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Experts ponder why cruise ship quarantine failed in Japan
TOKYO - As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan, many scientists say it was a failed experiment: The ship seemed to become an incubator for a new virus instead...
Feb 20, 2020
Via to resume service in southwestern Ontario starting Thursday morning
MONTREAL - Via Rail says its service will resume Thursday morning in southwestern Ontario. The passenger rail company says it received a notification from CN Rail allowing a resumption of service in t...
Feb 20, 2020
South Sudan rival leaders agree to form coalition government
JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan's rival leaders on Thursday announced they have agreed to form a coalition government just two days before the latest deadline, a major step in the emergence from a fiv...
Feb 20, 2020
At Arizona rally, Trump trolls Democrats debating in Nevada
PHOENIX - President Donald Trump trolled his political enemies Wednesday in the first of three rallies in three days in the West as Democrats vied in neighbouring Nevada to be the one to challenge him...
Feb 20, 2020
Analysis: Dems' civility gives way to combustible conflict
WASHINGTON - Through a year of campaigning, the Democratic presidential candidates played nice, talking up party unity, disagreeing mostly politely on policy. No more. Wednesday's debate signalled a s...
Feb 20, 2020
New Chinese virus cases decline, but method revised again
BEIJING - New virus cases in China have again declined, up just 394, after authorities on Thursday again changed how they count new daily infections. They are now discounting cases that came back nega...
Feb 20, 2020
Weinstein jurors focus on Sciorra as deliberations continue
NEW YORK - Jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial are set to continue for a third day on Thursday. So far, jurors have been focusing a lot of attention on actress Annabella Sciorra's alle...
Feb 20, 2020
Morgan Stanley buying E-Trade for about $13 billion
NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley is buying online brokerage E-Trade for about $13 billion. Discount brokers like E-Trade have engaged in a vicious fight for customers since late last year, when Charles Schwa...
Feb 20, 2020
Baloney Meter: Rail blockades and government authority over the police
OTTAWA - "The RCMP Act is clear: the minister of public safety has the ultimate authority over Canada's national police force, and has the power to direct the RCMP to enforce the law. ... So do the ri...
Feb 20, 2020
Lewis Capaldi, Dave among front-runners for UK's Brit Awards
LONDON - Singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi and rapper Dave led the nominations Tuesday for the U.K. music industry's Brit Awards, which have been criticized for the lack of female artists nominated for ...
Feb 20, 2020