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US citizen in Thailand charged with murdering Thai wife
BANGKOK - Police in Thailand said Friday they have charged a U.S. citizen from the state of Colorado with murdering his pregnant Thai wife. Jason Matthew Balzer, 32, was interrogated Friday in the nor...
May 07, 2021
Tokyo Olympic head says Bach visit to Japan could be 'tough'
TOKYO - The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Friday that a visit to Japan this month by IOC President Thomas Bach seemed unlikely with a state of emergency order being extended...
May 07, 2021
Red meat politics: GOP turns culture war into a food fight
DES MOINES, Iowa - Conservatives last week gobbled up a false news story claiming President Joe Biden planned to ration red meat. Colorado Rep. Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested Biden "stay out of my kitc...
May 07, 2021
Tokyo Olympic head says Bach visit to Japan could be 'tough'
TOKYO - The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Friday that a visit to Japan this month by IOC President Thomas Bach seemed unlikely with a state of emergency order being extended...
May 07, 2021
China discounts possibility of harm from falling rocket
BEIJING - China says the upper stage of its Long March 5B rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up on re-entry, posing little threat to people and property on the ...
May 07, 2021
Packed trains, drinking: Japanese impatient over virus steps
TOKYO - Trains packed with commuters returning to work after a weeklong national holiday. Frustrated young people drinking in the streets because bars are closed. Protests planned over a possible visi...
May 07, 2021
UK's Conservative Party strikes early blow in elections
LONDON - Britain's governing Conservative Party has won a special election in the north of England town of Hartlepool, dealing a big blow to the main opposition Labour Party, which had held the parlia...
May 07, 2021
Vaccine favourites and a Canadian on death row: In The News for May 7
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 May 7 ...What we are watching in Canada ...OTT...
May 07, 2021
Packed trains, drinking: Japanese impatient over virus steps
TOKYO - Trains packed with commuters returning to work after a weeklong national holiday. Frustrated young people drinking in the streets because bars are closed. Protests planned over a possible visi...
May 07, 2021
China opens Everest's north side to 38 virus-tested climbers
BEIJING - China has opened Mount Everest's northern slope to a few dozen mountaineers who will be tested for the coronavirus and must keep their distance while ascending the world's highest peak. Both...
May 07, 2021