanese capital
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A bomb planted under a car exploded in a southern suburb of Beirut late on Monday, a Lebanese security source said, rocking a Shi’ite Muslim area that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah. The source said the bomb destroyed the car and damaged some buildings in the residential area of Hay al-Sellom but there was no reports of casualties. (Reporting by Laila Bassam; Writing by Oliver Holmes; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
U.S. charges ex-Jefferies exec in mortgage debt fraud
(Reuters) – A former Jefferies Group Inc managing director has been charged with defrauding a federal bank bailout program and investors in mortgage securities so that he could make more money for his employer, U.S. authorities said on Monday. Jesse Litvak, 38, who had been a senior trader at Jefferies, was criminally charged in U.S. District Court in Connecticut with misrepresenting the prices of residential mortgage-backed securities in trades he helped arrange. …
A royal family that believes in retirement? Dutch Queen Beatrix to abdicate
After more than 100 years of rule by female heads of state, the Netherlands is set to have a king on its throne once again.
Canada's jewel on Pennsylvania Ave. becoming hot ticket in U.S. capital
WASHINGTON – Newt Gingrich had hoped to be the man taking the oath of office on inauguration day last week.
Airbus warned of lithium battery risks a year ago: presentation
PARIS/DETROIT (Reuters) – Airbus warned the airline industry of risks related to lithium batteri es almost a year before two safety incidents grounded 787 Dreamliners built by its chief rival Boeing , according to a presentation seen by Reuters. The European planemaker spelled out lithium hazards at a forum of airline customers in March 2012, citing the risk of flames, explosion, smoke and leakage in the event of a so-called thermal runaway or uncontrolled battery overheating. … 
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