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Iran uses violence, politics to try to push US out of Iraq
BEIRUT - Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighbouring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to th...
Jan 24, 2020
Trial highlights: Democrats roll out case as senators fidget
WASHINGTON - House prosecutors faced fidgeting senators as they rolled out their case against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the trial's previous session having lasted a fatigue-inducing 13 hour...
Jan 24, 2020
'Magic' gloves let acclaimed Brazilian pianist play again
SAO PAULO - A few days before Christmas, renowned pianist Joo Carlos Martins summoned his friends to a Sao Paulo bar so he could show off the best gift he'd received in years: a new pair of bionic glo...
Jan 24, 2020
Democrats not alone in soliciting votes in Iowa; GOP is, too
WASHINGTON - With all eyes on Democrats as they prepare to cast their ballots in Iowa's highly anticipated kickoff caucuses, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is working to try to persuade ...
Jan 24, 2020
Impeachment trial not ready for broadcast prime time
NEW YORK - The first night of arguments in favour of President Donald Trump's impeachment before the U.S. Senate was judged not ready for prime time by many of the nation's television executives. ABC,...
Jan 24, 2020
Rohingya hail UN ruling that Myanmar act to prevent genocide
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, a ruling met by members of the Muslim minority with...
Jan 24, 2020
Trump rollback could leave waterways vulnerable to pollution
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday ended federal protection for many of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, a sweeping environmental rollback that could lea...
Jan 24, 2020
Leaders vow to learn from Holocaust, offer competing lessons
JERUSALEM - Speaker by speaker, world leaders on Thursday denounced the rising threat of anti-Semitism and vowed never to forget the lessons of the Holocaust at a solemn ceremony in Jerusalem marking ...
Jan 24, 2020
Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing 3 Americans
SYDNEY, Australia - Three American firefighting airplane crew members were killed Thursday when the C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker they were in crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Aus...
Jan 24, 2020
China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak
BEIJING - China moved to lock down at least three cities with a combined population of more than 18 million in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds of peo...
Jan 24, 2020