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World leaders travel to Oman to meet its newly named sultan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - World leaders travelled Sunday to Oman to meet the country's new sultan, named just a day earlier after the death of the nation's longtime ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said. B...
Jan 12, 2020
US dismisses Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan
BAGHDAD - Iraq's caretaker prime minister asked Washington to work out a road map for an American troop withdrawal, but the U.S. State Department on Friday bluntly rejected the request, saying the two...
Jan 12, 2020
Statistics Canada expects move to the digital cloud will prompt some rumbling
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is planning to move its information holdings to the digital cloud - a shift the national number-crunching agency acknowledges will prompt questions ...
Jan 12, 2020
Canada told to back crash allegations and a new $5 bill; In The News for Jan. 10
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 Jan. 10: What we are watching i...
Jan 12, 2020
Ghosn's lawyer slams minister's gaffe on proving innocence
TOKYO - A lawyer for Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's former chairman who skipped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon, on Friday slammed a gaffe by the Japanese justice minister who said that Ghosn should "prove"...
Jan 12, 2020
Iran's president says Ukrainian jet unintentionally shot down, cites human error
OTTAWA - The president of Iran says a military investigation has concluded that missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of a Ukrainian plane and the deaths of 1...
Jan 12, 2020
US employers expected to have added 160,000 jobs in December
WASHINGTON - The U.S. job market appears to be entering 2020 on a solid footing. Economists expect that Friday's jobs report will show job gains of 160,000 in December, with the unemployment rate hold...
Jan 12, 2020
Australians leave homes as heat, winds escalate fire danger
EDEN, Australia - Thousands of people fled their homes and helicopters dropped supplies to towns at risk of nearby wildfires as hot, windy conditions Friday threatened already fire-ravaged southeaster...
Jan 12, 2020
Unidentified planes hit Iraqi militiamen in Syria, killing 8
BEIRUT - Unidentified planes struck targets in Syria near the border with Iraq on Friday, killing eight Iran-backed Iraqi militiamen, Syrian activists and two Iraqi officials said, an attack that come...
Jan 12, 2020
Lindholm scores twice as Flames down Oilers 4-3 for fifth win in a row
CALGARY - Elias Lindholm scored his 19th and 20th goals Saturday night as the Calgary Flames led early, fell behind twice, then came back to win 4-3 over the Edmonton Oilers. The Flames' fifth win in ...
Jan 12, 2020