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WNBA's Griner appears in Moscow court for detention hearing
MOSCOW (AP) - WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow court Friday for a hearing on whether her detention will be extended. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow ...
May 13, 2022
WNBA's Griner appears in Moscow court for detention hearing
MOSCOW (AP) - WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow court Friday for a hearing on whether her detention will be extended. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow ...
May 13, 2022
Leader says Turkey opposes letting Finland, Sweden join NATO
HELSINKI (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his country is "not favorable" toward Finland and Sweden joining NATO, indicating that Turkey could use its status as a member o...
May 13, 2022
Israel: Initial probe into reporter's death is inconclusive
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says its initial probe into the killing of an Al Jazeera journalist this week was unable to determine whether she was struck by Israeli or Palestinian gunfire. In...
May 13, 2022
UAE's long-ailing leader Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed has died
The United Arab Emirates' long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, died Friday, the government's state-run news agency announced in a brief statement. He was 73. The UAE's Ministry of Pr...
May 13, 2022
Russian soldier on trial in first Ukraine war-crimes case
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian soldier went on trial in Ukraine on Friday for the killing of an unarmed civilian, marking the first time a member of the Russian military has been prosecuted for a war ...
May 13, 2022
Lawyers for Jacob Hoggard to continue questioning of second complainant today
TORONTO - A woman who alleges she was raped by Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard in a Toronto hotel room more than five years ago is expected to take the stand again today at his sex assault trial. The ...
May 13, 2022
Lewis in leadership contest and Singh targeted on tour: In The News for May 13, 2022
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 13, 2022 ... What we are watching in Canad...
May 13, 2022
Parks Canada capital budget falls as agency works on new plan for crumbling assets
OTTAWA - The capital budget for Canada's national parks and historic sites is being slashed by more than two-thirds this year even as more than 30 per cent of the agency's assets remain in poor or ver...
May 13, 2022
Feds seek dismissal of planned class action against RCMP over facial recognition tool
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a judge to dismiss a Quebec photographer's bid for certification of a class-action lawsuit, possibly involving millions of people, over the RCMP's use of a co...
May 13, 2022