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A$AP Rocky pleads not guilty as Sweden assault trial opens
HELSINKI - American rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty as he went on trial for assault Tuesday in Sweden, where he has spent nearly a month in jail and his legal troubles that started with a street ...
Jul 30, 2019
Lebanon music festival cancels show after Christian pressure
BEIRUT - A multi-day international music festival in Lebanon said Tuesday that it's cancelled a planned concert by a popular Mideast rock band whose lead singer is openly gay, apparently caving to pre...
Jul 30, 2019
A star is born at the Tour: 22-year-old champion Egan Bernal
PARIS - The skies over Paris were yellow, ignited by a glorious golden sunset. The partying fans' shirts were yellow, Colombians making themselves at home on the Champs-Elysees. But the yellow that co...
Jul 30, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Bonuses for Trans Mountain execs not out of line
KAMLOOPS - SOME SERIOUS BONUSES promised to top Trans Mountain pipeline executives and others have predictably drawn flak.CBC broke a story on the weekend that $5 million in bonuses was approved by th...
Jul 30, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan pioneer of kinetic art, dies in Paris
CARACAS, Venezuela - Carlos Cruz-Diez, a leading Venezuelan artist who won international acclaim for his work with colour and the style known as kinetic art, has died in Paris. He was 95. "Your love, ...
Jul 30, 2019
Global Citizen Festival to feature H.E.R, others
NEW YORK - Queen and Adam Lambert, Pharrell Williams and Alicia Keys are some of the headliners at the 2019 Global Citizens Festival. Organizers on Tuesday also announced OneRepublic, H.E.R and Carole...
Jul 30, 2019
Feds spent $17.7 million on advertising in lead up to election moratorium
OTTAWA - Newly released figures show the federal government set aside nearly $17.7 million on public awareness campaigns between April and June just ahead of a mandatory blackout on government adverti...
Jul 30, 2019
2 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Walmart in Mississippi
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - Officials say two people are dead and a police officer and a suspect were shot at a Walmart in the northern Mississippi city of Southaven, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. WREG-TV re...
Jul 30, 2019
Trump plays up personal connection to Ground Zero
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump emphasized his personal connections to the World Trade Center site as he signed legislation Monday to ensure the Sept. 11 victims' compensation fund never runs out ...
Jul 30, 2019
Cambodia fines waste importer, sets deadline for its return
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's government has fined a local company that imported almost seven dozen shipping containers of plastic waste from the United States and Canada, and warned that if the w...
Jul 30, 2019
