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ROTHENBURGER: Site C looks more and more like a mega project doomed to fail
KAMLOOPS- THE SITE C DAM was always a failure waiting to happen and it looks like the wait may be over.Premier John Horgan has hired more experts to look into whether continuing work on the gigantic w...
Jan 19, 2021
South Africa's trailblazing Black food writer dies of virus
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's trailblazing Black food writer Dorah Sitole's latest cookbook was widely hailed in December as a moving chronicle of her journey from humble township cook to famous, well...
Jan 19, 2021
Italian PM Conte seeks to stay in power with Senate vote
ROME - Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte is facing a second round of voting Tuesday to determine if he can hold onto power after a junior coalition partner pulled his party's ministers from the governmen...
Jan 19, 2021
Profit at Chinese state industry rises with virus recovery
BEIJING - Profit at state-owned companies that dominate China's banking, oil and most other industries rose by as much as 25% last year as the country recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, the gove...
Jan 19, 2021
European car sales suffer worst plunge ever in pandemic
MILAN - European car sales plunged by nearly a quarter last year as the pandemic provoked the worst crisis ever to hit the capital-intensive industry. New car registrations sank by 23.7%, or 3 million...
Jan 19, 2021
Canadians' views on curfew and 'Schitt's Creek' nominations: In The News for Jan. 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 Jan. 19 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 19, 2021
Germany's Merkel, state leaders ponder tougher virus rules
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel is holding a virtual meeting Tuesday with the governors of Germany's 16 states to discuss the country's pandemic measures amid concerns that new mutations of the coro...
Jan 19, 2021
Iran kicks off ground forces drill on coast of Gulf of Oman
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's military kicked off a ground forces drill on Tuesday along the coast of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported, the latest in a series of snap exercises that the country is holding ...
Jan 19, 2021
Thai court gives record 43-year sentence for insulting king
BANGKOK - A court in Thailand on Tuesday sentenced a former civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the country's strict law on insulting or defaming the monarch...
Jan 19, 2021
Dubai, party haven amid pandemic, faces its biggest surge
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Masks off the minute you step inside. Bars packed and pulsing like it's 2019. Social media stars waving bottles of champagne. DJs spinning party tunes through multi-hour ...
Jan 19, 2021
