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Japanese woman honoured by Guinness as oldest person at 116
TOKYO - A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honoured Saturday as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority on records offi...
Mar 09, 2019
Thai court disbands political party for nominating princess
BANGKOK - A court in Thailand on Thursday ordered the dissolution of a major political party ahead of this month's general election because it nominated a member of the royal family to be its candidat...
Mar 09, 2019
Trudeau acknowledges 'erosion of trust' between office and former minister
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to put the SNC-Lavalin affair behind him Thursday, attributing the controversy to a breakdown between his staff and former attorney general ...
Mar 09, 2019
Storm keeps Trudeau from landing in Iqaluit for apology to Inuit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Just when the prime minister was escaping the political controversy swirling in the nation's capital - at least for a few hours - Mother Nature let him know she had other plans...
Mar 09, 2019
Manitoba budget includes provincial sales tax cut to 7 per cent; smaller deficit
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government included a long-promised provincial sales tax cut in its annual budget Thursday - a move that could pave the way for an early e...
Mar 09, 2019
Judge extends authority to more families separated at border
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge who ordered that more than 2,700 children be reunited with their parents on Friday expanded his authority to potentially thousands more children who were separated at the b...
Mar 09, 2019
R. Kelly says ex-wife destroyed his name, others stole money
CHICAGO - Embattled R&B star R. Kelly angrily blamed his ex-wife for "destroying" his name and claimed other people stole from his bank accounts during new portions of an interview that aired Thur...
Mar 09, 2019
Spencer steals the show in Saskatoon; Mintos take 2-1 series lead over Blazers
The Prince Albert Mintos needed a bigtime goaltending effort to beat the Saskatoon Blazers on Friday at the Rod Hamm Memorial Arena, and they got exactly that from Spencer Welke.Welke stopped 49 out o...
Mar 08, 2019 Mintos goaltender Spencer Welke had a whale of a game on Friday against the Blazers. File photo/paNOW Staff
China's Huawei sues to challenge US security law
SHENZHEN, China - Chinese tech giant Huawei is challenging a U.S. law that limits its sales of telecom equipment in the U.S. on security grounds as the company steps up efforts to preserve its access ...
Mar 08, 2019
Trump budget will seek funds for border wall, Space Force
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to start up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being...
Mar 08, 2019
