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Honeymoon will have to wait for Traer and Scrubb, who's in China for World Cup
DONGGUAN, China - Catherine Traer and Thomas Scrubb were working out last summer on the basketball court Traer's dad Rick had built in the family's backyard. The two players work out there regularly b...
Sep 02, 2019
Iran says test malfunction caused rocket explosion
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran is for the first time acknowledging that a rocket explosion took place at its Imam Khomeini Space Center, with an official saying a technical malfunction caused the blast. Governme...
Sep 02, 2019
Gender equality and the election: what role will feminism play in the campaign?
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a lot of attention with his line about the calendar year when asked why he named an equal number of men and women to cabinet after his newly elected Lib...
Sep 02, 2019
Evacuations begin as Dorian bears down on northern Bahamas
MCLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas - Hurricane Dorian shut down some hotels and forced some evacuations Saturday in the northern Bahamas as the fierce Category 4 storm prepared to unleash torrents of rain and...
Sep 02, 2019
Hong Kong police storm subway with batons as protests rage
HONG KONG - Protesters in Hong Kong threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the streets, while police stormed a subway car and hit passengers with batons and pepper spray in s...
Sep 02, 2019
Taliban launch major attack on Afghan city of Kunduz
KABUL - The Taliban launched a large-scale attack on Kunduz, one of Afghanistan's main cities, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 75 others, government officials said Saturday, even as ...
Sep 02, 2019
Official warns Iran can take 'strong step' away from deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's government spokesman is warning that Tehran will "take a strong step" away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers if Europe doesn't offer the country new terms by a deadlin...
Sep 02, 2019
Hong Kong students plan to strike as commutes disrupted
HONG KONG - On the first day of school Monday, secondary students in Hong Kong supplemented their formal white uniforms with gas masks, goggles and hard hats as they planned to strike in a show of con...
Sep 01, 2019
Police unsure why man went on West Texas shooting rampage
ODESSA, Texas - Police say they are not sure why a man with a misdemeanour on his record and no warrant for his arrest erupted in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas, killin...
Sep 01, 2019
RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan stable after prison stabbing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sirhan Sirhan, imprisoned for more than 50 years for the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was hospitalized Friday after being stabbed by a fellow inmate at a San Dieg...
Sep 01, 2019