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Talks to resume with refuellers and an unsolved murder; In The News for Jan. 2
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 Jan. 2. What we are watching in Canada .....
Jan 2, 2020
Japanese prosecutors raid Nissan ex-chair Ghosn's Tokyo home
TOKYO - Japanese prosecutors raided the Tokyo home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn after he skipped bail before a trial on financial misconduct charges and left for Lebanon. Tokyo prosecutors a...
Jan 2, 2020
Security tight, Jews gather at stadium for religious event
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Tens of thousands of Jewish people congregated Wednesday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to celebrate the reading of the entire Talmud in an event called Siyum HaShas - and dr...
Jan 2, 2020
Santa Fe Chicano mural slated for destruction for new museum
An iconic Chicano mural in Santa Fe painted by Mexican American artists is scheduled for destruction to make way for a new contemporary museum, generating a debate about gentrification and whose cultu...
Jan 2, 2020
Fleeing war, poverty, African migrants face racism in Egypt
CAIRO - Two Sudanese sisters, Seham and Ekhlas Bashir, were walking their children home from elementary school in a Cairo neighbourhood when a group of Egyptian teenagers crowded around them. The boys...
Jan 2, 2020
Funeral set for mother, son killed in Louisiana plane crash
LAFAYETTE, La. - A Louisiana mom and son who were devoted fans of Louisiana State University and were on their way to see the school's football team in the Peach Bowl when they died in a plane crash, ...
Jan 2, 2020
Turkey's parliament to vote on sending troops to Libya
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's parliament is to vote on Thursday on whether to send Turkish troops to Libya, to back the U.N.-supported government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a rival admini...
Jan 2, 2020
Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, injuring 14
NEW DELHI - A factory manufacturing batteries caught fire and collapsed in the Indian capital Thursday, injuring 13 fire officials and one security guard, police said. A fire official said three peopl...
Jan 2, 2020
Raging wildfires trap 4,000 at Australian town's waterfront
PERTH, Australia - Wildfires burning across Australia's two most populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions and killed at least two people while more propert...
Jan 2, 2020
Helicopter crashes carrying Taiwan's top military officer
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The defence ministry says five people survived the crash of a military helicopter carrying 13 people but the fate of Taiwan's top military official was unclear. Air force Gen. Shen Yi...
Jan 2, 2020
