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Xi asks Starbucks' Schultz to help repair US-China ties
BEIJING - President Xi Jinping is asking former CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks to help repair U.S.-Chinese relations that have plunged to their lowest level in decades amid a tariff war and tension o...
Jan 15, 2021
Cambodian labour leader's trial for border remarks begins
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The trial of a Cambodian labour union leader charged with inciting social unrest opened in Phnom Penh on Friday, part of a large-scale legal offensive by the government against ...
Jan 15, 2021
China builds new quarantine centre as virus cases rise
BEIJING - A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an anticipated overflow of patients as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of the Lunar New Year travel rush. State m...
Jan 15, 2021
Indonesia expands effort to recover crashed plane, victims
JAKARTA, Indonesia - More searchers and rescuers joined the search Friday for wreckage and victims from an Indonesian plane that crashed last weekend in the Java Sea. The aerial search for the crashed...
Jan 15, 2021
EXPLAINER: What's next after House impeachment vote
WASHINGTON - Now that the House has impeached President Donald Trump for the second time, Speaker Nancy Pelosi must figure out the best strategy for arguing the case before the Senate. Senate rules sa...
Jan 15, 2021
Spain rejects virus confinement as most of Europe stays home
MADRID - While most of Europe kicked off 2021 with earlier curfews or stay-at-home orders, authorities in Spain insist the new coronavirus variant causing havoc elsewhere is not to blame for a sharp r...
Jan 15, 2021
Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, will read at Biden inaugural
NEW YORK - At age 22, poet Amanda Gorman, chosen to read at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, already has a history of writing for official occasions. "I have kind of stumbled upon this g...
Jan 15, 2021
Connor McDavid scores hat trick, Edmonton Oilers defeat Vancouver Canucks 5-2
EDMONTON - Connor McDavid scored a hat trick and added an assist as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 Thursday for their first win of the NHL season.Leon Draisaitl, the NHL's top scor...
Jan 14, 2021
Jets hire 49ers defensive co-ordinator Robert Saleh as coach
NEW YORK - The New York Jets were searching for a leader, someone who could bring a frustrated, playoff-starved franchise back to respectability. They think they found their guy in Robert Saleh. The J...
Jan 14, 2021
Laine's three-point night earns Winnipeg Jets 4-3 OT win over Calgary Flames
WINNIPEG - Patrik Laine scored his second goal of the game in overtime, and the Winnipeg Jets started their season with a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames Thursday. The Finnish winger put away the winn...
Jan 14, 2021