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Canadian men's volleyball team qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
VANCOUVER - The Canadian men's volleyball team is heading to this summer's Olympic Games. The men used a 3-0 win over Puerto Rico on Sunday to clinch a spot at the Olympics during the NORCECA men's To...
Jan 12, 2020
Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman, dies at 79
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully...
Jan 12, 2020
DeRozan scores 25 points to lead Spurs to 105-104 victory over Raptors
TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan exacted a bit of revenge against his old team on Sunday. DeRozan scored 22 of his 25 points in the second half to lift San Antonio to a 105-104 victory over the Toron...
Jan 12, 2020
Taiwan’s leader reelected as voters back tough China stance
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen was reelected as Taiwan's president by a landslide Saturday in a victory that signalled strong support for her tough stance against China among voters determined to defen...
Jan 12, 2020
Ray Shero is out as New Jersey Devils' general manager
NEWARK, N.J. - Ray Shero has been fired as the New Jersey Devils' general manager after a four-plus year tenure that saw the three-time Stanley Cup champions make the playoffs only once. Owner Josh Ha...
Jan 12, 2020
Pettersson, Markstrom help Canucks beat Wild 4-1
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Elias Pettersson scored his 21st goal and fellow All-Star Jacob Markstom stopped 23 shots in the Vancouver Canucks' 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. Bo Horvat added two...
Jan 12, 2020
Russia scores victory for ally Syria in UN vote cutting aid
CAMEROON, Cameroon - Russia scored a victory for its close ally Syria on Friday, using its veto threat to force the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution significantly reducing the delivery of c...
Jan 12, 2020
Canada's newest astronauts finish basic training at NASA in Texas
It's a small step toward the moon, but a giant leap for two Canadians. Joshua Kudryk and Jenni Sidey-Gibbons graduated Friday along with 11 Americans from NASA's basic astronaut training and will ...
Jan 12, 2020
Haitian-Canadians commemorate 10 year anniversary of deadly earthquake
MONTREAL - Haitian Canadians are marking the 10th anniversary of a catastrophic earthquake that devastated Haiti. Many gathered at a ceremony in Montreal to commemorate the more th...
Jan 12, 2020
Texas governor to reject new refugees, first under Trump
HOUSTON - Texas will no longer accept the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday. Abbott's announ...
Jan 12, 2020