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FIFA gets 9 commercial rights offers for new Club World Cup
DOHA, Qatar - FIFA has received nine offers from companies seeking the commercial and broadcasting rights to the expanded 24-team Club World Cup. FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Friday the intere...
Dec 20, 2019
UK lawmakers set to vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit bill
LONDON - British lawmakers are set to hold their first major vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit bill Friday. It is all but certain to be approved by the country's new Conservative-dominated...
Dec 20, 2019
Iran's Rouhani in Japan to meet Japan PM amid nuke impasse
TOKYO - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting Tokyo to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday in hopes of easing a nuclear impasse between Tehran and Washington and reduce tensi...
Dec 20, 2019
A Nerf 'gun fight' in North Delta, B.C. and spy kids; In The News for Dec. 20
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 20. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...
Dec 20, 2019
Contractors to help Air Force manage shortage of experienced pilots, technicians
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is turning to contractors to address a shortage of experienced military pilots that has forced commanders to walk a delicate line between keeping enough seasoned ...
Dec 20, 2019
Notre Dame Cathedral to miss first Christmas in centuries
PARIS - Notre Dame kept Christmas going even during two world wars - a beacon of hope amid the bloodshed. Yet, an accidental fire in peacetime finally stopped the cathedral from celebrating Midnight M...
Dec 20, 2019
Thailand returns orangutans to their Indonesian homeland
BANGKOK - Wildlife authorities in Thailand sent two orangutans back to Indonesia on Friday as part of a collaborative effort to combat illicit wildlife trade. Ten-year-old female Cola and 7-year-old m...
Dec 20, 2019
Protests of Indian law grow despite efforts to contain them
NEW DELHI - From campuses along India's Himalayan northern border to its southern Malabar Coast, a student-led protest movement against a new law that grants citizenship on the basis of religion sprea...
Dec 20, 2019
Tanev scores in OT, Pettersson has 2 goals as Canucks top Golden Knights
VANCOUVER - Chris Tanev scored in overtime to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-4 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. Elias Pettersson scored twice for the Canucks (17-15-4) and A...
Dec 20, 2019
Tatar, Weber power-play goals lift Canadiens to 3-1 victory over Canucks
VANCOUVER - With the Vancouver Canucks on a three-game losing skid head coach Travis Green expects some frustration in the dressing room. "Frustration is going to happen and rightfully so," said Green...
Dec 19, 2019