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In the spirit of Whitney: Houston Hologram tour set to begin
BURBANK, Calif. - Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a holographic Houston will embark on a European tour that starts in England on Feb. 25 and...
Feb 19, 2020

Devices found in missiles, Yemen drones link Iran to attacks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen's Houthi rebels match components recovered i...
Feb 19, 2020

Syria's Aleppo airport resumes flights amid fighting nearby
ALEPPO, Syria - A Syrian passenger jet landed in Aleppo on Wednesday from Damascus, marking the resumption of domestic flights between Syria's two largest cities for the first time since 2012, while t...
Feb 19, 2020

Virologist: Tokyo Olympics probably couldn't be held now
TOKYO - A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn't be held because of the fast-spreading virus from Wuhan, China. "We need to fi...
Feb 19, 2020

China’s top diplomat assures Southeast Asia on epidemic
VIENTIANE, Laos - China's top diplomat assured his Southeast Asian counterparts on Wednesday that the situation in a central Chinese province where the outbreak of a new virus began has "been brought ...
Feb 19, 2020

US home construction dips 3.6% in January
WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes edged back slightly in January after a December surge that had pushed home construction to the highest level in 13 years. The Commerce Department reported Wednes...
Feb 19, 2020

China revokes 3 Wall Street Journal reporters' credentials
BEIJING - China on Wednesday said it has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for the U.S. newspaper Wall Street Journal over a headline for an opinion column deemed racist by the governme...
Feb 19, 2020

How the B.C. government approached land rights after major court ruling
VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier John Horgan raised his voice over jeers and fist-banging recently in question period after members of the Opposition Liberals criticized his government's handling of the clash...
Feb 19, 2020

Sanders hopes early strength will prove he can beat Trump
LAS VEGAS - Terry Reece has long been skeptical that voters would back Bernie Sanders, a 78-year-old self-described democratic socialist who is just months removed from a heart attack. Then the Vermon...
Feb 19, 2020

Las Vegas debate a major test of Bloomberg campaign's gamble
LAS VEGAS - Mike Bloomberg will confront the greatest test of his presidential campaign when he faces five Democratic rivals in a debate in Las Vegas that could fundamentally change the direction of t...
Feb 19, 2020