Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Yearbooks recalled over student citing Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'
CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. (AP) - A New York high school is recalling copies of its yearbook because a graduating senior listed Adolf Hitler's autobiography as his favorite book within its pages. Cambridge Junio...
May 27, 2021
Human Rights Watch says families of Flight 752 victims harassed, intimidated by Iran
OTTAWA - A human rights group says in a new report that Iran has harassed families of passengers killed aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. Human Rights Watch says from last fall until J...
May 27, 2021
UN agency begins probe into Belarus's 'forced diversion' of journalist's flight
OTTAWA - A United Nations agency is launching an investigation into Belarus's arrest of a dissident journalist after his flight was diverted on dubious pretences last Sunday. The governing body of the...
May 27, 2021
Rising interest rates could dampen stimulus impact from federal budget, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is pouring cold water on the economic fires from the government's latest spending plan, saying that an expected rise in interest rates should temper the amoun...
May 27, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear challenge of 2015 Alberta election call
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear a challenge of the former Alberta government's decision to call an election in 2015. A general election was held in Alberta in 2012 and based on the pro...
May 27, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of sentencing in mosque shooter case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to review the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque. The examination of Alexandre Bissonnette's case is expect...
May 27, 2021
First quarter GDP unchanged at robust 6.4% annual rate
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 6.4% in the first three months of this year, unchanged from the government's initial estimate. The recovery from last year's deep rec...
May 27, 2021
US jobless claims fall to 406,000, a new pandemic low
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening as the virus wanes and e...
May 27, 2021
US resident sought by China for comments freed in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A permanent resident of the United States wanted by China was freed by Dubai on Thursday after spending weeks in detention, and boarded a flight to Turkey. Beijing h...
May 27, 2021
Battle over independence of military judges expands to include Appeal Court
OTTAWA - A landmark legal battle over the independence of judges responsible for overseeing military courts martial has gone meta with new questions over the autonomy of a judge hearing the case. The ...
May 27, 2021
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