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French court convicts 18 in a major trial that casts light on the deadly migrant-smuggling trade
LILLE, France (AP) - A French court found 18 people guilty Tuesday in a major migrant-smuggling trial that shed light on the lucrative but often deadly clandestine business of transporting people on f...
Nov 05, 2024
French court convicts 18 in a trial casting light on the deadly migrant smuggling trade
LILLE, France (AP) - A French court in Lille on Tuesday found 18 defendants guilty in a migrant smuggling trial linked to the dangerous English Channel crossings. The group was charged after a 2022 po...
Nov 05, 2024
Demonstration outside Brampton Hindu temple broken up after weapons spotted: police
A Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont., where violence erupted over the weekend was the site of another demonstration on Monday night that police broke up after they say weapons were spotted in the crowd. P...
Nov 05, 2024
Canada's Dabrowski and New Zealand's Routliffe pick up second win at WTA Finals
RIYADH - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe remain undefeated in women's doubles at the WTA Finals. The 2023 U.S. Open champions, seeded second at the event, secured a 1-6, 7...
Nov 05, 2024
A week after Spain's floods, families hold out hope that loved ones are not among the dead
SEDAVI, Spain (AP) - Francisco Murgui went out to try to salvage his motorbike when the water started to rise. He never came back. One week after catastrophic flooding devasted eastern Spain, Mara Mur...
Nov 05, 2024
Iran official claims Iranian-German prisoner died before being put to death
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Iranian official claimed Tuesday that Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd died before Tehran could execute him - directly contradicting the country's earlier...
Nov 05, 2024
Iran official claims Iranian-German prisoner died before being put to death
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Iranian official claimed Tuesday that Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd died before Tehran could execute him - directly contradicting the country's earlier...
Nov 05, 2024
Former athletes lean on each other to lead Canada's luge, bobsled teams
CALGARY - Sam Edney and Jesse Lumsden sat on a bench on Parliament Hill during an athlete celebration after the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Having just represented Canada in their sliding sports - Lums...
Nov 05, 2024
An Israeli airstrike kills 20 people in northern Gaza, Palestinian officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza has killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, as Israel wages a nearly monthlong ...
Nov 05, 2024
Canada Post, union, still disagree over weekend delivery following weekend talks
Canada Post and the union representing its workers are commenting on how weekend talks for a new contract went, with the employer calling them less productive than they'd hoped and the union claiming ...
Nov 05, 2024