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African Union envoy: Sudanese finalize power-sharing deal
CAIRO - The African Union envoy to Sudan said Saturday the pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council have finalized a power-sharing agreement. Mohammed el-Hassan Lebatt told reporters tha...
Aug 03, 2019
North Korea says Kim supervised latest rocket launcher test
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said Saturday its leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of a new multiple rocket launcher system that could potentially enhance the country's abilit...
Aug 03, 2019
Esper: US to soon put intermediate range missile in Asia
SYDNEY, Australia - U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper said he wants to deploy an intermediate range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, now that the Trump administration has form...
Aug 03, 2019
Hong Kong protesters stream past designated endpoint
Hong Kong protesters ignored police warnings and streamed past the designated endpoint for a rally Saturday in the latest of a series of demonstrations targeting the government of the semi-autonomous ...
Aug 03, 2019
Justin Trudeau seeks to highlight climate policy in visit to Canada's Far North
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau injected a dose of electoral politics into an announcement Thursday in Canada's Far North, taking aim at his Conservative rival while unveili...
Aug 03, 2019
In the news today, August 1
Five stories in the news for Thursday, August 1 --- CANADA NOT CONSULTED ABOUT U.S. DRUG PLAN Federal officials say Ottawa was not consulted in advance about the details of a ...
Aug 03, 2019
Manitoba manhunt shows lack of resources for missing Indigenous women: advocates
WINNIPEG - Helicopters and a specialized military aircraft scoured from the air while armed police took to the ground over northern Manitoba in a hunt for two suspects of murders in British Columbia. ...
Aug 03, 2019
Mavs secure playoff berth, top Giants 6-4
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Make it back-to-back victories for the Medicine Hat Mavericks.Freddy Walker and Colling Klingensmith each batted in two runs, helping the reigning league champions capture a 6-4 vic...
Aug 03, 2019 File
Evacuation order lifted for Irvine
Irvine, AB - Cypress County has officially lifted the evacuation order for the hamlet of Irvine and a seven kilometre radius of the community. The hamlet was evacuated for nearly eight hours after a C...
Aug 02, 2019 A train derailment near Irvine is pictured Friday afternoon (submitted by Geoff Watson)
Correction: Immigration-Separating Families story
NEW YORK - In a July 31 story about the separation of children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, The Associated Press misspelled the name of an advocate with the Chicago-based National Immigrant ...
Aug 02, 2019