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Tennis Canada releases lineup for first-round Davis Cup qualifier against Hungary
MONTREAL - Denis Shapovalov headlines the five-man roster for Canada's first-round Davis Cup qualifier against Hungary next month. The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., is ranked 58th in the ATP T...
Jan 06, 2025
Trump’s lawyers ask judge to halt Friday's hush money case sentencing while they appeal to block it
NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump asked a judge Monday to halt this week's sentencing in his hush money case while they appeal a ruling upholding the verdict. Trump's lawyers said they plan...
Jan 06, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro to meet Biden at White House
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicols Maduro in last year's presidential election will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday at...
Jan 06, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro to visit White House
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicols Maduro in last year's presidential election will visit the White House on Monday, a senior admin...
Jan 06, 2025
France's former President Sarkozy standing trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya's Gadhafi
PARIS (AP) - A trial of France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants started Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan ...
Jan 06, 2025
Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II
VIENNA (AP) - Austria's president on Monday tasked Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl with trying to form a new government, which would be the country's first led by the far right since World War II. ...
Jan 06, 2025
Pope names like-minded ally Cardinal McElroy as Washington archbishop
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church in t...
Jan 06, 2025
In the news today: In Ottawa, all eyes on Trudeau’s political future
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... All eyes in Ottawa are on Trudeau's political future Monday could mark a historic week in Canadian politics --...
Jan 06, 2025
Court orders WestJet to hand over flight attendant harassment files in lawsuit
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered WestJet to hand over all its files on harassment of flight attendants, in a class-action lawsuit alleging widespread misconduct by pilots. The ruling by ...
Jan 06, 2025
Shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank kills 3
JERUSALEM (AP) - A shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank has killed at least three people. Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service said at least six others were wounded...
Jan 06, 2025