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Fire at Czech asylum for mentally ill kills 8 patients
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A fire swept through a Czech asylum for the mentally ill on Sunday, killing eight male patients, officials said. Prokop Volenik, spokesman for the regional rescue service, sai...
Jan 21, 2020
New federal climate think tank looking for a pathway to zero emissions
OTTAWA - A new climate change think tank funded by the federal government says Canadians should expect to face the harsh realities of a changing climate even under the most aggressive global effo...
Jan 21, 2020
Evacuations in Cologne before World War II bomb defusing
BERLIN - A train station, an opera house, a TV station and several apartments were to be evacuated in the western German city of Cologne on Tuesday as as experts prepared to defuse an unexploded Ameri...
Jan 21, 2020
Liberal priorities for minority Parliament, NAFTA ratification, assault rifle ban
WINNIPEG - Ratifying the new North American Free Trade Agreement will be a top priority for the Trudeau government when Parliament resumes next week. Legislation to ban military-style assault rifles w...
Jan 21, 2020
State of emergency in St. John's, N.L., reaches Day 5 after massive blizzard
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It's now Day 5 of the state of emergency in the St. John's, N.L., as cleanup continues from Friday's massive blizzard that dumped 76 centimetres of snow in the area. Defence Mi...
Jan 21, 2020
Prison service trying to better understand the needs of black offenders
OTTAWA - Canada's prison service is working to better understand the needs of black offenders, a community whose overrepresentation in federal custody is second only to Indige...
Jan 21, 2020
Chinese sentences ex-boss of Interpol to 13 years for bribes
BEIJING - China has sentenced the former president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, to 13 years and six months in prison on charges of accepting more than $2 million in bribes. Meng was elected president of...
Jan 21, 2020
Thai courts acquits opposition party of sedition charge
BANGKOK - Thailand's constitutional Court acquitted the country's third-biggest political party of seeking the overthrow of the country's constitutional monarchy. The court ruled Tuesday that the Futu...
Jan 20, 2020
2020 hopefuls stuck in Washington deploy surrogates for help
DES MOINES, Iowa - Steve Sovern had low expectations for a recent event he hosted to support Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign. Iowans are legendary for expecting to meet White House hopefuls i...
Jan 20, 2020
Canadian Milos Raonic wins suspended match to begin play at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Milos Raonic won his first match since October on Tuesday, finishing off a suspended opening-round contest at the Australian Open. The 32nd-seeded Raonic beat Italian l...
Jan 20, 2020