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In video call, Biden presses China's Xi on Russia support
WASHINGTON (AP) - Key figures for a war half a world away, President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Friday as the White House looked to deter Beijing from providing mil...
Mar 18, 2022
Bump in COVID-19 cases 'not unexpected' as public health measures lifted, Tam says
OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says increased COVID-19 transmission is "not unexpected" as public health measures are lifted and cases pick up internationally. Tam says the numbe...
Mar 18, 2022
Unlikely playoff push complicates trade deadline for new Canucks front office
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have not made Jim Rutherford's job easy. The team languished at the bottom of the Pacific Division standings when Rutherford was appointed president of hockey operati...
Mar 18, 2022
Arkansas deputy guilty of negligent homicide in teen's death
CABOT, Ark. (AP) - A former Arkansas deputy was found guilty Friday of negligent homicide but acquitted of the more serious offense of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a white teenager whose deat...
Mar 18, 2022
Bayern says Canada's Alphonso Davies several weeks away from returning to action
MUNICH - Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies is still several weeks away from returning to action. That prognosis would rule him out of Canada's final thr...
Mar 18, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Russian forces are striking Ukrainian cities from a distance again, pounding the capital of Kyiv and the country's west as their ground offensive inches forward in the face of fierce Ukrainian resista...
Mar 18, 2022
Taliban detain journalists over report on TV show censoring
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban intelligence men came in the night to arrest three staff of TOLO TV, one of Afghanistan's largest television stations, a channel executive said Friday. The country's ...
Mar 18, 2022
UK regulator revokes license of Russia-backed broadcaster RT
LONDON (AP) - Britain's communications regulator on Friday revoked the license of the state-funded Russian broadcaster RT amid concern that its coverage of the war in Ukraine was biased. The decision ...
Mar 18, 2022
Canada's inflation fears and targeting Ukrainian civilians: In The News for Mar. 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 Mar. 18 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 18, 2022
Two years in, no moving on from COVID-19 for Canada's exhausted health-care workers
MONTREAL - COVID-19 cases continue to roll into the two Toronto-area hospitals where Eram Chhogala works as a trauma nurse. The numbers have dwindled to a stream instead of a wave, but each is a remin...
Mar 18, 2022