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Al-Zawahri's path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters battling Soviet...
Aug 01, 2022

Biden to speak on operation against al-Qaida in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden was set to address the nation Monday following what the White House says was a "successful" counterterrorism operation on an al-Qaida target in Afghanistan over t...
Aug 01, 2022

Man who stormed Capitol with gun gets 87 months in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun helmet and body armor was sentenced on Monday to 87 months - more than seven years - in prison, the longes...
Aug 01, 2022

Medvedev, Swiatek get top seeds for upcoming National Bank Open tennis tournaments
TORONTO - Defending champion Daniil Medvedev has been named the top seed for the upcoming National Bank Open men's tennis tournament in Montreal, while Iga Swiatek is the top seed for the women's even...
Aug 01, 2022

Griner's trial resumes amid intensified diplomacy
MOSCOW (AP) - Since Brittney Griner last appeared in her trial for cannabis possession, the question of her fate expanded from a tiny and cramped courtroom on Moscow's outskirts to the highest level o...
Aug 01, 2022
'Very profound': Hundreds of residential school photos found in Rome archives
WINNIPEG - Raymond Frogner says when he found images of residential school students in the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate archives in Rome, he knew he was looking at something important."It did...
Aug 01, 2022

Canada blanks Jamaica 5-0 to open play at CONCACAF U-15 Women's Championship
TAMPA, Fla. - Nikolina Istocki scored twice as Canada opened play at the CONCACAF Girls' Under-15 Championship with a 5-0 win over Jamaica on Monday. Keira Martin, Annabelle Chukwu and Taegan Stewart ...
Aug 01, 2022

Head of World Health Organization tells Montreal conference progress on HIV at risk
MONTREAL - The director-general of the World Health Organization told an international AIDS conference in Montreal today that growing inequality could reverse a decade of progress made in the fight ag...
Aug 01, 2022

Ukraine paddlers to push hard at Worlds, as reminder "sport must live" despite war
DARTMOUTH, N.S. - Ukrainian paddlers at the world championships are grateful for the tranquility of the Dartmouth lakes - having temporarily left behind sirens and missiles flying overhead. But for Pa...
Aug 01, 2022

Prime Minister Trudeau is routinely offered portraits of himself as gifts: Analysis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been offered the gift of his own likeness some 17 times since becoming prime minister, including once by the president of China. The portraits, along with a myriad of...
Aug 01, 2022