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Ikea France on trial over claims it spied on staff, clients
VERSAILLES, France - Ikea's French subsidiary and several of its former executives went on trial Monday over accusations that they illegally spied on employees and customers. Trade unions reported the...
Mar 22, 2021

Truck carrying migrants overturns in Croatia, killing 4
ZAGREB, Croatia - A freight truck overturned in Croatia early Monday, killing four migrants who were hiding inside and injuring a number of others, police said. The crash happened on a highway near th...
Mar 22, 2021

Municipality looks to stop river bank erosion to protect well field
The City of North Battleford is looking at ways to address a problem with the erosion of the North Saskatchewan River's shoreline bank. The city's planning committee is concerned about the ongoing ero...
Mar 22, 2021

Senate staffers fear new harassment policy being blocked by senators
OTTAWA - Some Senate staffers are concerned that a new policy meant to protect them from workplace harassment is being blocked in the upper house by a handful of senators. But Sen. Marilou McPhedran, ...
Mar 22, 2021

Multiple vehicles stolen in Northwest Saskatchewan over the weekend
Battlefords RCMP are asking residents to be on the lookout for more stolen vehicles.The first is a 1998 green Dodge Ram 1500, which was stolen overnight on March 20 from a compound in the Rural Munici...
Mar 22, 2021

Turkish lira plummets after Erdogan fires central bank chief
ANKARA, Turkey - The Turkish currency plummeted against the U.S. dollar on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired his third central bank head in less than two years, raising concerns about ...
Mar 22, 2021

Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire plan to Yemen rebels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country's yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the ki...
Mar 22, 2021

Former deputy NORAD commander leaving military after having affair while in U.S.
OTTAWA - A senior military officer who had an affair while deputy commander of North America's early-warning system is leaving the military. Lt.-Gen. Christopher Coates announced his pending departure...
Mar 22, 2021

Acclaimed Polish poet Adam Zagajewski dies at age 75
WARSAW, Poland - Adam Zagajewski, one of Poland's greatest poets who wrote a poem that came to symbolize the world's sense of shock and loss after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, has died i...
Mar 22, 2021

UK judge says newspaper can delay statement on Meghan case
LONDON - A British newspaper doesn't have to run a front-page statement about the Duchess of Sussex's legal victory until it has had the chance to challenge the order, a judge ruled Monday. The former...
Mar 22, 2021