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By Derek Gatopoulos And Lefteris Pitarakis ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — At a temple in Ancient Olympia, a flame is drawn from the sun to begin its journey to the Winter Games. The choreographed ceremony inspired by ancient Greece is designed to link the original games to today’s global competition. On Wednesday, the flame will […]
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By Rajesh Roy NEW DELHI (AP) — India has lodged a protest with China over what it called an “arbitrary detention” of an Indian citizen at the Shanghai airport after the traveler from a northeastern state said she was held for hours because Chinese authorities refused to recognize her passport. The woman, who was stopped […]
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By Shane Jones EDMONTON — After losing to the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference finals the last two years, the Dallas Stars were looking to work out some of their frustrations on Tuesday. They did that in large print, staking a 4-0 lead in the first period and knocking off the home team 8-3. […]
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HONG KONG (AP) — A fire ravaged a high-rise Hong Kong housing complex on Wednesday, killing four people and leaving others trapped inside, authorities said. The Hong Kong government reported four deaths and said three other people were hospitalized. Two of the injured were in critical condition and the other person was stable, a brief […]
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By Jill Lawless And Sam Mcneil LONDON (AP) — The Russia-Ukraine war has seen almost four years of failed peace plans, blueprints and high-level summits. A new U.S. push to end the fighting has set off the latest flurry of diplomacy, with American, European, Russian and Ukrainian officials all trying to shape the outcome of […]
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By Jintamas Saksornchai BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand said Wednesday that it has issued an arrest warrant for a co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization in connection with a fraud case. Jakkaphong “Anne” Jakrajutatip was charged with fraud then released on bail in 2023. She failed to appear as required in a Bangkok […]
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By Miriam Lafontaine MONTREAL — Quebec City is not alone in facing legal action for the way its municipal administration responded to a scheduled concert by Sean Feucht, an American Christian singer known for his ties to U.S. President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement. The City of Montreal is also being sued, after it fined a […]
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By Tara Deschamps Diversity is increasing across Canada’s venture capital and private equity landscape, a new survey suggests. Research published Wednesday by the Business Development Bank of Canada found that 88 per cent of general partners (GPs) the organization surveyed had at least one woman on their investment committees last year. That was...
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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney to announce steel supports today Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce new measures today to help Canada’s steel sector, a government official told The Canadian Press. Ottawa plans to limit foreign steel imports and cut […]
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish-German family of four who died while on holiday in Istanbul were likely poisoned by gas emitted from a pesticide used to treat a bug infestation in their hotel, according to a preliminary autopsy report cited by Turkey’s state-run news agency. The Bocek family had arrived from Germany and were […]
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By Rajesh Roy NEW DELHI (AP) — A coalition of 10 major Indian trade unions mounted nationwide protests Wednesday against the government’s rollout of new labor codes, saying the sweeping changes were “deceptive fraud” against workers. Demonstrations were held in several parts of the country as unions representing millions of laborers and...
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By Taijing Wu And Huizhong Wu TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build a Taiwan Dome, an air defense system with high-level detection and interception capabilities, as the U.S. pressures the island to increase its defense spending. The budget...
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By Sylvie Corbet PARIS (AP) — Nicolas Sarkozy risks another blow to his legacy and reputation when France’s highest court rules Wednesday on the former president’s conviction for illegal campaign financing of his reelection bid in 2012. The Court of Cassation will decide whether to uphold or overturn Sarkozy’s conviction to a year in...
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By Kirsten Grieshaber HERRNHUT, Germany (AP) — Bright Christmas stars have long been a familiar sight across Germany during the darkest days of the year, but none is more famous — and lately as popular — as the Moravian stars from the eastern village of Herrnhut near the Polish and Czech borders. They come in […]
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By James Brooks NORTH SEA, Denmark (AP) — Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe’s rugged North Sea slowly comes into view from a helicopter. Used to extract fossil fuels, the field is now getting a second lease on life as a means of permanently storing planet-warming […]
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By Claudia Lauer Tucked in a two-sentence footnote in a voluminous court opinion, a federal judge recently called out immigration agents using artificial intelligence to write use-of-force reports, raising concerns that it could lead to inaccuracies and further erode public confidence in how police have handled the immigration crackdown in the...
