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Financier Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail cell
NEW YORK - Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein was found on the floor of his jail cell with bruises on his neck early this week while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, a person familiar with th...
Jul 27, 2019
US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department said Thursday the federal government will resume executing death-row inmates for the first time since 2003, ending an informal moratorium even as the nation sees a ...
Jul 27, 2019
Hamilton takes pole position at German GP; Ferrari struggles
HOCKENHEIM, Germany - Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the German Grand Prix on Saturday, while Sebastian Vettel's miserable form continued for Ferrari as he was unable to even set a time and wil...
Jul 27, 2019
New British PM Johnson urges EU to renegotiate Brexit deal
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the European Union on Thursday to rethink its refusal to renegotiate the Brexit deal, setting himself on a collision course with both the bloc and h...
Jul 27, 2019
Canadian women swim to bronze in freestyle relay at world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - The Canadian women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay team captured a bronze medal on Thursday at the world aquatics championships. Kayla Sanchez of Scarborough, Ont., Taylor ...
Jul 27, 2019
76th Venice Film Festival to embrace Netflix productions
ROME - The 76th Venice Film Festival will feature three Netflix productions alongside Hollywood titles, embracing the streaming giant after the Cannes Film Festival excluded it for a second year in a ...
Jul 27, 2019
Europe melts under Sahara heat wave, smashes heat records
PARIS - Even ice cream, Italian gelato or Popsicles couldn't help this time. Temperature records that had stood for decades or even just hours fell minute by minute Thursday afternoon and Europeans an...
Jul 27, 2019
Italy detains 2 Americans, 19, in slaying of policeman
ROME - Italian police said Saturday that two 19-year-old American tourists have confessed to fatally stabbing an Italian paramilitary policeman who was investigating the theft of a bag with a cellphon...
Jul 27, 2019
Behind-the-scenes work on skills policy detailed in election-tinged documents
OTTAWA - Top civil servants have been told that their departments don't know what the jobs of the future will look like and that employers' demands for skills will change more and more frequently in t...
Jul 27, 2019
Hong Kong police fire tear gas after protesters defy ban
HONG KONG - Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas Saturday at protesters who defied authorities' warnings not to march in a neighbourhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators b...
Jul 27, 2019