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Merkel upbeat over cease-fire pledge ahead of Libya meeting
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed assurances Thursday from Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter that he would stick to a cease-fire as world powers prepare to gather in Berlin for a summit on th...
Jan 18, 2020
Inuit women in Canada's North encountering 'racialized policing,' report says
OTTAWA - A national organization representing Inuit women in Canada is calling for a radical shift in the way police work is done in the North. The demand comes after a new report relea...
Jan 18, 2020
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard misses chance to qualify for Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - It was in the shadows of the main show courts at Melbourne Park, days before the first Grand Slam tournament of the season is set to begin in earnest, and Eugenie Bouchard's sta...
Jan 18, 2020
Experts say Med Sea altered by Suez Canal's invasive species
TEL AVIV, Israel - As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway's lesser known legacies - the invasion of hundreds o...
Jan 18, 2020
Officials block villagers as quakes shake Philippine volcano
LEMERY, Philippines - A Philippine volcano that erupted last weekend belched smaller plumes of ash but shuddered frequently with earthquakes Thursday, prompting authorities to block access to nearby t...
Jan 18, 2020
1st malaria vaccine tried out in babies in 3 African nations
TOMALI, Malawi - A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history's deadliest and most stubbo...
Jan 18, 2020
Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees
CANBERRA, Australia - Specialist firefighters have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday. Firefigh...
Jan 18, 2020
Stars tame Ice Wolves, take third straight, with 6-3 win
Six different Stars etched their name in the scorecard, and goaltender Kristian Lyon stopped 37 of 40 shots against, as the Battlefords North Stars topped the La Ronge Ice Wolves 6-3 Friday night at t...
Jan 18, 2020 Rolling along: Six different players chipped in with a goal
apiece in the North Stars’ 6-3 victory Friday night at the Civic Centre. (Martin
Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Patient in Japan confirmed as having new virus from China
TOKYO - Japan's government said Thursday a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified as a possible cause of an outbreak in the Chinese...
Jan 18, 2020
Buttigieg decision on police chief shadows presidential run
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Karen DePaepe had been waiting all day for a call back from Pete Buttigieg. It was March 2012, and the 30-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had just decided to replace the city...
Jan 18, 2020