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Greece: Clashes on islands over new migrant camps
LESBOS, Greece - Riot police and residents clashed for several hours on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios Tuesday, as protesters tried to prevent authorities from bringing excavating machines from...
Feb 26, 2020
As Bernie Sanders surges, Texas liberals take their own shot
SAN ANTONIO - Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren endorsed her, Texas' largest labour union is on her side and she surpassed $1 million in donors. Jessica Cisneros, who at 26 would become the youngest...
Feb 26, 2020
New virus has infected over 80,000 people, killed 2,700
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 80,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronav...
Feb 26, 2020
One clear message from Democrats: We want big change
WASHINGTON - Democrats' desire for dramatic political change has emerged as a driving force in the party's presidential primary battle, one that extends beyond the progressive wing and presents challe...
Feb 26, 2020
Trump defends Modi, refuses to weigh in on citizenship law
NEW DELHI - Defending the host who has showered him with pageantry, President Donald Trump refused Tuesday to speak out publicly against an Indian citizenship law pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Mod...
Feb 26, 2020
Iran says official who played down virus fears is infected
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The head of an Iranian government task force on the coronavirus who had urged the public not to overreact about its spread has tested positive for the illness himself, au...
Feb 26, 2020
China sentences Swedish bookseller to 10 years in prison
BEIJING - A court in eastern China has sentenced a Swedish seller of books that took a skeptical look at the ruling Communist Party to 10 years in prison for "illegally providing intelligence overseas...
Feb 26, 2020
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime ousted at Mexican Open by Britain's Kyle Edmund
MEXICO CITY - Canadian qualifier Leylah Annie Fernandez has reached the quarterfinals at the Mexican Open. The 17-year-old Fernandez toppled eighth-seeded Nao Hibino of Japan 6-3, 6-0 on Wednesday in ...
Feb 26, 2020
Montreal Alouettes sign free-agent American receiver Namaan Roosevelt
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed veteran American receiver Naaman Roosevelt on Wednesday. Roosevelt became a CFL free agent Feb. 11. The five-foot-11, 195-pound Roosevelt spent the previous fi...
Feb 26, 2020
New US coronavirus case may be 1st from unknown origin
NEW YORK - A new coronavirus case in California could be the first in the U.S. that has no known connection to travel abroad or another known case, a possible sign the virus is spreading in a U.S. com...
Feb 26, 2020