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By Ben Finley And Konstantin Toropin WASHINGTON (AP) — In a matter of days, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll vaulted from being the leader of a military bureaucracy _ where he’s been cutting red tape to quickly buy inexpensive drones _ to a key negotiator in the Trump administration’s push to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The […]
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By Todd Richmond MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge who was charged with illegally helping an immigrant evade federal agents is due back in court Wednesday for a final hearing before her case goes to trial next month. Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan in April with obstruction and concealing an […]
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By Susan Montoya Bryan BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — Unconditional love. That’s what Vangie Randall-Shorty felt the moment she first held her son. She still feels it — even though Zachariah Shorty is now gone. “I carry him in my heart every day,” she said, while trying to find the words to describe the wave of […]
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By Jamie Ducharme The holidays are a time of merriment, festivity — and, for many, tense family gatherings. People think, “‘How do I deal with relatives who, at times, are intrusive or trigger me or say things that are abusive?” said Mark Rapaport, president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association. When trying to defuse stressful...
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By Milexsy Duran And Ariel Fernandez RIO CAUTO, Cuba (AP) — Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummeled the island’s eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms in history. By day, families walk toward the nearest river to fill plastic containers with water […]
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By Isobel Koshiw, Samya Kullab, Vasilisa Stepanenko And Volodymyr Yurchuk KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The soil surrounding the gas facility in Ukraine was once pitch-black before it was burned to a rusty red by a massive Russian drone and missile assault. Scattered remnants of Shahed drones littered the reservoir designated for storing tanks of...
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By Jill Lawless And Pan Pylas LONDON (AP) — Following weeks of speculation, Britain’s unpopular Labour government will deliver its second budget later Wednesday since it returned to power in a landslide election victory in July 2024 after 14 years in opposition. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves, the first woman to hold the post of Chancellor […]
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The countdown to Christmas is on, but Winnipeggers may have noticed a little less sparkle downtown this holiday season. The light displays depicting stars, snowflakes and trumpeting angels that lined Winnipeg's downtown streets for 25 years are now sitting in a city warehouse.
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By Binsar Bakkara MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Torrential rains unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving six others missing, police said Wednesday. Rescue teams were struggling to reach affected areas in six regencies of North Sumatra province after the monsoon rains over...
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By Sheikh Saaliq NEW DELHI (AP) — Hours after police in Indian-controlled Kashmir released shopkeeper Bilal Ahmed Wani but kept his son in custody in this month’s deadly New Delhi blast investigation, Wani set himself on fire, members of his family said. The 55-year-old dry fruit seller was treated at three hospitals but died a […]
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By Daniel Rainbird LAVAL — Marie-Philip Poulin had a goal and an assist to become the first PWHL player to reach 50 career points, Abby Roque produced one highlight-reel goal and two assists against her former team, and the Montreal Victoire shut out the New York Sirens 4-0 on Tuesday night. Ann-Renee Desbiens stopped 33 […]
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of women marched through Mexico City’s streets Tuesday to protest violence against women in a country where gender violence remains pervasive. Among the hundreds of marchers clad in purple or with green bandanas, some beat drums and others carried signs. One read: “Today I am the voice of those who […]
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By John Chidley-Hill TORONTO — When Brandon Ingram was traded from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Raptors last season, he made it clear he wanted to stay in Toronto. But there’s been a specific part of being a Raptor that he loves. “I guess Darko coming into the locker room, yelling,” laughed Ingram, referring […]
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By Charlotte Graham-mclay WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A woman in New Zealand who was convicted of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases for years before they were discovered will spend at least 17 years in prison, a judge ruled Wednesday. Justice Geoffrey Venning told Hakyung Lee at the High Court […]
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By Hillel Italie NEW YORK (AP) — Writers in U.S. prisons will have a new path to getting their work seen through a website managed by PEN America that includes information on publishers, agents, journalists and other potential contacts. PEN’s Prison and Justice Writing Program on Tuesday announced the launch of the Incarcerated Writers Bureau,...
