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China accuses US of trying to block its tech development
BEIJING - China's government on Monday accused the United States of trying to block the country's industrial development by alleging that Chinese mobile network gear poses a cybersecurity threat to co...
Feb 20, 2019
Israeli leaders' Nazi comments derail European summit
JERUSALEM - Poland on Monday withdrew from a European summit in Jerusalem, derailing the meeting and embarrassing its Israeli hosts, to protest claims by Israel's acting foreign minister that Poles co...
Feb 20, 2019
Brex-split: 7 lawmakers quit Labour over EU, anti-Semitism
LONDON - Seven British lawmakers quit the main opposition Labour Party on Monday over its approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism - the biggest shake-up in years for one of Britain's major political part...
Feb 20, 2019
Civilians evacuated from last Islamic State holdout in Syria
BAGHOUZ, Syria - A convoy of trucks carrying civilians has left the last enclave held by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria. An Associated Press team says at least eight trucks emerged Wednesday...
Feb 20, 2019
Semenya arrives for landmark case at Swiss sports tribunal
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Caster Semenya arrived at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday for a hearing in a landmark case that will challenge science and gender politics. The two-time Olympic 80...
Feb 20, 2019
In Nigeria, film stars deploy to plead for election peace
KANO, Nigeria - As emergencies go, it has a catchy tune. Faced with a Nigerian election that could spiral into violence, some in the popular film industry known as Kannywood gathered this week to shoo...
Feb 20, 2019
Ending the silence on sex abuse: Vatican holds summit
VATICAN CITY - If Pope Francis needed a concrete example to justify summoning church leaders from around the globe to Rome for a tutorial on clergy sex abuse, Sister Bernardine Pemii has it. The nun, ...
Feb 20, 2019
Artist probes Russia's toxic legacy through family history
MOSCOW - Pavel Otdelnov recalls how as a child he saw his mother boil his parents' bedding every day. His father worked in the factories of Dzerzhinsk, the centre of Soviet chemical manufacturing, and...
Feb 20, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 20
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Feb. 20 --- MEMORIAL HELD FOR SYRIAN CHILDREN KILLED IN FIRE Dozens of people gathered outside the charred remnants of a suburban Halifax home&nb...
Feb 20, 2019
Hearings into SNC-Lavalin affair start today, but not with Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - The House of Commons justice committee will begin hearings today into the allegation that the Prime Minister's Office improperly pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help...
Feb 20, 2019
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