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Head of World Health Organization tells Montreal conference progress on HIV at risk
MONTREAL - The director-general of the World Health Organization told an international AIDS conference in Montreal today that growing inequality could reverse a decade of progress made in the fight ag...
Aug 01, 2022
Ukraine paddlers to push hard at Worlds, as reminder "sport must live" despite war
DARTMOUTH, N.S. - Ukrainian paddlers at the world championships are grateful for the tranquility of the Dartmouth lakes - having temporarily left behind sirens and missiles flying overhead. But for Pa...
Aug 01, 2022
Prime Minister Trudeau is routinely offered portraits of himself as gifts: Analysis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been offered the gift of his own likeness some 17 times since becoming prime minister, including once by the president of China. The portraits, along with a myriad of...
Aug 01, 2022
Mateo Restrepo trades one dream for another, leaving pro soccer for med school
At 25, Mateo Restrepo has already achieved one dream by playing pro soccer. Now the HFX Wanderers FC defender is embarking on another, quitting football for medical school. The Toronto native left Mon...
Aug 01, 2022
Canadian gymnast Dolci takes silver in men's floor event at Commonwealth Games
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Canadian gymnast Felix Dolci has picked up his second medal of the Commonwealth Games, taking silver in the men's floor event. Dolci, from Laval, Que., earned a score of 1...
Aug 01, 2022
80 men in South African court on charges of raping 8 women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - More than 80 men suspected of the gang rapes of eight women and the armed robbery of a video production crew in the South African town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, appeare...
Aug 01, 2022
AP sources: NFL suspends Browns QB Deshaun Watson 6 games
The NFL suspended Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games on Monday for violating its personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen...
Aug 01, 2022
AP sources: NFL suspends Browns QB Deshaun Watson 6 games
The NFL suspended Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games on Monday for violating its personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen...
Aug 01, 2022
1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain has set off from the port of Odesa, Turkey's defense ministry said Monday. The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship, Razoni left the port of Od...
Aug 01, 2022
Japanese video journalist detained at Myanmar protest march
BANGKOK (AP) - A Japanese video journalist has been detained by security forces in Myanmar while covering a protest against military rule in the country's largest city, pro-democracy activists said Su...
Jul 31, 2022