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Russia's Putin visits Syria to meet Assad, a key Iran ally
DAMASCUS, Syria - Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad and other officials, said Syrian state media and a Kremlin spokesman The visit to Syria, a key...
Jan 07, 2020

Iraq vote, Hezbollah threat levelled at US troops in Mideast
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military presence in the Middle East was thrown into jeopardy Sunday, as Iraq's parliament voted to expel U.S. troops from their country while the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah grou...
Jan 07, 2020

Legal group seeks federal inquiry into Mississippi prisons
Prisoner advocates are calling on the federal government to investigate Mississippi's prison system for possible civil rights violations, saying the violence of recent days highlights deliberate viola...
Jan 07, 2020

Lethbridge actor ready to rock home crowd in Queen musical
(Photo credit: Randy Feere)LETHBRIDGE, AB - Kyle Gruninger has been singing his whole life, and his talents have taken him across the world performing for thousands of people.The Lethbridge native is ...
Jan 07, 2020 Lethbridge's Kyle Gruninger as Commander Khashoggi in 'We Will Rock You' (Photo credit: Randy Feere)

Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov down Germany in doubles to clinch 2-1 win at ATP Cup
BRISBANE, Australia - Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 6-3, 7-6 (4) in doubles action on Tuesday to clinch a 2-1 victory over Germ...
Jan 07, 2020

Trump disregards Canada, allies with killing of Iranian general: ex-ambassador
OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former ambassador to Canada says President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of a top Iranian general represents the latest instance of the mercurial U.S. president ...
Jan 07, 2020

Germany moves 35 soldiers from Iraq to Jordan, Kuwait
BERLIN - Germany moved 35 soldiers serving in Iraq to neighbouring Jordan and Kuwait on Tuesday amid tensions over the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general in an airstrike in Baghdad last week. The k...
Jan 07, 2020

UK woman in Cyprus gang rape case gets suspended sentence
PARALIMNI, Cyprus - A Cyprus court on Tuesday handed a four-month suspended sentence to a 19-year-old British woman who was found guilty of public mischief after authorities said she made up claims th...
Jan 07, 2020

Drunken driver in Italy plows into German tourists, kills 6
ROME - A drunken driver speeding on a mountain road plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy early Sunday, killing six people and injuring 11 others, Italian authorities said. Th...
Jan 07, 2020

Maple Leaf cake gets iced and a world junior redux; In The News for Jan. 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 Jan. 7: What we are watching in...
Jan 07, 2020