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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being urged to move Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland into a new portfolio and give her additional powers by naming her deputy prime minister. The idea has been discussed behind closed doors, according to a source with direct knowledge of the talks. Source

NEW YORK -- Britain's Prince Andrew says he doesn't remember a woman who has accused him of sexually exploiting her in encounters arranged by Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew tells the BBC in an interview scheduled to be broadcast Saturday that he has "no recollection" of meeting Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says Epstein paid her $15,000 after she had sex with Andrew in 2001 when she was 17. Source

Roger Stone is just the latest associate of U.S. President Donald Trump to face legal consequences. Stone, a longtime friend and ally of the president, was found guilty of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential bid. Source

Canadian National Railway Co. is confirming job cuts as it deals with a weakening North American economy that has eroded demand for railroad transportation. The company, whose headquarters are in Montreal, said it is "adjusting its resources to demand" but wouldn't say how many people will be affected. Source

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find disturbing The dead baby found in a Saskatoon recycling bin one week ago was a girl, police said Friday. Police were called to an alleyway on the 400 block of Fifth Avenue N. Source

The former mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia, endorsed Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign on Friday, citing him as one of the people whose advice he sought ahead of the deadly 2017 clash between white supremacists and counter protesters. Source

WASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Warren announced Friday that she won't immediately push to give every American fully government-funded health care and instead will work to oversee passage of a "Medicare for All" program by the end of her third year if elected president -- a significant step away from a plan she's long championed. Source

As a star witness in the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump was being questioned by lawmakers in the second day of televised hearings in Washington, D.C., and denigrated on Twitter by the president, her former boss was commending her work in Canada. Source

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that a U.S. diplomat was responsible for Somalia's descent into chaos decades ago, a tweet that Democrats branded witness intimidation. Trump's attack on Marie Yovanovitch came as she testified to the House Intelligence Committee about her service as U.S. Source

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces fired live ammunition and rounds of heavy tear gas in renewed and bloody clashes with anti-government protesters in central Baghdad on Friday, killing three people, while Iraq's top Shiite religious leader warned its government to heed calls for sweeping political reforms. Source