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Macron urges tough EU stance against Turkish ‘provocations’
PARIS – Leaders of EU countries on the Mediterranean were expected on Thursday to send…
Georgia Police: 3 shot, wounded after fight at Waffle House
DECATUR, Ga. – Three people were shot and wounded Thursday morning after a fight broke…
Judge: Ex-school security guard to pay $3M in sex abuse case
CHICAGO – A federal judge has ordered a former security guard at a suburban Chicago…
Belgium to return tooth to family of slain Congolese icon
KINSHASA, Congo – Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba met a grisly end after his assassination…
Mexico president regrets protester killing, wants justice
MEXICO CITY – Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he regretted the killing…
Curling schedule loses six more events because of COVID-19
Curling Canada has cancelled six more events in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
Building collapses in Pakistani city of Karachi, killing 1
KARACHI, Pakistan – A multistory building that developed cracks during recent heavy monsoon rains in…
Israel’s Netanyahu pressed to sign conflict-of-interest deal
JERUSALEM – With Israel’s prime minister lashing out at him nearly every day, the country’s…
US will end current health screening of some travellers
WASHINGTON – The United States plans to end enhanced health screening of travellers from certain…
Polish energy giant Orlen aims at 2050 emission neutrality
WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s oil and energy giant PKN Orlen says it is aiming at…
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal government to table 2020 budget Sept. 30
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador will see its first budget under newly installed…
Guatemala to reopen borders next week after 6 months
GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemala plans to reopen its borders next week, six months after closing…
Leaders in Mali meet with junta for conference on transition
BAMAKO, Mali – Leaders of Mali’s military junta who deposed the West African country’s president…
Hannah Gadsby, Howie Mandel among headliners for JFL’s free online festival
MONTREAL – Just For Laughs has unveiled a lineup featuring more than 100 artists for…
Pakistan detains 15 after gang rape of woman on highway
LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistani police said they detained 15 people for questioning on Thursday, after…
EU prolongs sanctions against scores for undermining Ukraine
BRUSSELS – The European Union on Thursday extended for six months its sanctions against scores…
PBO: More spending, not more workers, driving costs for federal employees
OTTAWA – The parliamentary budget officer says growth in spending on federal employees has more…
Rights group: Libya militias used machine-guns on protesters
CAIRO – A prominent human rights organization on Thursday accused Libyan armed groups linked to…
Maggie O’Farrell’s Shakespearean ‘Hamnet’ wins Women’s Prize
LONDON – Maggie O’Farrell won the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for “Hamnet,” a…
Highs, lows of a Canadian hockey team goaltender exposed in “The Role I Played”
Sami Jo Small often felt conflicted about her role on the Canadian women’s hockey team.…
Paramedics sue for licenses after ‘dead’ woman found alive
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Emergency medical technicians and paramedics who were present when a Detroit-area woman…
Review: A breakthrough in ‘Broken Hearts Gallery’
The 25-year-old Australian actress Geraldine Viswanathan, having already stolen movies left and right, more straightforwardly…
Virus delays filming of 2 seasons of ‘Atlanta’ until 2021
LOS ANGELES – Earn and Paper Boi were last seen flying to Europe on “Atlanta,”…
New wildfire under control in seaside resort near Athens
ATHENS, Greece – A new wildfire on Thursday near Athens led to more home evacuations…