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Cambodia fines waste importer, sets deadline for its return
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A top customs official in Cambodia said Tuesday that a local company that illegally imported almost seven dozen shipping containers of plastic waste from the United States and C...
Aug 01, 2019
Mozambique's last rebel fighters finally lay down their arms
GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK, Mozambique - Mozambique's president and the leader of the Renamo opposition signed a peace accord on Thursday to end years of hostilities that followed a 15-year civil war. Th...
Aug 01, 2019
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime edges Reilly Opelka at Citi Open
WASHINGTON - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Milos Raonic are moving on at the Citi Open. Auger-Alliasime beat American Reilly Opelka 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in a second-round match in Washington&n...
Aug 01, 2019
O'Rourke debate guests are black men who kneeled for anthem
When Democrat Beto O'Rourke takes the stage in the second round of presidential primary debates on Tuesday, three young black men from Michigan who were inspired by ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick to k...
Aug 01, 2019
Justin Trudeau seeks to highlight climate policy in visit to Canada's Far North
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Canada's Far North to witness some of the more dramatic effects of climate change, part of an effort highlight his Liberal government's record on...
Aug 01, 2019
In the news today, July 30
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 30 --- COMMUNITY ON EDGE AS SEARCH CONTINUES: CHIEF Doors were locked, roads were empty and people were on edge, said a ch...
Aug 01, 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 01, 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 01, 2019
Jury told Katy Perry hit 'Dark Horse' earned $41M
LOS ANGELES - The penalty phase of a copyright infringement trial over Katy Perry's hit "Dark Horse" opened Tuesday with attorneys for the creators of a Christian rap song telling jurors that the pop ...
Aug 01, 2019
Mavericks game in Okotoks postponed one week due to weather
OKOTOKS, AB - Mother Nature prevented The Medicine Hat Mavericks and Okotoks Dawgs from squaring off on Wednesday.Following a large hail storm in Okotoks Wednesday evening, the game between the two te...
Jul 31, 2019