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Ai Weiwei says new security law is the end of Hong Kong
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei believes the newly passed national security law for Hong Kong augurs the end for the semi-autonomous city. Ai was arrested at Beijing's a...
May 29, 2020
Statistics Canada says Q1 GDP worst showing since 2009
OTTAWA - Canada's economy had its worst quarterly showing since 2009 through the first three months of 2020, and may be headed to an even steeper drop, as steps taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 fo...
May 29, 2020
7 shot at Louisville protest over fatal police shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - At least seven people were shot in Louisville as hundreds of protesters converged on City Hall demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot in March by po...
May 29, 2020
CNN crew arrested while reporting on Minneapolis protests
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota State Patrol on Friday arrested a CNN television crew as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pl...
May 29, 2020
Mississippi mayor flouts calls to resign over Floyd comments
PETAL, Miss. - A Mississippi mayor whose remarks about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody sparked outrage is resisting calls to resign, including from his own town's board of alde...
May 29, 2020
Police across US speak out against Minneapolis custody death
LOS ANGELES - Murder. Brutality. Reprehensible. Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a h...
May 29, 2020
Hospice's refusal to provide assisted death causes 'anxiety,' says B.C. mayor
DELTA, B.C. - A hospice that has a long history of helping people near death but denies them medical assistance in dying is drawing criticism from the city's mayor in a clash of ideologies t...
May 29, 2020
Whyte, Marchant willing to wait one more year to cap their Olympic careers
TORONTO - Angela Whyte and Lanni Marchant hoped to write victorious final chapters of their long track and field careers at the Tokyo Games this summer. Whyte, a three-time Olympian in hurdles, planne...
May 29, 2020
French carmaker Renault announces 15,000 job cuts worldwide
PARIS - Struggling French carmaker Renault on Friday announced 15,000 job cuts worldwide as part of a 2 billion-euro cost-cutting plan over three years, as the company is in bad shape amid declining s...
May 29, 2020
USMCA poised for star turn and protests in Minneapolis; In The News for May 29
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 May 29 ... --- C...
May 29, 2020