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Auschwitz Museum upset at scene in Amazon series "Hunters"
WARSAW, Poland - The museum of the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp is objecting to a scene in a new Amazon TV series that shows a murderous game of human chess being played there, insisting that no s...
Feb 24, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 8:53 a.m. ET Police are beginning to take action to enforce an injunction...
Feb 24, 2020
Hours after deadline passed police move to clear rail blockade near Belleville, Ontario
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police have moved to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.The blockade near Belleville, Ont., has crippled both freight and passe...
Feb 24, 2020 Canadian Press image
Rail blockade by Tyendinaga Mohawk remains after police deadline passes
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police and CN Rail reportedly gave protesters until midnight Sunday to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, or face an investiga...
Feb 24, 2020
Snowfall warning over
MEDICINE HAT - The road map from 511 Alberta this morning is peppered with icons representing snow plows or maintenance vehicles working to clear an overnight snowfall.Environment Canada ended the sno...
Feb 24, 2020 511 Alberta
South Sudan's rivals form unity government meant to end war
JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government that many observers prayed would last this time aro...
Feb 24, 2020
B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70
NEW YORK - Barbara "B." Smith, one of the nation's top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age...
Feb 24, 2020
China postpones key political meetings because of virus
BEIJING - China announced Monday it has postponed its most important political meetings of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus, a significant step for an authoritarian government that ha...
Feb 24, 2020
Italy tries to contain virus as neighbours fear its spread
CODOGNO, Italy - Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy's north on Monday as authorities sought to contain cases of COVID-19 virus that have made Italy the focal point of the outb...
Feb 24, 2020
Iran now says 6th person dead of new virus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian officials Saturday reported a sixth death from the new virus that emerged in China. The governor of Markazi province told the official IRNA news agency that tests of a patient w...
Feb 24, 2020