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Slovakia's prime minister wounded in shooting
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital. Reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, said that Fico, ...
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Wong sworn in as Singapore's fourth prime minister, as Lee Hsien Loong bows out after 20 years
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Singapore's deputy leader Lawrence Wong was sworn in Wednesday as the nation's fourth prime minister in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure contin...
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Biden won’t participate in debates sponsored by nonpartisan commission, proposes 2 Trump debates
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday on social media that he won't participate in the campaign debates sponsored by a nonpartisan commission, instead challenging Republican Donald Trum...
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Canadian historian Michael Ignatieff wins Spain's Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
MADRID (AP) - Canadian historian and writer Michael Ignatieff has won Spain's Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences for his "critical reflections on the major conflicts of our time," prize or...
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Bethel-Thompson, Ford forging QB partnership at Elks training camp
EDMONTON - It has all the ingredients of an awkward partnership. But, so far, the Edmonton Elks' quarterbacking tandem of McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Tre Ford are doing and saying all the right things....
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Swiss court convicts a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity
GENEVA (AP) - Switzerland's top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity over his role in repression committed by the west African country...
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French president convenes top ministers to discuss spiraling violence in territory of New Caledonia
PARIS (AP) - At least two people were killed and three were seriously injured overnight in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, French media reported Wednesday, as President Emmanuel Macron ...
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Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
There's only one game in the NHL tonight, but it is a big one for the Big D as the Stars look to eliminate the visiting Colorado Avalanche. And it's an off day for the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton O...
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In the news today: Wildfires rage in Western Canada, Manitoba murder trial continues
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Wildfires force thousands of Canadians to flee Thousands of people in Western C...
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Winnipeg murder trial expected to hear from neighbours of admitted serial killer
WINNIPEG - Three people who lived in the same apartment building where Jeremy Skibicki killed four women are expected to testify in a Winnipeg courtroom today. Skibicki told police he strangled or dro...
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