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Simon & Schuster names Jonathan Karp as new CEO
NEW YORK - Jonathan Karp, who has worked with authors ranging from Sen. Edward Kennedy to Susan Orlean, has been named the new CEO of Simon & Schuster. He replaces Carolyn Reidy, who died two week...
May 28, 2020
Tokyo Olympics just beginning the race to reset themselves
TOKYO - Just two months after the unprecedented Olympic postponement, organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto was asked Thursday about progress toward next year's rescheduled Tokyo Games. "If you ask, a...
May 28, 2020
Violent protests rock Minneapolis for 2nd straight night
MINNEAPOLIS - Violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody rocked a Minneapolis neighbourhood for a second straight night as angry crowds looted stores, set fires and left a path o...
May 28, 2020
Canada, allies condemn China on Hong Kong law after contentious Meng ruling
OTTAWA - Canada joined with its major allies Thursday in condemning China for imposing a new national security law on Hong Kong, one day after a contentious B.C. court ruling in the Meng Wanzhou affai...
May 28, 2020
Orders for US big-ticket factory goods drop 17.2% in April
WASHINGTON - U.S. orders for big-ticket factory goods plunged for the second straight month in April as the coronavirus pandemic hammered the economy. The Commerce Department said Thursday that orders...
May 28, 2020
Germany confronts Russian ambassador over cyberattack
BERLIN - Germany said Thursday it is seeking EU sanctions against a Russian man over his alleged role in the hacking of the German parliament at a time when evidence shows he was working for Russian i...
May 28, 2020
UK police say Johnson aide made 'minor' lockdown rule breach
LONDON - British police said Thursday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's adviser Dominic Cummings likely broke the rules by travelling away from home during lockdown, but will not face further action...
May 28, 2020
CNC Health Care Assistant students participate in hand washing campaign at long term care homes
PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Health Services Hand Hygiene Campaign received a clean, and helping hand from 28 College of new Caledonia (CNC) Health Care Assistant (HCA) students.The Campaign strive...
May 28, 2020
Nissan to close Indonesia, Spain auto plants after losses
TOKYO - Nissan announced Thursday it will close two auto plants, in Spain and Indonesia, as it sank into the red for the first time in 11 years after the coronavirus pandemic sent global demand plungi...
May 28, 2020
Retaliation after Meng ruling and Trump on Twitter; In The News for May 28
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 May 28 ... --- C...
May 28, 2020