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Auschwitz Museum upset at scene in Amazon series "Hunters"
WARSAW, Poland - The museum of the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp is objecting to a scene in a new Amazon TV series that shows a murderous game of human chess being played there, insisting that no s...
Feb 24, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 8:53 a.m. ET Police are beginning to take action to enforce an injunction...
Feb 24, 2020
Rail blockade by Tyendinaga Mohawk remains after police deadline passes
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police and CN Rail reportedly gave protesters until midnight Sunday to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, or face an investiga...
Feb 24, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Who’s going to tell the RCMP what to do about blockades?
KAMLOOPS - THE SCALE HAS TIPPED irrevocably towards enforcement over dialogue in the Coastal GasLink protests.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says talk has failed, and the blockades are "unacceptable."O...
Feb 24, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
South Sudan's rivals form unity government meant to end war
JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government that many observers prayed would last this time aro...
Feb 24, 2020
B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70
NEW YORK - Barbara "B." Smith, one of the nation's top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age...
Feb 24, 2020
China postpones key political meetings because of virus
BEIJING - China announced Monday it has postponed its most important political meetings of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus, a significant step for an authoritarian government that ha...
Feb 24, 2020
Italy tries to contain virus as neighbours fear its spread
CODOGNO, Italy - Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy's north on Monday as authorities sought to contain cases of COVID-19 virus that have made Italy the focal point of the outb...
Feb 24, 2020
Iran now says 6th person dead of new virus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian officials Saturday reported a sixth death from the new virus that emerged in China. The governor of Markazi province told the official IRNA news agency that tests of a patient w...
Feb 24, 2020
The blockade stays put and Teck withdraws; In The News for Feb. 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 24. What we are watching in Canada ... On...
Feb 24, 2020
