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Hong Kong police tear gas protest against mob violence
Hong Kong police on Saturday fired tear gas, swung batons and forcefully cleared out protesters who defied warnings not to march in a neighbourhood where last weekend a mob apparently targeting demons...
Jul 29, 2019
Sailing to America: Teen to bring her climate activism to US
STOCKHOLM - Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate ch...
Jul 29, 2019
Police going door to door in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. homicide suspects
GILLAM, Man. - More personnel and equipment are being poured into the gruelling hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects in the bug infested and bog strewn landscape surrounding the tiny nor...
Jul 29, 2019
In the news today, July 29
Six stories in the news for Monday, July 29 --- NEW TIP IN MANHUNT FOR B.C. MURDER SUSPECTS A new tip has led police involved in the escalating manhunt for two B.C. murder suspects to anothe...
Jul 29, 2019
U.S. House breaks with no new NAFTA tabled for ratification. Now what?
OTTAWA - The U.S. House of Representatives began its summer break today leaving the ratification of the new North American trade deal hanging, rekindling angst that a frustrated President Donald Trump...
Jul 29, 2019
International shipping industry under the microscope as whale death toll grows
HALIFAX - The shipping industry is under increased scrutiny after two cargo ships were fined for sailing too fast through the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where the rising death toll amon...
Jul 29, 2019
Shooting at California garlic festival kills 3, injures 12
GILROY, Calif. - Three people were killed and 12 others injured Sunday after a shooting that sent panicked people running at an annual food festival in Northern California, according to a city officia...
Jul 28, 2019
Official: Attack at Afghan VP candidate's office kill 20
KABUL - An Afghan official says at least 20 people were killed during a complex attack Sunday against the office of the president's running mate. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said Monday ...
Jul 28, 2019
8 dead, 60 hurt as quakes shake northern Philippine isles
MANILA, Philippines - Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing at least eight people, inj...
Jul 28, 2019
Masoli, Evans scored TDs as Ticats hand Bombers first loss of CFL season
HAMILTON - Dane Evans helped the Hamilton Tiger-Cats knock the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from the ranks of the unbeaten, but at a potentially huge cost. Evans and Jeremiah Masoli ...
Jul 28, 2019
