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In a growing India, some struggle to prove they are Indians
MURKATA, India (AP) - Krishna Biswas is scared. Unable to prove his Indian citizenship, he is at risk of being sent to a detention center, far away from his modest hut built of bamboo wood that looks ...
Apr 26, 2023
UN says at least 55 migrants drowned in shipwreck off Libya
CAIRO (AP) - A rubber boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off the coast of Libya and at least 55 people drowned, including women and children, the U.N. migration agency said on Wednesda...
Apr 26, 2023
AFC Toronto City becomes third team to sign on to Canadian women's pro soccer league
TORONTO - Diana Matheson's Canadian women's pro soccer league now has a foothold in Toronto. Matheson, a former Canadian international who is co-founder and CEO of the Project 8 group that is driving ...
Apr 26, 2023
Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops' meeting
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, an historic reform that reflects his hopes to give women greater decision-making respons...
Apr 26, 2023
First step of firearms buyback program announced.
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Ottawa has taken its first step toward launching its firearms buyback program, beginning with industry. Mendicino said at a news conference this mo...
Apr 26, 2023
Maple Leafs, Senators to play neutral-site games in Sweden next season
NEW YORK - The Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Detroit Red Wings and Minnesota Wild will play a series of games in Stockholm, Sweden next season, the National Hockey League announced on Wednesda...
Apr 26, 2023
China's Xi talks with Ukraine's Zelenskyy by phone
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping appealed for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in a phone call Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, warning "there is no winner in a n...
Apr 26, 2023
US to send nuclear ballistic submarines to Korean Peninsula
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday will sign an agreement that includes plans to have U.S. nuclear-armed submarines dock in South Korea for the first time in more th...
Apr 26, 2023
Iran says senior cleric on Assembly of Experts shot dead
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A senior Shiite cleric in Iran was shot and killed Wednesday in an attack in a northern province along the Caspian Sea, authorities said. An attacker shot to death Ayatollah Abbas ...
Apr 26, 2023
Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
OutKast and Usher ruled the music world in 2004. Shrek 2 was the top-grossing movie and Thefacebook, which later became Facebook, was launched. It was also the last time the Toronto Maple Leafs won a ...
Apr 26, 2023