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Europe evacuation flight off to China, cruise ship checked
LISBON, Portugal - An A380 passenger plane left Portugal on Thursday en route to pick up hundreds of Europeans in China who want to escape the new virus and Italian authorities were keeping some 6,000...
Jan 30, 2020
China counts 170 virus deaths, new countries find infections
BEIJING - China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to m...
Jan 30, 2020
Appeals court acquits French cardinal of sex abuse coverup
PARIS - A French appeals court on Thursday acquitted a French cardinal of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock. The appeals court in the southeastern French city of Lyon gave no explana...
Jan 30, 2020
Bank of England keeps main interest rate unchanged at 0.75%
LONDON - The Bank of England on Thursday opted against cutting interest rates after a run of fairly firm economic data in the past week eased fears about a dramatic slowdown in the British economy. Th...
Jan 30, 2020
Parents charged after Chicago boy shot in struggle over gun
CHICAGO - Charges have been filed against the parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head as his parents struggled over a gun inside a Chicago home, police said. Travis McCoy, 26, was charged...
Jan 30, 2020
Ontario health officials to hold media briefing on response to coronavirus
Public health officials in Ontario will hold a media briefing to provide updates on the province's ongoing response to the new coronavirus. Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medical O...
Jan 30, 2020
Edmonton Oilers, Zack Kassian agree to four-year contract extension
EDMONTON - Forward Zack Kassian has signed a four-year contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers. The 29-year-old from Windsor, Ont., and the club agreed to a deal averaging US$3.20 m...
Jan 30, 2020
Conservatives lodge complaint over RCMP's refusal to probe PM's island stays
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives want the RCMP watchdog to review the police force's refusal to launch a criminal investigation into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the la...
Jan 30, 2020
Germany confirms 1st cases of new virus from China
BERLIN - A man confirmed as Germany's first case of the new virus that emerged in central China is believed to have been infected by a Chinese colleague who visited his workplace, authorities said. An...
Jan 30, 2020
A wolf is trapped and an RCMP arrest prompts warnings; In The News for Jan. 28
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 Jan. 28 ... What we are wa...
Jan 30, 2020