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Takata recall of 10M inflators could be last of air bag saga
DETROIT - Takata is recalling 10 million more front air bag inflators sold to 14 different automakers because they can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel. The recall is the last one the ban...
Jan 08, 2020

Safety board has options for investigation of runway overshoot in Halifax
HALIFAX - Three investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are trying to determine why a passenger jet skidded off the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield In...
Jan 08, 2020

The latest on the Ukranian plane crash in Iran that killed 176 people
The latest on the Ukranian plane crash that killed 176 people, including 63 Canadians, in Iran: 8 a.m. Ukranian International Airlines has released a list of the passengers on a plane that...
Jan 08, 2020

Australia to pay 'whatever it takes' to fight wildfires
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's government said Monday it was willing to pay "whatever it takes" to help communities recover from deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country. Prime Minister Scott M...
Jan 08, 2020

Push to oust US troops from Iraq a risky undertaking
BAGHDAD - A push led by pro-Iran factions to oust U.S. troops from Iraq following the U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general is gaining momentum, bolstered by a Parliament vote calling on th...
Jan 08, 2020

63 Canadians killed in plane crash near Tehran, Ukrainian official says
SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran - Dozens of Canadians were among the 176 people killed in a plane crash just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital's main airport, Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs s...
Jan 08, 2020

ROTHENBURGER: On Iran, Trudeau should take a page from Jean Chretien’s book
BACK IN 2003, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq, an act for which we continue to pay the price. Prime Minister Jean Chretien refused to join Bush in his ill-advised war, and was criticized for it....
Jan 08, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press

Uganda police detain Bobi Wine, foil meeting with supporters
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police on Monday detained the singer and political activist known as Bobi Wine, who was prevented from holding his first public meeting with supporters as a presidential aspi...
Jan 08, 2020

Family's fortress no match for rapacious Australian fires
BALMORAL, Australia - With flames climbing as high as a 15-story building and menacing his supposedly fireproof home on three sides, Justin Kam ran to the laundry room and opened the door. Inside was ...
Jan 08, 2020

Iran strikes back at US with missile attack at bases in Iraq
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran struck back at the United States early on Wednesday for killing its most powerful military commander, firing a barrage missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house American troo...
Jan 08, 2020

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