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Canadian team to head to Australia next week to help rescue animals
The thought of suffering animals spurred Brad Pattison of Kelowna, B.C., to organize a group of volunteers from across Canada to fly to Australia to help creatures trapped and fleeing from wildfires. ...
Jan 10, 2020
Ghosn's lawyer slams minister's gaffe on proving innocence
TOKYO - A lawyer for Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's former chairman who skipped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon, on Friday slammed a gaffe by the Japanese justice minister who said that Ghosn should "prove"...
Jan 10, 2020
NewsAlert: Back allegations with data, Iran officials tells Canada and U.S.
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian official is calling on Canada and the United States to release data backing their allegations that the Ukraine International Airlines flight may have been downed by an Irania...
Jan 10, 2020
From Lebanon, Ghosn defiant against Japan's justice system
BEIRUT - Nissan's fugitive ex-boss Carlos Ghosn made his first public appearance since being smuggled out of Japan , saying Wednesday he fled a "nightmare" that would not end and vowed to defend his n...
Jan 10, 2020
Commercial airlines reroute flights amid US-Iran tensions
NEW DELHI - Commercial airlines are rerouting flights throughout the Middle East to avoid potential danger during heightened tensions between the United States and Iran. Jumbled schedules could affect...
Jan 10, 2020
US employers expected to have added 160,00 jobs in December
WASHINGTON - The U.S. job market appears to be entering 2020 on a solid footing. Economists expect that Friday's jobs report will show job gains of 160,000 in December, with the unemployment rate hold...
Jan 09, 2020
Australians leave homes as heat, winds escalate fire danger
EDEN, Australia - Thousands of people fled their homes and helicopters dropped supplies to towns at risk of nearby wildfires as hot, windy conditions Friday threatened already fire-ravaged southeaster...
Jan 09, 2020
Reports: Unidentified planes strike targets in eastern Syria
BEIRUT - Unidentified planes struck targets in Syria near the border with Israel on Friday, reports said, triggering "a huge explosion" amid soaring tensions in the region between the U.S. and Iran. T...
Jan 09, 2020
Philippines orders evacuation of Filipinos from Iraq
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government said Wednesday that it has ordered the mandatory evacuation of Filipino workers from Iraq and the coast guard said it is sending a vessel to the Middle ...
Jan 09, 2020
Gunman gets life term in `Fast and Furious' border killing
TUCSON, Ariz. - A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as "Fast and Furious" was sentenced Wednesday to life...
Jan 09, 2020