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Crown says it was reasonable for border screening to precede Meng's arrest
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border officers to question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest in 2018. Diba Majzub told the B.C. Su...
Mar 24, 2021
Crown says it was reasonable for border screening to precede Meng's arrest
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border officers to question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest in 2018. Diba Majzub told the B.C. Su...
Mar 24, 2021
States sue to undo Biden pause on US oil & gas lease sales
NEW ORLEANS - Thirteen states sued the Biden administration Wednesday to end a suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water and to reschedule cancelled sales of leases in the Gulf of...
Mar 24, 2021
Israel appears mired in deadlock as votes are tallied
JERUSALEM - Israel on Wednesday appeared to be barrelling toward another political stalemate after what was shaping up to be its fourth inconclusive election in the past two years. But there were smal...
Mar 24, 2021
US report: Bald eagle populations soar in lower 48 states
WASHINGTON - The number of American bald eagles has quadrupled since 2009, with more than 300,000 birds soaring over the lower 48 states, government scientists said in a report Wednesday. The U.S. Fis...
Mar 24, 2021
Pope, citing pandemic effect, cuts pay for cardinals, others
VATICAN CITY - Trying to save jobs as the pandemic pummels Vatican revenues, Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other clerics, as well as nuns, who work at the Holy See. In a decree p...
Mar 24, 2021
The power of touch: Boutique stretching thrives amid COVID
CENTERVILLE, Ohio - Pandemic-weary Americans starved for human interaction and physical touch are taking advantage of a growing wellness option once reserved for Hollywood actors, rock stars and elite...
Mar 24, 2021
Pope taps Chilean sex abuse whistleblower for Vatican panel
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Wednesday named a Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse to serve on a Vatican commission that advises the pontiff on how to protect children from pedophile priests. The...
Mar 24, 2021
Crowds flock to Iceland volcano for a closer glimpse of lava
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - The eruption of a long-dormant volcano in southwestern Iceland has drawn large crowds of visitors eager to get close to the lava flows. Many have trekked to the volcano on the Rey...
Mar 24, 2021
Industry minister foresees biomanufacturing revival, including vaccines — eventually
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne sees a future for Canada as a leader in biomanufacturing, including vaccines - but not soon. In a speech at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolita...
Mar 24, 2021
