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Changes needed to help Canada prosecute war criminals, Amnesty International says
OTTAWA - A prominent human-rights organization says Canada is failing to bring suspected war criminals to justice. In a newly released report, Amnesty International Canada depicts the f...
Sep 08, 2020
Review board hearing for Calgary man who killed five while suffering delusions
EDMONTON - The Alberta Review Board is to get an update today on the progress of a mentally ill man who stabbed five young people to death at a Calgary house party six years ago. Matthe...
Sep 08, 2020
Neurologist who admitted to dozens of sexual assaults to face sentencing hearing
CALGARY - Several women are expected to speak in court today about a retired Calgary neurologist who sexually assaulted them. Keith Hoyte pleaded guilty in January to assaulting 28 female patients ove...
Sep 08, 2020
Asia Today: India reports record 1,133 new virus deaths
NEW DELHI - India on Tuesday reported 1,133 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day total. The Health Ministry also reported 75,809 new cases, raising India's tally to...
Sep 07, 2020
China says Indian forces crossed border, fired warning shots
BEIJING - China said Indian forces crossed into territory it holds along their disputed border and fired warning shots at a Chinese patrol in a move it called a "serious military provocation" and a vi...
Sep 07, 2020
Campaign to succeed PM Abe as party leader begins in Japan
TOKYO - The official campaigning to lead Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead t...
Sep 07, 2020
Trump supporters rally near Portland and at Oregon Capitol
SALEM, Ore. - Hundreds of people gathered on Labor Day in a small town south of Portland for a pro-President Donald Trump vehicle rally - just over a week after member of a far-right group was fatally...
Sep 07, 2020
Black woman to lead police force reeling from Breonna Taylor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the first time, a Black woman will lead Kentucky's Louisville Metro Police Department, which has been been heavily criticized since officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor in March....
Sep 07, 2020
Trump supporters rally near Portland and at Oregon Capitol
SALEM, Ore. - Hundreds of people gathered Monday afternoon in a small town south of Portland for a pro-President Donald Trump vehicle rally - just over a week after member of a far-right group was fat...
Sep 07, 2020
Philippine leader pardons US Marine in transgender killing
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president pardoned a U.S. Marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked...
Sep 07, 2020