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Spain: Dozens arrested in fresh riots over rapper's jailing
MADRID - More than 50 people were arrested and dozens injured during a second night of protests that turned violent in several Spanish cities. The protests were sparked by the imprisonment of a rapper...
Feb 18, 2021
Toronto Blue Jays to play first two homestands at spring training facility in Florida
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will begin the 2021 regular season playing home games in Dunedin, Fla., because of border restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement Thursday mor...
Feb 18, 2021
US home construction falls 6% in January but permits up
WASHINGTON - U.S. home construction fell 6% in January but applications for building permits, which typically signal activity ahead, rose sharply. Last month's decline pushed home and apartment constr...
Feb 18, 2021
NASA rover streaks toward a landing on Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red p...
Feb 18, 2021
Italy's 5-Stars divided over Draghi, expel 15 senators
ROME - Italy's 5-Star Movement said Thursday that 15 of its senators will be expelled from the party after they voted "no" in a confidence vote for Premier Mario Draghi's newly formed government. The ...
Feb 18, 2021
Calls for preventable natural gas line breaks spike throughout Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Damage to underground infrastructure and natural gas lines is occurring at a pace not seen in several years.Fortis BC said they've responded to eight cases through January of their lines bei...
Feb 18, 2021
Teck Resources takes Fort Hills charge, reports Q4 loss
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. reported a loss in its fourth-quarter as the company took a hit related to its investment in the Fort Hills oilsands mine. The miner says its loss attributable to share...
Feb 18, 2021
Georgia's PM resigns over move to arrest opposition leader
TBILISI, Georgia - Georgia's prime minister announced his resignation Thursday following a court ruling that ordered the arrest of a man who leads the ex-Soviet nation's top opposition party. Prime Mi...
Feb 18, 2021
Quebec vaccine committee results and 7-Eleven alcohol plans: In The News for Feb. 18
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 Feb. 18... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 18, 2021
Declare crimes against Uighurs in China a genocide, Conservatives to urge Commons
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling for the House of Commons to formally declare crimes against minority Muslims in China a genocide. They're tabling a motion in the House of Commons today, which c...
Feb 18, 2021