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CONCACAF Nations League to hold final four at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium
The CONCACAF Nations League finals will be held at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium, CONCACAF announced Monday. The four League A group winners will head to Las Vegas for semifinals on June 15 and a third...
Mar 20, 2023
US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanit...
Mar 20, 2023
Peterman/Gallant, Muyres/Walker among headliners at mixed doubles curling playdowns
When Kirk Muyres decided to shift from men's team curling to mixed doubles, the upcoming Canadian championship was one of the top events circled on his calendar. Muyres and Laura Walker are striving t...
Mar 20, 2023
Six people missing in fatal Montreal fire are from U.S., Ontario, Quebec: police
MONTREAL - The search continues for six people missing after a fire swept through a historic Old Montreal building last week. A Montreal fire department spokesman says firefighters will begin dismantl...
Mar 20, 2023
US aid worker kidnapped in Niger released after 6 years
WASHINGTON (AP) - An American aid worker who was kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger more than six years ago has been released from custody, the Biden administration said Monday. Jeffrey Woo...
Mar 20, 2023
Quebec police say third man dies after pedestrians struck by truck last week
AMQUI, Que. - Provincial police say a third person has died after a pickup truck crashed into pedestrians in an eastern Quebec town one week ago. Police say Simon-Guillaume Bourget, 41, died on the we...
Mar 20, 2023
Canada's Einarson beats Italy's Constantini 7-2 at women's world curling championship
SANDVIKEN, Sweden - Canada's Kerri Einarson defeated Italy's Stefania Constantini 7-2 in round-robin play at the world women's curling championship. Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane...
Mar 20, 2023
World on 'thin ice' as UN climate report gives stark warning
BERLIN (AP) - Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change 's future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. But doing so requires qu...
Mar 20, 2023
Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. It is the first official death to...
Mar 20, 2023
In The News for March 20 : Is it even worth complaining about airlines in Canada?
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 March 20 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 20, 2023