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South Sudan's rivals form unity government meant to end war
JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government that many observers prayed would last this time aro...
Feb 24, 2020
B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70
NEW YORK - Barbara "B." Smith, one of the nation's top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age...
Feb 24, 2020
China postpones key political meetings because of virus
BEIJING - China announced Monday it has postponed its most important political meetings of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus, a significant step for an authoritarian government that ha...
Feb 24, 2020
Italy tries to contain virus as neighbours fear its spread
CODOGNO, Italy - Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy's north on Monday as authorities sought to contain cases of COVID-19 virus that have made Italy the focal point of the outb...
Feb 24, 2020
Iran now says 6th person dead of new virus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian officials Saturday reported a sixth death from the new virus that emerged in China. The governor of Markazi province told the official IRNA news agency that tests of a patient w...
Feb 24, 2020
The blockade stays put and Teck withdraws; In The News for Feb. 24
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 Feb. 24. What we are watching in Canada ... On...
Feb 24, 2020
Premier Ford kicks off re-election campaign at PC policy convention
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked off his re-election campaign on Saturday night, a move he makes more than two years ahead of the next provincial election and on t...
Feb 24, 2020
Saskatoon protest springs up, even after Trudeau orders blockades torn down
More protests in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs sprung up on Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pivoted to take a sterner tone with Indigenous leaders he blames f...
Feb 24, 2020
CRA puts focus on paper returns as tax-filing season opens
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency is sending an unlikely message to kick off tax season: Paper-filers, we have not forgotten you. Despite a years-long push to have more people file taxes online ...
Feb 24, 2020
Statistics Canada set to reveal new data on poverty rates
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will lay out today how many Canadians live below the country's low-income threshold as part of an updated portrait of poverty. The results will be closely watched today ...
Feb 24, 2020
