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Republicans condemn 'scheme' to undo election for Trump
WASHINGTON - The unprecedented Republican effort to overturn the presidential election has been condemned by an outpouring of current and former GOP officials warning the effort to sow doubt in Joe Bi...
Jan 04, 2021
Extraordinary warning to Trump by 10 former Pentagon chiefs
WASHINGTON - In an extraordinary rebuke of President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defence are cautioning against any move to involve the military in pursuing claims of election fr...
Jan 04, 2021
Hope fades in Norway landslide that left 7 dead; 3 missing
COPENHAGEN - Norwegian officials insisted Monday that there was "still hope" in finding survivors in air pockets five days after a landslide killed at least seven people as it carried away homes in a ...
Jan 04, 2021
UK judge to rule on US extradition bid for Julian Assange
LONDON - A British judge will decide Monday whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face espionage charges over the site's publication of classified American...
Jan 04, 2021
UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
LONDON - Britain on Monday took another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford Universi...
Jan 04, 2021
Semifinal day at the world juniors sees Canada meet Russia while U.S. plays Finland
Team Canada is set to meet Team Russia at the first of two semifinal games at the world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton today. The winner will play in Tuesday night's gold-medal game agai...
Jan 04, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic an opportunity to reform Quebec's devastated long-term care homes
MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec was marked by images from long-term care homes: isolated seniors peering out from windows, bodies in zippered bags on stretchers exiting imposing brick build...
Jan 04, 2021
Malaysia coroner rules out others in French-Irish teen death
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian coroner ruled Monday the death of a French-Irish teen, whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on holiday, was most likely a m...
Jan 03, 2021
Jets fire coach Adam Gase after 2 seasons of failed offence
NEW YORK - The New York Jets have fired coach Adam Gase, ending a frustrating and disappointing tenure after just two loss-filled seasons. Hired by the Jets in January 2019, Gase went 9-23 with New Yo...
Jan 03, 2021
Helicopter crash victims identified as parents, two children in family of seven
DEBOLT, Alta. - Four people who died in a helicopter crash on New Year's Day were identified by loved ones Sunday as members of a strong and loving farm family from a tight-knit community in northern ...
Jan 03, 2021
