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Reports: Myanmar releases 4 foreign prisoners in amnesty
BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar media outlets are reporting the country's military-controlled government has announced has released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker and an ex-British diplomat as pa...
Nov 16, 2022
Seoul: North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Thursday, South Korea's military said, hours after the North threatened to launch "fiercer" military res...
Nov 16, 2022
Loblaw, Metro warn food inflation could persist as suppliers continue to hike prices
Two of Canada's grocers say food suppliers are continuing to pass along new cost increases, signalling higher food prices will persist into 2023.Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and Metro Inc. say they've received fr...
Nov 16, 2022
Texas executes man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son, 7
HOUSTON (AP) - A Texas inmate who killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago was executed on Wednesday, after courts rejected his appeals over claims of religious ...
Nov 16, 2022
Verlander, Alcantara are unanimous Cy Young Award winners
HOUSTON (AP) - Houston's Justin Verlander in the American League and Miami's Sandy Alcantara in the National League were both unanimous selections for the Cy Young Award on Wednesday night. It's the s...
Nov 16, 2022
CRTC chair says online streaming bill won't police user-generated content, algorithms
OTTAWA - The chair of Canada's broadcasting regulator says a controversial online streaming bill will not result in the policing of user-generated content or the mandating of specific algorithms on pl...
Nov 16, 2022
Man accused of first-degree murder of B.C. Mountie appears in court
VANCOUVER - The man accused of fatally stabbing a Mountie in Burnaby, B.C., has made a brief appearance in provincial court in Vancouver. Jongwon Ham appeared virtually in court on Wednesday after a s...
Nov 16, 2022
Idaho Police: No suspect, no weapon in killing of 4 students
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police in the college town of Moscow, Idaho, say they have not identified a suspect or found a weapon in the weekend slayings of four University of Idaho students in a rental house...
Nov 16, 2022
Federal ministers reject request by Nunavut iron mine to double production
POND INLET - Federal cabinet ministers have denied a request to expand an iron ore mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island. Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal issued a letter to the Nunavut Impact...
Nov 16, 2022
Man who killed 6 in Christmas parade gets life, no release
A man who killed six people and injured many others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of release. Waukesha...
Nov 16, 2022
