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First phase of Meng Wanzhou extradition hearing to conclude today
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are set to reply today to Crown arguments as the first phase of an extradition hearing for the Huawei executive draws to a close. The British Columbia Supreme Cour...
Jan 23, 2020
Canada prepares as WHO decides whether to declare global coronavirus emergency
Canadian public health agencies are ramping up preparations to deal with the coronavirus as the World Health Organization prepares to give more information on whether to declare the outbreak in C...
Jan 23, 2020
Response to the coronavirus and a protest-for-hire; In The News for Jan. 23
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. 23 ... What we are wa...
Jan 23, 2020
China sentences ex-boss of Interpol to 13 years for bribes
BEIJING - China has sentenced the former president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, to 13 years and six months in prison on charges of accepting more than $2 million in bribes. Meng was elected president of...
Jan 23, 2020
Migrant parents separated from kids since 2018 return to US
LOS ANGELES - Nine parents who were deported as the Trump administration separated thousands of migrant families landed back into the U.S. late Wednesday to reunite with children they had not seen in ...
Jan 23, 2020
Professional Lego builder 'hasn't worn a tie for years' after giving up IT job
VANCOUVER - Many years ago when Ryan McNaught was an IT professional he got an email from his manager who wanted to have a meeting about the number of meetings they were having. "I knew right then tha...
Jan 23, 2020
Downtown Tokyo's homeless fear removal ahead of Olympics
TOKYO - Shelters made of cardboard start popping up in the basement of Tokyo's Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where "salarymen" rushing home and co...
Jan 22, 2020
Iran uses violence, politics to try to push US out of Iraq
BEIRUT - Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighbouring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to th...
Jan 22, 2020
Judge hints he may rule for migrants in Border Patrol suit
TUCSON, Ariz. - A judge indicated Wednesday he may side with migrants in a lawsuit that alleges extreme overcrowding and inhumane conditions at some of the Border Patrol's facilities in Arizona. U.S. ...
Jan 22, 2020
AP-NORC poll: Public doubts Senate trial will be revealing
WASHINGTON - Americans are sharply divided along party lines about whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office, and they doubt the Senate impeachment trial will do anything to change ...
Jan 22, 2020