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NHLers know not everyone's happy they're playing: 'We're not blind'
Connor McDavid knows what it looks like to some. Millionaire hockey players travelling province to province for games when everyone else is asked to refrain from doing anything remotely similar as the...
Jan 10, 2021

Australia, US, UK, Canada criticize Hong Kong mass arrests
CANBERRA, Australia - The foreign ministers of Australia, the United States, Great Britain and Canada issued a joint statement Sunday expressing "serious concern" about the arrest of 55 democracy acti...
Jan 10, 2021

Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19
LONDON - The crisis facing Britain this winter is depressingly familiar: Stay-at-home orders and empty streets. Hospitals overflowing. A daily toll of many hundreds of coronavirus deaths. The U.K. is ...
Jan 10, 2021

Official: Roadside bomb kills 3 people in Afghan capital
KABUL - A roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan's capital Sunday, killing at least three people in a vehicle, the latest attack to take place even as government negotiators are in Qatar to resume peac...
Jan 10, 2021

Minister: Massive power outage leaves Pakistan in the dark
ISLAMABAD - A major technical fault in Pakistan's power generation and distribution system caused a massive power outage that plunged the country into darkness overnight, the energy minister said. Hou...
Jan 10, 2021

UN envoy: Britain is `gung ho' about world role after Brexit
CAMEROON, Cameroon - Britain's new U.N. ambassador says the government is feeling "gung ho" about continuing its role as an important player on the world stage despite its exit from the European Union...
Jan 10, 2021

Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone
BOSTON - One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signalling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for...
Jan 10, 2021

Israelis protest Netanyahu amid 3rd virus lockdown
JERUSALEM - Thousands of Israelis on Saturday renewed weekly demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for the long-serving leader to resign over corruption charges against him...
Jan 10, 2021

Top Republican says Trump committed 'impeachable offences'
WASHINGTON - Democrats' momentum for a fresh drive to quickly impeach outgoing President Donald Trump has gained support, and a top Republican said the president's role in the deadly riot at the Capit...
Jan 10, 2021

Asia Today: China reports 380 cases south of Beijing
BEIJING - More than 380 people have tested positive in a growing COVID-19 outbreak south of Beijing in China's Hebei province. Hebei health authorities said that 40 new cases had been confirmed Sunday...
Jan 10, 2021