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Rohingya hail UN ruling that Myanmar act to prevent genocide
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, a ruling met by members of the Muslim minority with...
Jan 24, 2020
Trump rollback could leave waterways vulnerable to pollution
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday ended federal protection for many of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, a sweeping environmental rollback that could lea...
Jan 24, 2020
Leaders vow to learn from Holocaust, offer competing lessons
JERUSALEM - Speaker by speaker, world leaders on Thursday denounced the rising threat of anti-Semitism and vowed never to forget the lessons of the Holocaust at a solemn ceremony in Jerusalem marking ...
Jan 24, 2020
Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing 3 Americans
SYDNEY, Australia - Three American firefighting airplane crew members were killed Thursday when the C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker they were in crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Aus...
Jan 24, 2020
China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak
BEIJING - China moved to lock down at least three cities with a combined population of more than 18 million in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds of peo...
Jan 24, 2020
Democrats argue ‘right matters’ in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case Thursday at Donald Trump's impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a "completely bogus" ...
Jan 24, 2020
Bjorkstrand leads Blue Jackets past Jets for 6th straight
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets roll into their long winter break after six weeks of solid play and a season-high six-game win streak. Columbus went back and forth with the Winnipeg Jets on...
Jan 24, 2020
Lowry, Siakam lead Raptors past Knicks for 6th straight win
NEW YORK - Kyle Lowry scored 26 points, Pascal Siakam had 23 and the Toronto Raptors beat the New York Knicks 118-112 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory. A night after being voted to sta...
Jan 24, 2020
Canada beats U.S. in 3-on-3 women's game at NHL all-star skills competition
ST. LOUIS - Melodie Daoust and Rebecca Johnston scored to give Canada a 2-1 win over the United States in a 3-on-3 women's game on Friday during the NHL's all-star skills competitions. ...
Jan 24, 2020
Outbreak casts pall over China new year as deaths surpass 40
BEIJING - China's most festive holiday began in the shadow of a worrying new virus Saturday as the death toll surpassed 40, an unprecedented lockdown kept 36 million people from travelling and authori...
Jan 24, 2020