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Taiwan's Tsai defends Anti-Infiltration Law aimed at China
TAIPEI, Taiwan - China has been relentless in its attempts to influence and infiltrate Taiwan's politics and society but the island's new ban on political interference should have no effect on normal ...
Jan 01, 2020
Trump deploys more troops to Mideast after embassy attack
WASHINGTON - Charging that Iran was "fully responsible" for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East as about 3,000 mor...
Jan 01, 2020
China convicts 3 researchers involved in gene-edited babies
BEIJING - A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims that he had made the world's first genetically edited babies was sentenced Monday to three years in prison because of his resear...
Dec 31, 2019
Tyler Myers's two-goal performance leads Canucks past Flames 5-2
CALGARY - With Tyler Myers inflicting the damage, a lethal Vancouver Canucks power play was the difference on Sunday night. Myers scored twice and added an assist - all of his offence coming in the fi...
Dec 31, 2019
Kyle Connor's hat trick lifts Jets over Avs 7-4
DENVER - Kyle Connor had three goals for his first regular season hat trick to lead the Winnipeg Jets over the Colorado Avalanche 7-4 Tuesday night. Blake Wheeler scored twice and Mark Sheifele and Ni...
Dec 31, 2019
Huberdeau has 4-point game, Panthers beat Canadiens 6-5
SUNRISE, Fla. - Florida's top line made sure the Panthers' good start to the weekend turned into a great one. Jonathan Huberdeau scored two goals in just over 30 seconds and added two assists, and Flo...
Dec 31, 2019
Haula helps Hurricanes earn 3-1 win over Montreal
RALEIGH, N.C. - Erik Haula had a goal and an assist and Charlie Lindgren made 33 saves in his first start of the season, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tue...
Dec 31, 2019
B.C. Supreme Court grants natural gas pipeline company interlocutory injunction
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has granted Coastal GasLink an interlocutory injunction against members of a First Nation and others who oppose the company's natural gas ...
Dec 31, 2019
Kim vows to show new N. Korean weapon, never trade security
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accused the Trump administration of dragging its feet in nuclear negotiations and warned that his country will soon show a new strategic wea...
Dec 31, 2019
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019
A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice. An actress and singer who helped embody the manufactured innocence of the 1950s. A self-made billionaire who rose from a childho...
Dec 31, 2019

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