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US productivity falls for first time in nearly 4 years
WASHINGTON - American workers were less efficient in the July-September quarter, pushing down productivity for the first time since late 2015. With economic growth slowing, in part because the stimulu...
Nov 8, 2019
A$AP Rocky returns to Sweden months after assault conviction
STOCKHOLM - A$AP Rocky will perform in Sweden several months after he was convicted of assault in a street brawl. Concert promoter Live Nation says the rapper will return to Stockholm "after tremendou...
Nov 8, 2019
UK police identify truck victims; 10 teenagers among 39 dead
LONDON - UK police say 10 teenagers are among the 39 people found dead in a truck container in southeastern England. Police released the list of victims Friday. The authorities have been working with ...
Nov 8, 2019
Remembrance Day commemorations and Drake high on weed biz; In-The-News Nov. 8
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 8. What we are watching in...
Nov 8, 2019
Attacker stabs 8 at popular Jordanian tourist site
AMMAN, Jordan - A young man from a Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday stabbed eight people, including four foreign tourists and their tour guide, at a popular archaeological site in northern Jordan...
Nov 8, 2019
Erdogan: Turkey captured slain IS leader al-Baghdadi's wife
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan made the announcement w...
Nov 8, 2019
Iran 5.9 magnitude earthquake kills at least 5, injures 300
TEHRAN, Iran - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northwestern Iran early Friday, killing at least five people and injuring over 300 others, officials said. The temblor struck Tark county in Iran's Eas...
Nov 8, 2019
House Democrat Richard Neal talks new NAFTA with Liberals in Ottawa
OTTAWA - An influential American Democratic lawmaker affirmed his party's commitment to push the ratification of the new North American free trade deal during a visit Wednesday wit...
Nov 8, 2019
Black man thought he'd go blind after beating, police officer's trial hears
OSHAWA, Ont. - A young black man told an Ontario court Wednesday he was beaten so badly by a Toronto police officer and his brother that he could barely feel anything anymore and didn't realize h...
Nov 8, 2019
Screenwriters honoured with film academy's Nicholl award
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Five emerging screenwriters gained the film academy's stamp of admission into Hollywood with help from an ensemble of actors that included Tyrese Gibson and Rosa Salazar. The A...
Nov 8, 2019
