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Ukraine condemns virus unrest; Italy seeks self-quarantines
NOVI SANZHARY, Ukraine - A Ukrainian village where residents clashed with riot police and threw rocks at buses while protesting the local quarantine of people evacuated from China is under control but...
Feb 21, 2020
WolfPack women's volleyball open playoffs with a win.
KAMLOOPS ----The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack rallied from a 1-0 deficit to take the opener of their best of three Canada West women's volleyball playoff series with the MacEwan Griffins.Playin...
Feb 21, 2020 Image credit: TRU Athletics
Deliberating a 2nd day, Weinstein jury revisits '06 account
NEW YORK - Jurors at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial spent much of their second day of deliberations Wednesday revisiting a former film and TV production assistant's allegation that he sexually assaulte...
Feb 21, 2020
Debate night brawl: Bloomberg, Sanders attacked by rivals
LAS VEGAS - From the opening bell, Democrats savaged New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised pointed questions about Bernie Sanders' take-no-prisoners politics during a contentious debate Wedne...
Feb 21, 2020
Canadians from coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan to fly home Thursday: Champagne
Canadians who have spent weeks on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan will board a government-chartered plane to take them home Thursday evening, the foreign affairs minist...
Feb 21, 2020
US: Taliban's 'reduction of violence' deal to start tonight
ISLAMABAD - A senior U.S. State Department official says the seven-day "reduction of violence" deal promised by the Taliban will begin "tonight," without specifying the exact time. That will start the...
Feb 21, 2020
Iran state news agency says new virus has killed 2 citizens
TEHRAN, Iran - The new virus has killed two elderly Iranian citizens, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. IRNA quoted Alireza Vahabzadeh, an adviser to the country's health minister,...
Feb 21, 2020
A castle gets a makeover and a new mortgage stress test; In The News for Feb. 19
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. 19 ... What...
Feb 21, 2020
Wuhan evacuees released and bison on the lam; In The News for Feb. 21
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. 21 ... What...
Feb 21, 2020
Thai court orders popular opposition party dissolved
BANGKOK - Thailand's constitutional Court on Friday ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it violated election law by accepting a loan from its leader. The cour...
Feb 21, 2020
