Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Thailand's prime minister fined for breaking face mask rule
BANGKOK - Authorities in Thailand are imposing fines of up to 20,000 baht ($640) for people who fail to wear face masks in public in 48 provinces, as the government struggles to cope with a new wave o...
Apr 26, 2021
Montreal dockworkers strike as federal government mulls back-to-work legislation
MONTREAL - Operations at the Port of Montreal came to a halt after more than 1,000 dockworkers began a strike Monday morning, causing a complete shutdown at the facility. Lisa Djevahirdjian, a spokesp...
Apr 26, 2021
Louisville looks to rebound with Kentucky Derby back in May
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Kentucky Derby is back on the first Saturday in May, slowly bringing with it the sights, sounds and rituals familiar to Louisville. And local officials and business owners are ho...
Apr 25, 2021
Louisville looks to rebound with Kentucky Derby back in May
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Kentucky Derby is back on the first Saturday in May, slowly bringing with it the sights, sounds and rituals familiar to Louisville. And local officials and business owners are ho...
Apr 25, 2021
Virus 'swallowing' people in India; crematoriums overwhelmed
NEW DELHI - With life-saving oxygen in short supply, families are left on their own to ferry people sick with COVID-19 from hospital to hospital in search of treatment as India is engulfed in a devast...
Apr 25, 2021
California governor seeks ban on new fracking by 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday said California will stop issuing fracking permits by 2024 and halt all oil drilling by 2045, using his authority to take on the state's powerful oil a...
Apr 23, 2021
UK sees budget deficit rise to highest rate since 1946
LONDON - Britain has seen its budget deficit rise during the coronavirus pandemic to its highest level since the year after the end of World War II, official figures showed Friday. The Office for Nati...
Apr 23, 2021
Colombia police, military raid illegal gold mining operation
MAGUI PAYAN, Colombia - From the air, the illegal gold mines look like wounds in the dense jungle of southern Colombia - scars of red, gray and brown dirt surrounding toxic ponds. The sound of the pol...
Apr 23, 2021
New home sales surged 20.7% in March to 1.02 million
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes surged 20.7% in March, rebounding from the previous month when severe winter storms wreaked havoc in many parts of the country. Sales climbed to a seasonally adjusted a...
Apr 23, 2021
Labour minister says pandemic highlights need to settle on right-to-disconnect rules
OTTAWA - The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blu...
Apr 23, 2021
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