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Asian stocks plunge on US-China trade war worries
BEIJING - Asian stock markets plunged Friday after President Donald Trump's surprise threat of tariff hikes on additional Chinese imports. Tokyo's main market index fell 2.5% and Hong Kong's benchmark...
Aug 01, 2019
Thai PM orders investigation of Bangkok bomb explosions
BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Friday ordered an investigation into several small bombings in Bangkok that took place as Thailand was hosting a high-level meeting attended by U.S....
Aug 01, 2019
Canada's Da Silva falls to American Jones in Pan Am Games 69-kilo boxing final
LIMA, Peru - Thinking she had won all three rounds Thursday night, Canada's Myriam Da Silva had an air of triumph as she raised her right hand high in the air after fighting American Oshae J...
Aug 01, 2019
Guerrero belts slam to cap Blue Jays' 9-2 rout of Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Blue Jays skipper Charlie Montoya has been waiting all season for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to get hot. Two grand slams in the last 10 days hot enough? The budding young star hit the la...
Aug 01, 2019
Williamson rides stream of consciousness to debate spotlight
WASHINGTON - Bernie Sanders is calling for revolution. Marianne Williamson would rather see a psychic, "moral uprising." The 67-year-old self-help author and spiritual adviser to Oprah Winfrey now vyi...
Aug 01, 2019
Forge FC beats Antigua GFC in first leg of CONCACAF League match
HAMILTON - David Choiniere has given Forge FC the early edge in their CONCACAF League preliminary-round matchup against Antigua GFC. Choiniere scored the go-ahead goal in the 91st minute on Thurs...
Aug 01, 2019
Argonauts rally for 28-27 comeback win over Blue Bombers, ending six-game slide
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts swung a leg out of the 0-6-0 hole they had dug themselves, but they did it the hard way Thursday. McLeod Bethel-Thompson hit S.J. Green for an 11-yard touchdown pass&nb...
Aug 01, 2019
Andrew Harris shines in Blue Bombers disappointing 28-27 loss to Argonauts
TORONTO - Blue Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea would love it if his whole team was as reliable as Andrew Harris. The veteran running back ran for 152 yards, scoring his first two rushing touchdown...
Aug 01, 2019
Boris Johnson's party suffers defeat in UK special election
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's governing Conservative Party has a lost a special election, leaving it with a wafer-thin working majority in Parliament of just one vote. Jane Dodds of ...
Aug 01, 2019
Guerrero homers twice, powers Blue Jays past Orioles 11-2
BALTIMORE - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit two of his team's five home runs to back a solid performance by fellow rookie Trent Thornton and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-2 Thursday ni...
Aug 01, 2019
