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Bangladesh's ailing former premier Khaleda Zia leaves country to undergo medical treatment in London
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation's capital for London on Tuesday for medical treatment, said one of her advisers. Zahiruddin Swapan, an ad...
Jan 07, 2025
Gaudreau suspect pleads not guilty to homicide charges after turning down 35-year prison sentence
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road pleaded not guilty to the indictment Tuesday a...
Jan 07, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law was kidnapped in Caracas
CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzlez, who claims to have defeated President Nicols Maduro in last year's presidential election, said Tuesday that his son-in-law was k...
Jan 07, 2025
Red Deer Polytechnic athletics update
This week, the Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Basketball, Hockey and Volleyball teams will be back in action. The RDP Volleyball teams will host the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks twice. The Kings and Que...
Jan 07, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law was kidnapped in Caracas
CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzlez, who claims to have defeated President Nicols Maduro in last year's presidential election, said Tuesday that his son-in-law was k...
Jan 07, 2025
Olds High School students receive scholarship for academic and social achievements
Three students in the Chinook's Edge School Division have been awarded the Julian Sacher Scholarship, worth $1,500 each. The students, Leyton Fazakas, Liam Morgan and Sage Petersen, are all Olds High ...
Jan 07, 2025
Ontario First Nations to negotiate child welfare reforms with Ottawa
OTTAWA - First Nations in Ontario are charting their own path with the federal government to reform the child welfare system weeks after critics said the deal reached last July was too weak to accept....
Jan 07, 2025
Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of ...
Jan 07, 2025
Man pleads not guilty to burning woman to death on a New York City subway train
NEW YORK (AP) - A man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to burning a sleeping woman to death inside a New York City subway train. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arraigned on murder and arson charges in Brooklyn c...
Jan 07, 2025
Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases amid simmering court fight
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into President-elect Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a cha...
Jan 07, 2025