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Portugal leaders rally around racially abused soccer player
LISBON, Portugal - The president and the prime minister of Portugal added their voices to a national outcry Monday over racist abuse aimed at a black FC Porto soccer player who walked off the field af...
Feb 17, 2020
14-year-old charged with Barnard College student death
NEW YORK - A 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student in a park during a robbery in December, a crime that rattled New York City residents, authorities said Sat...
Feb 17, 2020
Portugal leaders rally around racially abused soccer player
LISBON, Portugal - The president and the prime minister of Portugal added their voices to a national outcry Monday over racist abuse aimed at a black FC Porto soccer player who walked off the field af...
Feb 17, 2020
Zuckerberg meets EU officials as bloc's new tech rules loom
LONDON - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met top European Union officials on a visit to Brussels on Monday, days before the bloc is expected to release new proposals on regulating artificial intelligence...
Feb 17, 2020
Quebecois couple on quarantined cruise ship in Japan test positive for coronavirus
MONTREAL - An elderly Quebecois couple from Gatineau, Que., aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, their daughter said on Sat...
Feb 17, 2020
Study finds 'stunning' lack of research into women's heart health
OTTAWA - A new review of the existing research into women's cardiovascular disease has uncovered what the authors call a "stunning" lack of information about how women are affected. The review wa...
Feb 17, 2020
Trial of Quebec entertainer Eric Salvail hears testimony of sexual assault
MONTREAL - The trial of Quebec media star Eric Salvail opened today with testimony from a former co-worker who said Salvail cornered him, exposed himself and tried to force hi...
Feb 17, 2020
A timeline of some Incident Response Group meetings
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting today with the secretive Incident Response Group, a cabinet committee whose exact membership is kept under wraps. They're set to discuss the ongoing anti-...
Feb 17, 2020
Minister reports 'modest progress' after blockade talks with First Nation
TYENDINAGA, Ont. - Hours of talks between the federal government and representatives of the Mohawk First Nation ended with "modest progress" Saturday evening, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller ...
Feb 17, 2020
Ottawa eases speed restrictions imposed after Saskatchewan derailment
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau is easing speed restrictions placed on certain trains following a derailment in Saskatchewan earlier this month that spilled 1.2 million litres of crude oil an...
Feb 17, 2020
