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Mikael Kingsbury wins world men's moguls championship
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Mikael Kingsbury won world championship gold in men's moguls today. The 28-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., claimed his third career world crown in the freestyle ski discipline...
Mar 08, 2021
Premier Moe says Saskatchewan trending toward looser COVID-19 rules
As Saskatchewan's COVID-19 infections continue trending downward, the relaxing of pandemic health measures could soon follow.Premier Scott Moe hinted at the possibility of easing restrictions last wee...
Mar 08, 2021
Malala takes her passions to the small screen with Apple
NEW YORK - Malala Yousafzai is a Nobel laureate known around the world for her activism, but she's also a cartoon fan, and is taking her love of television and film to Apple TV+. Yousafzai, 23, who gr...
Mar 08, 2021
Syrian president, wife test positive for coronavirus
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president's office said Monday, with both having only mild symptoms of the illness. In a stat...
Mar 08, 2021
Female farmers protest against new Indian agriculture laws
NEW DELHI - Thousands of female farmers held sit-ins and a hunger strike in India's capital on Monday in protests on International Women's Day against new agricultural laws. The demonstrations were he...
Mar 08, 2021
After delays, Israel starts vaccinating Palestinian workers
JERUSALEM - After delays, Israel started vaccinating Palestinians who work inside the country and its West Bank settlements on Monday, more than two months after launching an immunization blitz of its...
Mar 08, 2021
After historic whirlwind visit, Pope leaves Iraq for Rome
BAGHDAD - Pope Francis on Monday wrapped up his historic whirlwind tour of Iraq that sought to bring hope to the country's marginalized Christian minority with a message of coexistence, forgiveness an...
Mar 08, 2021
Harvard professor ignites uproar over 'comfort women' claims
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A Harvard University professor has ignited an international uproar and faces mounting scrutiny for alleging that Korean women who were kept as sex slaves in wartime Japan had actual...
Mar 08, 2021
Claimed value of sleepy NY estate could come to haunt Trump
NEW YORK - It's sleepy by Donald Trump's standards, but the former president's century-old estate in New York's Westchester County could end up being one of his bigger legal nightmares. Seven Springs,...
Mar 08, 2021
With virus aid in sight, Democrats debate filibuster changes
WASHINGTON - With President Joe Biden on the verge of his first big legislative victory, a key moderate Democrat says he's open to changing Senate rules that could allow for more party-line votes to p...
Mar 08, 2021
