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Zelenskyy visits Poland to thank ally and meet Ukrainians
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Military honors, tributes and praise welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife to Poland on Wednesday as the couple made a state visit meant as a gesture of t...
Apr 05, 2023
Violence at Jerusalem holy site raises fears of escalation
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City early Wednesday, firing stun grenades at Palestinians who hurled stones and firecrackers in a burst of violence durin...
Apr 05, 2023
Liberal MP slams own government's 'bland statements' on Israel's far-right crackdown
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Salma Zahid is criticizing her own government's response to Israel's administration amid police violence in Jerusalem. The Toronto MP says Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly needs to go ...
Apr 05, 2023
Brazil man kills 4 children with hatchet at daycare center
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A man with a hatchet invaded a daycare center Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said. The state's firefighter corps said t...
Apr 05, 2023
Quebec ordered to pay ex-premier Charest $385K because of corruption probe leaks
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has ordered the provincial government to pay ex-premier Jean Charest $385,000 because information about a corruption investigation targeting the Liberals was leake...
Apr 05, 2023
Missouri tornado kills multiple people, sows destruction
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A tornado that tore through southeastern Missouri on Wednesday caused widespread destruction and killed and injured multiple people, authorities said. The tornado moved through...
Apr 05, 2023
Party switch gives GOP veto-proof control in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Democrat in the North Carolina state House switched to the Republican Party on Wednesday, giving the GOP veto-proof control in both chambers of the legislature and handing Democ...
Apr 05, 2023
Japan police arrest 2 in food prank at beef bowl diner
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese police have arrested two men who posted a clip in which one of them is eating ginger from a communal container with his chopsticks at a famous beef bowl restaurant, part of a ser...
Apr 05, 2023
Italian ex-leader Berlusconi hospitalized, reportedly in ICU
ROME (AP) - Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized Wednesday, his spokesman said. Italian media reported he was in intensive care with respiratory problems. The 86-year-old three-ti...
Apr 05, 2023
Paging Dr. Thompson; Canadian defender combines med school and international hockey
A few hours before Canada's game Friday at the women's world hockey championship, Claire Thompson will write an endocrinology exam. "School still goes on, even when there's a world championship," Thom...
Apr 05, 2023