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Mayor: Vaccine mandates to be required for all NYC employers
NEW YORK (AP) - All New York City employers will have to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers under new rules announced Monday by Mayor Bill de Blasio. The vaccine mandate for private busin...
Dec 06, 2021
Canadian ambassador to China Dominic Barton tenders resignation
OTTAWA - Canadian ambassador to China Dominic Barton has tendered his resignation after two tense years in the job. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Barton's pending departure in a statement th...
Dec 06, 2021
Germany's Greens approve coalition with Scholz as chancellor
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's environmentalist Greens say their members have approved a deal to form a new coalition government with two other parties, clearing the way for parliament to elect Olaf Scholz a...
Dec 06, 2021
No evidence Liberals knew appeal over residential school payments was dropped: Miller
OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says the federal government will soon release some of the residential school records it's been criticized for withholding to a national archives c...
Dec 06, 2021
An anguished anniversary and Freeland in the hot seat: In The News for Dec. 6
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. 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Dec 06, 2021
Tributes planned for victims of École Polytechnique shooting on 32nd anniversary
MONTREAL - Today marks the 32nd anniversary of what's widely believed to be Canada's largest mass shooting specifically targeting women.The shooting at Montreal's cole Polytechnique took place on Dec....
Dec 06, 2021
Solomon Islands leader wins no-confidence vote after riots
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The leader of the Solomon Islands has survived a vote of no-confidence in Parliament following riots in the capital city last month. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare tol...
Dec 06, 2021
Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to 4 years
BANGKOK (AP) - A special court in Myanmar's capital sentenced the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coro...
Dec 06, 2021
Dadonov, Pacioretty, Roy lift Vegas over Calgary 3-2
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Evgenii Dadonov scored his seventh goal of the season and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Sunday night. Less than two minutes after Calgary's Elias Lindholm cu...
Dec 06, 2021
Winnipeg Jets double up Maple Leafs 6-3 in Blake Wheeler's 1,000th NHL game
WINNIPEG - Blake Wheeler celebrated his 1,000th NHL game with a pair of assists in a scrappy 6-3 victory for the Winnipeg Jets over the Toronto Maple Leafs Sunday, but he still wasn't able to score hi...
Dec 05, 2021