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Trump receives a Paris welcome full of presidential pomp from France's Macron
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp as the two men resumed the relationship they established during Trump's...
Dec 7, 2024
Beaten by Australia, Canadian women miss out on semifinals at Cape Town Sevens
CAPE TOWN - Australia, fresh off a fifth straight title in Dubai, downed Canada 26-10 in pool play at the Cape Town Sevens on Saturday to advance to the semifinals. The unbeaten Australian women will ...
Dec 7, 2024
Thomson scores teddy bear goal as Blazers drop 5-2 decision to Seattle
KAMLOOPS - Andrew Thomson scored the teddy bear goal less than three minutes into the game, but the Kamloops Blazers were beaten 5-2 by the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday (Dec. 6) night.The 17-year-old T...
Dec 7, 2024
Syrian opposition activists say insurgents have reached the suburbs of Damascus
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian insurgents have reached the suburbs of Damascus as part of a rapidly moving offensive that has seen them take over some of Syria's largest cities, opposition activists and a rebel...
Dec 7, 2024
Apiaries abuzz over ruling against widening cross-border trade in live honeybees
OTTAWA - The dismissal of a class-action lawsuit over rules governing the cross-border live bee trade is casting a spotlight on political division within Canada's beekeeping community. A federal judge...
Dec 7, 2024
Not just for your parents: Facebook's buy-and-sell platform drawing back millennials
HALIFAX - A historic 400-kilogram anchor that was dragged up from the ocean floor off Cape St. Mary's in Newfoundland sits propped up against a tree in front of Tyler Stapleton's house. The two-metre-...
Dec 7, 2024
LGBTQ+ refugees languish as Kenyan government blocks Canadians from resettling them
NAIROBI - In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas with peanut sauce. Like m...
Dec 7, 2024
An explosion has caused several injuries and damaged apartments in a Dutch city
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - An explosion and fire rocked a neighborhood in the Dutch city of The Hague early Saturday, destroying several apartments and injuring multiple people, according to author...
Dec 7, 2024
An explosion has caused several injuries and damaged apartments in the Dutch capital
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - An explosion rocked a neighborhood in Dutch capital early Saturday, destroying several apartments and injuring multiple people, according to authorities. The cause of the...
Dec 7, 2024
Everton vs. Liverpool postponed because of bad weather
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - The Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool was postponed on Saturday because of adverse weather. The Premier League match was due to kick off at 12.30 p.m. U.K. time....
Dec 7, 2024
