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Turkey threatens to open gates for Syria refugees to go West
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to allow Syrian refugees to leave Turkey for Western countries unless a so-called "safe zone" inside Syria is established soon. E...
Sep 05, 2019
Prince Harry announces massive travel sustainability project
NEW YORK - The eco-minded Prince Harry is embarking on a massive travel sustainability initiative in partnership with key travel providers. They aim to improve the practices of the global industry ami...
Sep 05, 2019
In the news today, Sept. 5
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 5 --- CANADA'S BIANCA ANDREESCU HEADS TO U.S. OPEN SEMIFINALS Bianca Andreescu became the first teenager to reach the U.S. Open semifinals in a d...
Sep 05, 2019
151st Cowichan Exhibition includes new category: best home-grown pot
VICTORIA - One of Canada's oldest fall fairs is putting a new twist on its annual showcase of local livestock, produce and fruit by adding a new category for best home-grown marijuana. The C...
Sep 05, 2019
151st Cowichan Exhibition includes new category: best home-grown pot
VICTORIA - One of Canada's oldest fall fairs is putting a new twist on its annual showcase of local livestock, produce and fruit by adding a new category for best home-grown marijuana. The C...
Sep 05, 2019
Large blast rocks Afghan capital near area housing embassies
KABUL - A large explosion has rocked the Afghan capital and smoke is rising from a part of eastern Kabul, near a neighbourhood housing the U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic missions. Firdaus Faramarz,...
Sep 04, 2019
Memorials show California community's grief over boat fire
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Just hours after a fire raced through a scuba diving boat, a memorial started sprouting up to commemorate the lives of 34 people who died trapped below decks. Days later, it ha...
Sep 04, 2019
Canada's Bianca Andreescu reaches U.S. Open quarter-finals
NEW YORK - As she has done for most of the 2019 tennis season, Bianca Andreescu kept winning Monday night at the U.S. Open. Make that early Tuesday morning, when the 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont....
Sep 04, 2019
Shattering Taliban attack in Kabul even as US deal nears
KABUL - The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, almost all local civilians, just h...
Sep 04, 2019
China says trade talks with US to take place in October
BEIJING - U.S. and Chinese envoys will meet in early October for talks aimed at ending a tariff war, later than initially planned, China's Commerce Ministry announced Thursday. The announcement came a...
Sep 04, 2019

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