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Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White House
WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation's first female vice-president - and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that ...
Jan 18, 2021
Death toll from violence in Sudan's West Darfur rises to 83
CAIRO - The death toll from tribal violence between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan's West Darfur province climbed to at least 83, including women and children, a doctor's union and aid worker said, as s...
Jan 18, 2021
Japan's PM vows Olympics will be proof of victory over virus
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Monday to get the pandemic under control and hold the already postponed Olympics this summer with ample coronavirus protection. In a speech opening...
Jan 18, 2021
Trump missed having Putin at Canada's 2018 G7 leaders' summit dinner, recalls sherpa
OTTAWA - During his only supper on Canadian soil, Donald Trump told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and their fellow G7 leaders that their table was incomplete. Come 2020, the American president promise...
Jan 18, 2021
Nova Scotia's presumed consent organ donation law now in effect
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is now the first jurisdiction in North America to implement presumed consent around organ donation, a move health officials believe could see a significant rise in the number of ...
Jan 18, 2021
SKorean court gives Samsung scion prison term over bribery
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong is heading back to prison after a South Korean court sentenced him to two and a half years over his involvement in a 2016 corruption ...
Jan 17, 2021
Brady, Bucs, end playoffs for Saints, Brees, 30-20
NEW ORLEANS - Tom Brady's best game in three tries against New Orleans kept the Buccaneers moving on in the NFL playoffs, and has Saints quarterback Drew Brees headed home - perhaps for good. Brady an...
Jan 17, 2021
FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack
WASHINGTON - U.S. defence officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI t...
Jan 17, 2021
Kevin Na wins the Sony Open, Taylor finishes in three-way tie for 11th place
HONOLULU - Three shots behind with six holes to play, Kevin Na birdied three straight holes and finished with an up-and-down birdie from behind the 18th green for a 5-under 65 and a one-shot victory i...
Jan 17, 2021
Documents show Biden plans Day 1 order nixing Keystone XL
WASHINGTON - One of Joe Biden's first actions once he becomes U.S. president Wednesday will be to slam the door yet again on Canada's politically fraught Keystone XL pipeline expansion, transition doc...
Jan 17, 2021
