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US proposes rules to vet all telecoms-related purchases
BEIJING - The Department of Commerce has proposed requiring case-by-case approvals of all purchases of telecommunications equipment in a move likely to hit major Chinese suppliers like Huawei. The pro...
Nov 27, 2019
Moroccan rapper gets year in prison for critical video
FES, Morocco - Moroccan rapper Gnawi knew the police would come when he and two friends released an unusually outspoken video exposing their country's problems with migration and drugs and expressing ...
Nov 26, 2019
Bangladesh sentences 7 militants to death in café attack
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A special anti-terrorism tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced seven members of a banned militant group to death Wednesday for their involvement in an attack on a Dhaka cafe that killed...
Nov 26, 2019
Hiking carbon tax to $210 cheapest way to hit Canada's climate targets: commission
OTTAWA - The Ecofiscal Commission says quadrupling Canada's carbon price by 2030 is the easiest and most cost-effective way for the country to meet its climate targets. But the independent think-...
Nov 26, 2019
McDavid scores shootout winner, Oilers top Coyotes 4-3
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Fatigue set in for the Edmonton Oilers in the second game of a back-to-back as part of a five-game road trip. However. the Oilers found a way to tie the score late in the third perio...
Nov 26, 2019
Andrew Harris leads Winnipeg Blue Bombers to first Grey Cup win since 1990
CALGARY - Andrew Harris and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers earned some long-awaited Grey Cup redemption Sunday night. Harris scored rushing and receiving TDs as Winnipeg stunned the Hamilton Tige...
Nov 26, 2019
B.C. passes UN Indigenous rights bill in 'historic' moment: Greens
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Green caucus says legislation promising a new relationship between the province and First Nations has passed unanimously in a "historic" moment. The bill mandates t...
Nov 26, 2019
David Pastrnak scores hat trick, Bruins easily beat Canadiens 8-1
MONTREAL - David Pastrnak scored his second hat trick of the season to give the conference-leading Boston Bruins an 8-1 beatdown over the Montreal Canadiens Tuesday night. Jake Debrusk, Brad Marchand,...
Nov 26, 2019
The Latest: Peters will not coach Flames against Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The latest on allegations that current Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters made racist comments a decade ago (all times local): 8:40 p.m. Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving say...
Nov 26, 2019
Jessye Norman remembered as force of nature at Met memorial
NEW YORK - Jessye Norman was remembered as a force of nature as thousands filled the Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday for a celebration of the soprano, who died Sept. 30 at age 74. Sopranos Rene Fle...
Nov 26, 2019