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'Like I'm trapped': Africans in China lockdown see no escape
JOHANNESBURG - The normally bustling supermarket in Wuhan was deserted, looking more foreign than ever. Khamis Hassan Bakari walked the aisles and saw just two other shoppers, and fear sank in. "Every...
Jan 28, 2020
Nicholas Parsons, host of BBC's 'Just a Minute' dies at 96
LONDON - British broadcaster Nicholas Parsons, who hosted the witty, wordy radio program "Just a Minute" for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 96. Parson's agent, Jean Diamond, said he died T...
Jan 28, 2020
Grandson’s pitch coaxes Redford out of retirement, briefly
PARK CITY, Utah - Midway through the film festival he founded more than four decades ago, Robert Redford hopped out of a car and hollered to his grandson. The 28-year-old Dylan Redford was later that ...
Jan 28, 2020
Trump plan calls for Palestinian state, settlement freeze
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials say President Donald Trump's long-awaited Middle East peace plan calls for the creation of a State of Palestine with its capital in portions of east Jerusalem, ending specu...
Jan 28, 2020
FA Cup shock: Liverpool held 2-2 by 3rd-tier Shrewsbury
The sight of Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino entering as substitutes late in the second half really summed up Liverpool's desperation in its FA Cup match against supposed pushovers from the third ti...
Jan 28, 2020
Trump team wrapping up trial defence as senators mull Bolton
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal team prepared to wrap up arguments in his impeachment trial Tuesday as Senate Republicans wrestled with whether to allow witnesses, including John Bolton wh...
Jan 28, 2020
Quebec police find bodies of two of four missing French snowmobilers
ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - A Quebec provincial police search-and-rescue team retrieved the bodies of two more French snowmobilers who plunged into the water last Tuesday...
Jan 28, 2020
Tories seek auditor general review of Liberal infrastructure plan
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are hoping to use their newfound sway in a minority Parliament to force an audit of the Liberals' infrastructure program. The Tories have heavily criticized ...
Jan 28, 2020
Following UK on Huawei an 'easy out' for Canada, says ex-China envoy
OTTAWA - A former Canadian envoy to China says Britain's decision today to grant Huawei partial access to its next-generation 5G network gives the Trudeau government an "easy out" to make the same cho...
Jan 28, 2020
Andreescu headlines Canadian roster for Fed Cup tie against Switzerland
Bianca Andreescu is slated to make her return to the hardcourt next week in Canada's Fed Cup tie against Switzerland. The world No. 6 from Mississauga, Ont., hasn't played a competitive match sin...
Jan 28, 2020
