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Trump calls Democrats impeachment push 'unpatriotic'
LONDON (AP) - President Donald Trump criticized Democrats at the opening of a NATO leaders' meeting Tuesday, calling the impeachment push by his rivals "unpatriotic" and "a bad thing for our country."...
Dec 03, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House in London on Dec. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Vigil honours London attack victims; politicians trade blame
LONDON (AP) - London Bridge reopened to cars and pedestrians Monday, three days after a man previously convicted of terrorism offences stabbed two people to death and injured three others before being...
Dec 02, 2019 This undated family photo issued Dec. 1, 2019, by London's Metropolitan Police shows Jack Merritt, 25, who has been formally identified by the police as the man who died following a terror attack at London Bridge on Friday. (Family photo/London's Metropolitan Police via AP)
Authorities: 9 killed, 3 injured in South Dakota plane crash
CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. - Nine people died and three more were injured when a single-engine plane bound for Idaho crashed shortly after takeoff in South Dakota. Peter Knudson with the National Transportatio...
Dec 01, 2019
Dutch police: 3 people wounded in The Hague stabbing
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An assailant stabbed three people Friday night in a busy shopping district in the Netherlands, and police were searching for the suspect, authorities said. The attack came jus...
Nov 29, 2019
Flames coach Bill Peters quits; accused of slurs, abuse
Bill Peters resigned as head coach of the Calgary Flames on Friday after allegedly making racist slurs at a Nigerian-born player in the minors and kicking and punching players behind the bench during ...
Nov 29, 2019 (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
2 killed in London stabbings; police fatally shoot suspect
LONDON (AP) - A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people Friday in London, killing two in what police are treating as a terrorist attack before being tackled by members of the public a...
Nov 29, 2019 Armed police officers on the north side of London Bridge in London on Nov. 29, 2019. Matt Dunham/AP Photo
Black Friday frenzy goes global - and not everyone’s happy
PARIS (AP) - People don't celebrate Thanksgiving in France, or Russia, or South Africa - but they do shop on Black Friday. The U.S. sales phenomenon has spread to retailers across the world in recent ...
Nov 29, 2019 Activists block a shopping center, in the business district of Paris, La Défense, in Paris, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. People don't celebrate Thanksgiving in France, or Denmark, or the Czech Republic, but they do shop on Black Friday. The U.S. sales phenomenon has spread to retailers across the Atlantic in recent years. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Iraq’s PM announces he’ll resign amid worsening crisis
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said Friday he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after more than 40 people were killed by security forces and following calls by Ir...
Nov 29, 2019 Anti-government protesters gather on Rasheed Street during clashes with security forces in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. Scores of protesters have been shot dead in the last 24 hours, amid spiraling violence in Baghdad and southern Iraq, officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Furious, China summons US ambassador over Hong Kong bills
BEIJING (AP) - China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump's signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the U.S. ambassador to protest and warning the mo...
Nov 28, 2019 A protester holds American flags during a demonstration in Central, the financial district of Hong Kong, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. China reacted furiously to President Donald Trump's signing of two bills on Hong Kong human rights and said the U.S. will bear the unspecified consequences. A foreign ministry statement Thursday repeated heated condemnations of the laws and said China will counteract. It said all the people of Hong Kong and China oppose the move. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Calgary coach in limbo after allegedly using racial slurs
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Bill Peters' status as the Calgary Flames coach - and whatever future he might have in the sport - have been placed into question while the NHL and the team investigate allegations he ...
Nov 27, 2019
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