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Armenia to hold early parliamentary election in June
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's prime minister on Thursday set an early parliamentary election for June as he sought to defuse the country's political crisis. The opposition, which has demanded Prime Min...
Mar 18, 2021

White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says
NEW YORK - White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided to The Associated Press. There were 5,125 ca...
Mar 18, 2021

Before Canadians are put on trial, China says it follows law
BEIJING - China said it has followed the law and protected the legal rights of two Canadians due to go on trial Friday in a case Canada believes is a pressure tactic over its detention of an executive...
Mar 18, 2021

Iroquois lacrosse team aims to make Olympic competition under its own flag
Iroquois Nationals lacrosse star Randy Staats was angry at first, but he now says an international snub of his team only fuelled his desire to play on the world stage. Three years ago, the Internation...
Mar 18, 2021

Iroquois lacrosse team aims to make Olympic competition under its own flag
Iroquois Nationals lacrosse star Randy Staats was angry at first, but he now says an international snub of his team only fuelled his desire to play on the world stage. Three years ago, the Internation...
Mar 18, 2021

Troubled US-China ties face new test in Alaska meeting
WASHINGTON - The United States and China will face a new test in their increasingly troubled relations when top officials from both countries meet in Alaska. Ties between the world's two largest econo...
Mar 18, 2021

Despite headwinds, House set to OK Dems' immigration bills
WASHINGTON - Democrats seem poised to claim victory in the House's first votes this year on immigration, but moving legislation on the divisive issue all the way through Congress to President Joe Bide...
Mar 18, 2021

Asian Americans grieve, organize in wake of Atlanta attacks
Asian Americans were already worn down by a year of pandemic-fueled racist attacks when a white gunman was charged with attacking three Atlanta-area massage parlours and killing eight people, most of ...
Mar 18, 2021

Republicans seize on immigration as border crossings surge
WASHINGTON - Delegation trips to the border. Apocalyptic warnings. A flurry of new conferences. Republicans still divided over former President Donald Trump's legacy are seizing on his signature campa...
Mar 18, 2021

For Biden, questions about Cuomo grow harder to ignore
NEW YORK - President Joe Biden's relentless effort to avoid the day-to-day distractions of the political world is being put to the test by the growing calls for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign. T...
Mar 18, 2021