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Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration
MILAN - Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons - two of the fashion world's biggest creative names - will collaborate on Prada collections from Spring/Summer 2021 going forward indefinitely, the designers annou...
Feb 25, 2020

IOC senior member: 3 months to decide fate of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO - Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the IOC, estimates there's a three-month window to decide the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, which are being threatened by the fast-spreading virus from ...
Feb 25, 2020

Trudeau revisits blackface embarrassment during Black History Month
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau acknowledged his own past history of unconscious racism during a celebration Monday of Black History Month. The prime minister reflected on the "dumb choices" he made when...
Feb 25, 2020

Hillary Clinton: Will support Sanders if nominated for Dems
BERLIN - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed her skepticism about Bernie Sanders but says she will support the Democratic nominee regardless of who it is. Clinton, who beat Sa...
Feb 25, 2020

Areas of dense fog in Southeastern Alberta
MEDICINE HAT - Medicine Hat is among several areas of southern Alberta under a fog advisory.Environment Canada says visibility may be suddenly reduced to zero, making travel hazardous this morning.The...
Feb 25, 2020 Environment Canada

Canary Islands hotel quarantined after virus confirmed
MADRID - A tourist hotel in the Canary Islands was placed in quarantine Tuesday after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the new coronavirus, evidence that the epicenter of the outbre...
Feb 25, 2020

Egypt state TV: Ex-President Mubarak has died at 91
CAIRO - Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who for nearly 30 years was the resolute face of stability in the Mideast before being forces by the military to resign after 18-day nationwide protests that...
Feb 25, 2020

Virus closes doors at Armani, but other Milan shows go on
MILAN - After Giorgio Armani's last-minute decision to show his latest collection in an empty theatre due to concerns about the new virus, the rest of Milan's runway shows scheduled for Sunday are to ...
Feb 25, 2020

Nine dead in Turkey as 5.7 earthquake strikes western Iran
ANKARA, Turkey - Nine people were killed in eastern Turkey by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake early Sunday morning, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. The quake centred just east across the borde...
Feb 25, 2020

Train service to resume and the Leaning Tower of Dallas; In The News for Feb. 25
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 25 ... What...
Feb 25, 2020