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Limited quantity of Ontario icewine to likely make 2020 bottles in high demand
TORONTO - The smallest ever recorded amount of Ontario grapes designated for icewine is likely to create a high demand for 2020 bottles of the super sweet treat. VQA Ontario, the province's wine regul...
Dec 28, 2020
Lori Loughlin released after prison term in college scam
"Full House" actor Lori Loughlin was released from prison Monday after spending two months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get her two daughters into college. Loughlin was r...
Dec 28, 2020
UK warns of 'bumpy' post-Brexit transition despite deal
LONDON - First came the Brexit trade deal. Now comes the red tape and the institutional nitty gritty. Four days after sealing a free trade agreement with the European Union, the British government war...
Dec 28, 2020
Asia Today: Governor of hotspot Thai province infected
BANGKOK - The governor of a province at the centre of an expanding COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand has been confirmed infected with the coronavirus after meeting with public health officials including t...
Dec 28, 2020
Shanghai police say suspect detained in games tycoon's death
BEIJING - Police in Shanghai say they have detained a suspect in the death by possible poisoning of the billionaire founder of a Chinese video game company that makes films based on the popular scienc...
Dec 28, 2020
'Believe in science': EU kicks off COVID-19 vaccine campaign
ROME - Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine Sunday in a symbolic show of unity and moment of hope for...
Dec 27, 2020
Trump signs massive measure funding government, COVID relief
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Sunday, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought c...
Dec 27, 2020
Asia Today: Japan halts all foreign arrivals over UK variant
TOKYO - Japan is barring entry of all nonresident foreign nationals as a precaution against a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant that has spread across Britain. The Foreign Minist...
Dec 27, 2020
Asia Today: Beijing tells residents to stay put for holidays
Beijing has urged residents not to leave the city during the Lunar New Year holiday in February, implementing new restrictions after several coronavirus infections last week. Two domestic cases were r...
Dec 26, 2020
China steps up pressure on Alibaba with anti-monopoly probe
BEIJING - Chinese regulators on Thursday announced an anti-monopoly investigation of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, stepping up the ruling Communist Party's efforts to control fast-growing tech indus...
Dec 23, 2020
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