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More snow on the way
KAMLOOPS - More snow is on the way for the B.C. Interior. A snowfall warning is in effect for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt over the next 24 hours. Environment Canada says there's a ...
Apr 09, 2021
Expert: Lack of oxygen killed George Floyd, not drugs
MINNEAPOLIS - George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from being pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck, medical experts testified at former Officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial, emphatically re...
Apr 09, 2021
Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast
BELFAST, United Kingdom - Gangs of youths threw stones and fireworks at police in Belfast who hit back with water cannons as violence flared again on the streets of Northern Ireland. Unrest has erupte...
Apr 09, 2021
Myanmar junta limits internet, seizes satellite TV dishes
YANGON, Myanmar - An information blackout under Myanmar's military junta worsened Thursday as fiber broadband service, the last legal way for ordinary people to access the internet, became intermitten...
Apr 09, 2021
Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths
Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections. The disease surged even in some c...
Apr 09, 2021
Events in the long life of Britain's Prince Philip
LONDON - 1921: Prince Philip is born on the Greek island of Corfu, the only son of Prince Andrew, younger brother of the king of Greece. His mother is Princess Alice of Battenberg. 1922: The family re...
Apr 09, 2021
Britain mourns Prince Philip; leaders honour service to Queen
LONDON - Britain mourned the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, on Friday as the BBC interrupted scheduled programming to broadcast the national anthem, "God Save the Queen." T...
Apr 09, 2021
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 99
LONDON - Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, has die...
Apr 09, 2021
Japan imposes new virus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
TOKYO - Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics. Jap...
Apr 09, 2021
Japan imposes new virus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
TOKYO - Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics. Jap...
Apr 09, 2021
