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RCMP or Surrey Police Service? The B.C. government to reveal its decision today
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is set to reveal its decision today on which force will police the City of Surrey, potentially ending a political tug of war over whether it will be the RCMP...
Jul 19, 2023
B.C. ports shut down again as union rejects tentative deal, resumes strike action
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's ports are facing an uncertain future after the longshore workers union rejected a tentative mediated deal and resumed strike action that had been put to a temporary halt...
Jul 19, 2023
Women's World Cup spotlight shining on Australia as co-host New Zealand seeks its own attention
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - In a country known more for its love of rugby than women's soccer, New Zealand is aiming to win fans as well as matches. The Football Ferns kick off the Women's World Cup ...
Jul 19, 2023
Women's World Cup player payments will be distributed by federations
FIFA President Gianni Infantino could make no guarantee Wednesday that the member federations will distribute the $30,000 payments promised to every player at the Women's World Cup. He said at a news ...
Jul 19, 2023
A look at other Americans who have crossed into North Korea over the years
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. and U.S.-led United Nations Command say they are working to resolve the situation involving a U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea at a border village. The incident...
Jul 19, 2023
Russia launches intense night attacks across Ukraine, targeting southern port city for second night
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched an intense series of night-time air attacks using drones and missiles against targets across Ukraine, and targeting the southern port city of Odesa for a second ni...
Jul 18, 2023
UK’s governing Conservatives face a reckoning with voters in 3 special elections
LONDON (AP) - Bad things may come in threes for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose Conservative Party faces a trio of unwanted verdicts from voters this week. The U.K. is holding three special ...
Jul 18, 2023
Spain's political escape artist Pedro Sánchez has odds against him yet again in national election
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez has been prematurely counted out more than once in his relatively short but action-packed political career. Battered and bruised after seein...
Jul 18, 2023
Demolition of historic minaret in southern Iraq's Basra sparks outcry
BASRA, Iraq (AP) - For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret fashioned from weathered bricks and its pinnacle inlaid with blue ceramic tiles, was a distinctive feature of the city of...
Jul 18, 2023
Low-key Kiwis: New Zealand slow to embrace Women’s World Cup
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - International visitors are greeted at the arrivals hall in Auckland's airport by a display promoting the Women's World Cup with such detail it includes carpeting resemblin...
Jul 18, 2023