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Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast
BELFAST, United Kingdom - Gangs of youths threw stones and fireworks at police in Belfast who hit back with water cannons as violence flared again on the streets of Northern Ireland. Unrest has erupte...
Apr 09, 2021
Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths
Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections. The disease surged even in some c...
Apr 09, 2021
Myanmar junta limits internet, seizes satellite TV dishes
YANGON, Myanmar - An information blackout under Myanmar's military junta worsened Thursday as fiber broadband service, the last legal way for ordinary people to access the internet, became intermitten...
Apr 09, 2021
Britain mourns Prince Philip; leaders honour service to Queen
LONDON - Britain mourned the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, on Friday as the BBC interrupted scheduled programming to broadcast the national anthem, "God Save the Queen." T...
Apr 09, 2021
Events in the long life of Britain's Prince Philip
LONDON - 1921: Prince Philip is born on the Greek island of Corfu, the only son of Prince Andrew, younger brother of the king of Greece. His mother is Princess Alice of Battenberg. 1922: The family re...
Apr 09, 2021
City Council's 2021 Advocacy List includes Drug Treatment Court program, Queen's Bench judge for Grande Prairie
City council wants to join the effort to bring a Drug Treatment Court program to Grande Prairie.Council included supporting this request from the local Chief Crown Prosecutor when it approved the Coun...
Apr 09, 2021
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 99
LONDON - Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, has die...
Apr 09, 2021
Japan imposes new virus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
TOKYO - Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics. Jap...
Apr 09, 2021
Japan imposes new virus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
TOKYO - Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics. Jap...
Apr 09, 2021
Liberals, NDP gather for online conventions; volcano watch: In The News for April 9
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 April 9 ...What we are watching in Canada ...T...
Apr 09, 2021