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Liverpool goes 13 points clear of Leicester with 4-0 win
LEICESTER, England - First came the Champions League title, then the Club World Cup last week. Now, with a 13-point lead, Liverpool will surely be champions of England again by May. Leicester, the clo...
Dec 26, 2019
No injuries in B.C. train derailment, environmental crews assessing impacts: CN
VALEMOUNT, B.C. - Canadian National says crews responded to a train derailment in eastern British Columbia on Thursday. The railway company said early reports suggest 26 railcars derailed along the tr...
Dec 26, 2019
Kevin Clark with a hat trick, Canada beats Trinec 4-1 to open Spengler Cup
DAVOS, Switzerland - Kevin Clark had a hat trick as the Canadian men's team opened the 2019 Spengler Cup with a 4-1 win over HC Ocelari Trinec on Thursday. Kris Versteeg also scored while Zachary Fuca...
Dec 26, 2019
World Junior Hockey Championship Roundup: Host Czechs open with 4-3 win over Russia
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Jan Jenik had a goal and an assist as the host Czech Republic opened the world junior hockey championship with a 4-3 win over Russia on Thursday. The 19-year-old Jenik -...
Dec 26, 2019
Canada roars back to beat the U.S. at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Alexis Lafreniere scored seven seconds after the United States tied the game late in the third period as Canada beat its North American rival 6-4 on Thursday in the...
Dec 26, 2019
Erdogan: Turkey lawmakers to vote on sending troops to Libya
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's president said Thursday that the U.N.-supported government in Libya has asked Ankara to send troops to help authorities in Tripoli defend the city from an offensive by rival ...
Dec 26, 2019
Afghan activist says Taliban freed 27 members of his group
KABUL - The Taliban released 27 peace activists Thursday, a day after they were abducted in an ambush on their convoy in western Afghanistan, a leader of the activist organization said. Phone lines we...
Dec 26, 2019
Police locate teen suspected of killing of Barnard freshman
NEW YORK - A 14-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing a Barnard College freshman in a park near the school's New York City campus has been found following a two-week manhunt, police said Thursday...
Dec 26, 2019
Indonesia, Thailand mark 15th anniversary of massive tsunami
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Indonesia's Aceh province at ceremonies Thursday marking the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history's worst ...
Dec 26, 2019
German opera singer, conductor Schreier dies at 84
FRANKFURT - Opera singer and conductor Peter Schreier, who won fame at the Salzburg festival and Milan's La Scala, has died in Dresden, Germany. He was 84. The dpa news agency reported Thursday that h...
Dec 26, 2019