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Thailand unhappy with Israel's entry ban over virus concerns
BANGKOK - Thailand's government is scrambling to cope with new travel restrictions after Israel banned the citizens of Thailand and three other Asian countries and territories from entering over conce...
Feb 20, 2020

Virus limits next Tokyo Olympic test event to Japanese-only
TOKYO - A test event for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this month that would have involved some non-Japanese athletes is being revamped because of fear of the spreading virus from China. It's...
Feb 20, 2020

Prison watchdog raises concerns of 'culture of impunity'
OTTAWA - Canada's prison watchdog is raising concerns about the safety, rights and human dignity of prisoners in Canada's federal corrections system, issues he says stem from a workplac...
Feb 20, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the RCMP have offered to move...
Feb 20, 2020

Top court decision allows former N.S. Crown lawyer to sue premier for libel
HALIFAX - The Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door to a libel lawsuit against Nova Scotia's premier by a former government lawyer who says the premier damaged his reputation by denoun...
Feb 20, 2020

Braving the cold to fight homelessness
Around 20 people are set to hit the streets in support of the YWCA on Saturday night, pounding the pavement to raise money for programs combatting homelessness. The annual Coldest Night of the Year wa...
Feb 20, 2020 Participants in last years' coldest night of the year walk. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

US sanctions Russian oil trading firm for role in Venezuela
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration announced sanctions Tuesday on a Russian state-controlled brokerage that has helped the Venezuelan government skirt an American oil embargo and enabled President ...
Feb 20, 2020

Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite
BOSTON - Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, the...
Feb 20, 2020

Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign free-agent linebacker Micah Awe to deal
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American linebacker Micah Awe to a two-year contract on Tuesday. The six-foot 225-pound Awe had been on the free-agent market for a week. Awe had...
Feb 20, 2020

After learning of Whitey Bulger LSD tests, juror has regrets
EASTHAM, Mass. - One of the jurors who convicted notorious crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger says she regrets her decision after learning that he was an unwitting participant in a covert CIA experiment...
Feb 20, 2020

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