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Breaking news correspondent @Reuters covering U.S. and Canada. [email protected]

Toronto, Ontario
Joined May 2011
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NEW:Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a new government, Israeli media reported, following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters his administration was talking to representatives trom Tehran, adding "we are doing very well with Iran."
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US President Donald Trump is promoting Stephen Miller to replace his current chief of staff, Susie Wiles, as of Monday.
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WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Sunday ​threw out a ‌Trump administration lawsuit seeking to block Alaska from ​certifying a loss ​by Republican Senator Dan ⁠Sullivan in the ​November 3 election if ​votes for a rival who shares his name ​could have changed ​the outcome.
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New: @googlemaps will change name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on US phones reuters.com/world/us/trump-s…
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Aug 27 (Reuters) - Canada's minister responsible for U.S. trade said on Thursday that he welcomed fresh comments from the U.S. indicating that French language requirements were not a deal breaker in trade talks that collapsed between the neighboring countries.
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"We ​always have questions about ⁠this. This is something we talked about, but we showed a lot of flexibility. And our view is there is no ​way, you know, we would let a good deal go ​by for ⁠something like this ... It's like the farthest thing from a red line," Greer told CBC.
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OTTAWA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs on C$27.6 billion ($19.94 billion) worth of United States goods, matching dollar-for-dollar new duties imposed by Washington, and unveiled financial support for Canadian businesses and workers.
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Canada's counter-tariffs take effect on U.S. goods from September 8 and will impose duties of 15%, 25% and 50% across 700 products imported from south of the border, a government statement said.
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In this morning’s salvo against Canada, Trump says the U.S. is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded to Trump in an interview on CNN: “I think it's a lot of rhetoric because we're the number one customer to 17 states, number two to 12 others ... If Ontario was just standalone, would be the third largest trading partner in the world."
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Trump says he would “never interfere” with Canadians who speak French. “This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime Minister in an attempt to gain political support, which he has totally lost, from the people of Quebec.”
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