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UEFA: Women's Euro live TV audience doubles from '17 edition
NYON, Switzerland (AP) - The European Championship in women's soccer was watched by a tournament-record total live audience of 365 million broadcast viewers, which is double the number from Euro 2017,...
Aug 31, 2022

Olympic swimmer Joseph Schooling admits cannabis use
SINGAPORE (AP) - Olympic gold-medal swimmer Joseph Schooling has apologized for using cannabis in Vietnam while competing there on leave from military service in his native Singapore. Schooling achiev...
Aug 31, 2022

Mulroney honours Gorbachev, group funding review : In The News for August 31 2022
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 Aug. 31 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Aug 31, 2022

Quebec election: gun control advocates to sound out parties on handgun ban, buybacks
MONTREAL - Gun control advocates are sounding out Quebec's main political parties ahead of the Oct. 3 election to see where they stand on issues such as a handgun ban and a gun buyback program. "Quebe...
Aug 31, 2022

Quebec election: CAQ campaigns in riding once held by member who betrayed party
IBERVILLE, Que. - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is campaigning today in the electoral district of Iberville - a riding the party won in 2018 but then lost after its member joined the C...
Aug 31, 2022

U.N. monitors head to troubled Ukraine nuclear plant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A team of international nuclear inspectors was heading Wednesday to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant caught in the middle of the fighting in southern Ukraine amid internationa...
Aug 30, 2022

Feds cite efforts to 'obstruct' probe of docs at Trump home
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Tuesday it had uncovered efforts to obstruct its investigation into the discovery of classified records at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate....
Aug 30, 2022

Japan PM apologizes for party's church links, will cut ties
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification Church following a widening scandal trigged by former leader Shinzo Abe's assassination last ...
Aug 30, 2022

Venus Williams out of US Open; Raducanu loses in 1st Rd, too
NEW YORK (AP) - The welcome and support for Venus Williams in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday afternoon were not the same as they were for her sister, Serena, a night earlier. Nor was the result. Venus...
Aug 30, 2022

Teoscar Hernandez lifts Blue Jays over Cubs 5-3 to back Kevin Gausman's strong outing
TORONTO - Teoscar Hernandez's three-run homer in the sixth inning gave Toronto its first lead of the game as the Blue Jays beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Tuesday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a solo home r...
Aug 30, 2022