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Trump says Guatemala signing deal to restrict asylum cases
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says Guatemala is signing an agreement to restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. The so-called "safe third country" agreement would require ...
Jul 26, 2019
Grasshoppers on the go make migratory stop in Las Vegas area
LAS VEGAS - A migration of mild-mannered grasshoppers sweeping through the Las Vegas area is being attributed to wet weather several months ago. Nevada state entomologist Jeff Knight told reporters on...
Jul 26, 2019
KTFC athletes named to Team Canada for ParaPan Am Games
KAMLOOPS ---- Greg Stewart and Josh Farrell from the Kamloops Track and Field Club were both named today to Canada's Track and Field team for the ParaPan Am Games in Peru next month.Stewart and Farrel...
Jul 26, 2019 Image credit: image submitted
Montreal Impact ready to welcome new winger to lineup against Philly
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact are hoping new winger Lassi Lappalainen can help them snap a season-long four-game losing streak. The speedy Finnish midfielder - Montreal's only signing ...
Jul 26, 2019
T-Mobile's $26.5B Sprint deal OKed despite competition fears
WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators have approved T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint, despite fears of higher prices and job cuts, in a deal that would leave just three major cellphone compani...
Jul 26, 2019
US presses WTO to stop lenient trade treatment of China
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pressed the World Trade Organization on Friday to stop letting China and other economies receive lenient treatment under global trade rules by calling themselves "d...
Jul 26, 2019
2 riders kicked out of Tour de France after altercation
GAP, France - Two riders, including a teammate of defending Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas, have been kicked out of the race after they got into an altercation that both teams said was minor a...
Jul 26, 2019
Inquiry into Glen Assoun wrongful conviction should be led by Nova Scotia: Lametti
HALIFAX - The federal justice minister says it is up to the Nova Scotia government to initiate a public inquiry into the case of a Halifax man who was wrongfully convicte...
Jul 26, 2019
Deadline coming: Scientists tell environment minister to speed up conservation
Some of North America's top conservation scientists have written to the federal government urging it to speed up land protection in Canada. The 32 scientists from 23 universities and other o...
Jul 26, 2019
Scientists in Gulf of St. Lawrence see four of seven right whale calves born this year
HALIFAX - A leading expert on North Atlantic right whales says a recent trip in the Gulf of St. Lawrence made multiple sightings of the endangered animals, including four of the seven calves born last...
Jul 26, 2019
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