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Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem picks up second bronze at world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem captured her second bronze medal at the 2019 world aquatics championships, tying a record for the country. The Canadian/U.S. dual citizen ...
Jul 28, 2019
World powers meet Iran in Vienna to salvage nuclear deal
VIENNA - Representatives from Europe, China and Russia, nations that are still committed to the Iran nuclear deal, were meeting Sunday with Iran's representative in Vienna to discuss how to salvage th...
Jul 28, 2019
Government 'didn't care' about reducing emissions: Inside Quebec's green fund
MONTREAL - When Ljiljana Latkovic was named to the council governing Quebec's multibillion-dollar green fund in 2017, she thought she was going to use her science background to help choose projec...
Jul 28, 2019
Catholics in Cape Breton defy bishop's order to close 200-year-old church
CHRISTMAS ISLAND, N.S. - A renegade group of Roman Catholics in Cape Breton is defying a bid by the local bishop to shut down their 200-year-old parish. The Church of St. Barra&nbs...
Jul 28, 2019
Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade
MOSCOW - A Russian group that monitors police arrests says nearly 1,400 people were detained in a police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, the largest number of detentions at a protest in ...
Jul 28, 2019
Taliban reject talk of direct negotiations with government
KABUL - An Afghan official said Sunday that the government would hold its first-ever direct talks with the Taliban within two weeks, but the insurgents quickly denied any such meeting was planned and ...
Jul 28, 2019
AP Source: Jay-Z pulls out of Woodstock 50 performance
NEW YORK - Jay-Z's got 99 problems but Woodstock isn't one: The rap king has pulled out of the 50th anniversary Woodstock festival just weeks before the troubled event is supposed to take place. Jay-Z...
Jul 28, 2019
Indian police say they killed a top militant in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India - A top commander of a Pakistan-based militant group was killed Sunday during an operation in the southern part of the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, the region's police chief sa...
Jul 28, 2019
Trump attacks majority-black district represented by critic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday denigrated a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess," broadening a campaign again...
Jul 28, 2019
Hong Kong protesters occupy major shopping district
HONG KONG - A large group of protesters took over a major street in a Hong Kong shopping district late Sunday afternoon, setting up barricades to block off the area and defend it against police. The u...
Jul 28, 2019