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By Hallie Golden And Matthew Daly WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular sites, while leaving them out of fee-free days that will be reserved for […]
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By Dennis Passa BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Basketball Australia and its men’s and women’s professional leagues announced on Wednesday an online safety platform to help athletes and teams protect themselves from social media abuse. The move couldn’t come any sooner for Scott Roth, a former NBA player and assistant coach with several teams...
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By Colleen Slevin DENVER (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that immigration officers in Colorado can only arrest people without a warrant if they think those people are likely to flee. U.S. District Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson issued the order in a legal challenge brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado […]
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By Wolfgang Depner VICTORIA — Rifts in “Team Canada” appear to be widening on the brink of a federal announcement on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West coast, with B.C.’s deputy premier even raising the prospect of legal action against the project. Asked if she expects B.C. to file a court challenge against […]
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Police say they have arrested four people during enforcement of a court injunction prohibiting anyone from blocking or interfering with forestry activities in the Carmanah Valley of southwestern Vancouver Island. A statement from the RCMP on Tuesday says a blockade of people, vehicles and wooden items had been established along the Walbran Forest...
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By Wolfgang Depner VICTORIA — Rifts in “Team Canada” appear to be widening on the brink of a federal announcement on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, with B.C.’s deputy premier even raising the prospect of legal action against the project. Asked if she expects B.C. to file a court challenge against […]
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They say you are what your record says you are, but the Winnipeg Jets feel like their 12-9 mark sells them a bit short. "We don't feel like we've really played – maybe one or two – but complete 60-minute efforts,” forward Morgan Barron said, Tuesday. "That's more a philosophical question… we have to prove […]
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By Ken Moritsugu And Ayaka Mcgill BEIJING (AP) — Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations started. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alley in Tokyo’s historic Asakusa district every year. Some 200 have already canceled bookings for her tea ceremony class, as far ahead as […]
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Ask Gustav Nyquist if anything has surprised him about Winnipeg and the first-year Jet goes culinary. "The restaurant scene,” Nyquist said, Tuesday. "It’s very good. Much better than I thought it would be.” He could have said the same thing about the weather, specifically the lack of a single snowflake just a month out from […]
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By Nono Shen The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says two grizzlies captured in Bella Coola will be fitted with tracking collars and relocated far from the community, while the search goes on for the bear that attacked and badly injured three schoolchildren and a teacher last week. The bears were captured as officers search for […]
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By Nono Shen A school in Bella Coola, B.C., has reopened with safety measures, five days after a grizzly bear attack on a group of students and teachers. The search continued for the mother grizzly with two cubs thought to be involved in the attack, and the Acwsalcta School said in a statement on Monday […]
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OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge says Amazon Canada should have hired “at least 100 lawyers” to go through more than two million documents, in order to meet court-ordered deadlines in an investigation into potentially anticompetitive conduct. Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton ruled this month to grant some extensions for document...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man convicted of beating a San Francisco grandmother who later died is facing life in prison, a judge said Tuesday. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Eric Fleming said Keonte Gathron, 25, will likely be sentenced to prison without the possibility of parole in the death of Yik Oi Huang. The […]
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By Sejal Govindarao Robert Dear, the man who was charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services, has died in federal custody, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Tuesday. Dear died Saturday at a medical center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, the Bureau of...
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By Ashley Joannou An external review of British Columbia’s home-sharing program for adults with developmental disabilities says the government needs to increase funding to the Crown corporation in charge if it wants to deliver safe and timely supports. The 203-page report released by the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction is the...
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By Elliot Spagat And Valerie Gonzalez SAN DIEGO (AP) — A week before Chancely Fanfan was scheduled to attend an immigration court hearing in San Diego, he received a letter from the Department of Homeland Security instructing him to show up for what he thought would be a routine check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
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