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International court sentences Congo warlord to 30 years
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court has sentenced a Congolese warlord known as "The Terminator" to 30 years imprisonment after he was convicted of crimes including murder, rape a...
Nov 07, 2019
They otter known it would be back; this is what's In-The-News for Nov. 5
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 5. What we are watching in...
Nov 07, 2019
The Battle of the Scheldt: Remembering Canada's hard-won victory 75 years later
OTTAWA - The first time Tony Pearson came under fire was shortly after he arrived near the front lines in late September 1944. The 19-year-old from Saskatchewan had only days earlier been given a rifl...
Nov 07, 2019
Youth not employed or in school face poorer mental, physical health: study
OTTAWA - A new study is offering what it calls a rare look at the health and psychological impacts endured by Canadian youth who are not working, training or st...
Nov 07, 2019
No more fur for the Queen and Alec Baldwin files suit; In-The-News for Nov. 7
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 7. What we are watching in...
Nov 07, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack to play first home game in Super League on April 18
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack will make their Super League debut Feb. 2 against the Castleford Tigers. The transatlantic rugby league team will play its first home game in Round 11, on April 18 ...
Nov 07, 2019
Iran to fuel centrifuges in new step away from nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will start injecting uranium gas into over a thousand centrifuges at a fortified nuclear facility built inside a mountain, the country's president announced Tuesday in Tehran's lat...
Nov 07, 2019
South Korea deports North Koreans who fled after killing 16
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea deported two North Koreans on Thursday after finding they had killed 16 fellow fishermen on a boat and fled to South Korea across the sea border over the weeken...
Nov 07, 2019
Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr pleads guilty to rape
VISTA, Calif. - Former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to raping an unconscious teen in 2003 and to sexual battery involving a 54-year-old hitchhiker in a deal that spared him the ...
Nov 07, 2019
US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics
SAN FRANCISCO - The Saudi government, frustrated by growing criticism of its leaders and policies on social media, recruited two Twitter employees to gather confidential personal information on thousa...
Nov 06, 2019