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UAE owner of Israeli club says 'door open' to Arab players
JERUSALEM - The Emirati businessman who has bought a stake in the controversial Israeli soccer club Beitar Jerusalem said on Tuesday that "the door is open" to adding Arab players to its roster, a ste...
Dec 8, 2020
Tone deaf? Prince William's tour criticized amid pandemic
LONDON - A national train tour by Prince William and his wife Kate has received a frosty welcome from leaders in Wales and Scotland, with one Welsh official saying he would rather "no one was having u...
Dec 8, 2020
Forge FC ready for showdown in Honduras, the latest stop in CONCACAF League adventure
When David Edgar and his Forge FC teammates left Oct. 20 for El Salvador, the first step on their CONCACAF League journey, it was an open-ended itinerary. Two wins and a loss later, the Canadian Premi...
Dec 8, 2020
Research: Millions of smart devices vulnerable to hacking
BOSTON - Researchers at a cybersecurity firm say they have identified vulnerabilities in software widely used by millions of connected devices - flaws that could be exploited by hackers to penetrate b...
Dec 8, 2020
UK-EU talks near collapse ahead of Johnson Brussels trip
LONDON - Britain and the European Union warned Tuesday that talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal are teetering on the brink of collapse, with just over three weeks until an economic rupture that wil...
Dec 8, 2020
Food prices rising and Britain rolls out COVID-19 vaccine: In The News for Dec. 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 Dec. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Dec 8, 2020
'Where he belongs:' Bronze tribute to Calgary's wandering turkey in the works
CALGARY - Efforts have begun to immortalize the late Turk Diggler, a wild turkey whose jaunts through several Calgary neighbourhoods delighted many as the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave upended normal...
Dec 8, 2020
Psychiatrist set for seventh day of testimony in Toronto's van attack trial
TORONTO - A psychiatrist retained by the defence is set to testify for the seventh straight day at the trial for the man who killed 10 people on a Toronto sidewalk with a rental van. Dr. Alexander Wes...
Dec 8, 2020
Environmental groups keep fighting KXL despite Biden's promise to block pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. A new report from the U.S.-based Rainfo...
Dec 8, 2020
Disproportionate impact of COVID-19, UNDRIP legislation on the table at AFN meeting
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is planning to urge the federal Liberal government to do more to deal with the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their communities in a ...
Dec 8, 2020
