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Quebec protesters maintain rail blockade a day after court ordered it taken down
ST-LAMBERT, Que. - About two dozen protesters remain at a blockade south of Montreal in defiance of an injunction delivered Thursday ordering them to leave the site and stop disrupting rail traffic. P...
Feb 21, 2020
China’s top diplomat assures Southeast Asia on epidemic
VIENTIANE, Laos - China's top diplomat assured his Southeast Asian counterparts on Wednesday that the situation in a central Chinese province where the outbreak of a new virus began has "been brought ...
Feb 21, 2020
Symbolic Aleppo flight comes as civilians suffer in Syria
ALEPPO, Syria - A Syrian passenger jet landed in Aleppo on Wednesday from Damascus as domestic flights resumed between Syria's two largest cities for the first time since 2012, while the government co...
Feb 21, 2020
Cross-border S Korean drama overcomes political risks
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - For the South Korean crew behind the latest hit drama "Crash Landing on You," recreating the life in North Korea was a painstakingly meticulous process with big political r...
Feb 21, 2020
Survivor: German shooter emptied magazine, calmly walked out
HANAU, Germany - Piter Minnemann and his friends were eating when they heard shots fired outside the door of the snack bar in Hanau where they had gathered. Minnemann, 18, recalled that he had just go...
Feb 21, 2020
Gut-Behrami ends 2-year wait for win in a World Cup downhill
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland - In ski-crazy Switzerland, Lara Gut-Behrami's first World Cup victory in more than two years was quickly labeled "a resurrection" by broadcasters. The former teenage prodig...
Feb 21, 2020
China revokes 3 Wall Street Journal reporters' credentials
BEIJING - China revoked the press credentials of three reporters for The Wall Street Journal over a headline for an opinion column the government said Wednesday was racist. The expulsions come after t...
Feb 21, 2020
Trump savoring scrambled Dem race, Bloomberg's debate debut
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Relishing in Democrats' jumbled primary in the wake of a fractious debate, President Donald Trump offered stinging criticism of his rivals as he sought to take advantage of t...
Feb 21, 2020
China suspends more penalties on US goods after trade truce
BEIJING - China on Friday suspended more punitive tariffs on imports of U.S. industrial goods in response to a truce in its trade war with Washington that threatened global economic growth. Financial ...
Feb 21, 2020
Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy
WASHINGTON - Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar w...
Feb 21, 2020