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Canada sets dates to ban some single-use plastics

The Associated Press
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - QUEBEC CITY (AP) - The Canadian government is banning companies from importing or making plastic bags and Styrofoam takeout containers by the end of this year, their sal...
Cyprus investigates prison director's blackmail allegations

The Associated Press
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus launched an investigation on Monday into allegations by the country's prisons' director that a senior police officer had recruited an inmat...
JetBlue raises offer again in bidding for Spirit Airlines

The Associated Press
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - JetBlue Airways on Monday increased its offer to buy Spirit Airlines, raising the stakes again in a battle over the nation's biggest budget airline. New ...
China's 1st Horn of Africa envoy offers to mediate in region

The Associated Press
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - China's first special envoy to the Horn of Africa on Monday offered to mediate in disputes in the region as Beijing seeks to strengthen its influen...
Colombian voters elect country's first Black vice president

By MANUEL RUEDA and ASTRID SUAREZ
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - As Colombia's voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also carved out another milestone - el...
Last-ditch talks aim to avert disruptive UK rail strike

By JILL LAWLESS
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Unions and train companies in Britain are set to hold last-minute talks Monday amid fading hopes of averting the country's biggest rail strikes for decades...
Woman who drove man who killed Nipsey Hussle testifies

By ANDREW DALTON
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman testified Monday that she unwittingly drove the man now charged with killing rapper Nipsey Hussle to and from the scene of the shooting, not a...
Canada investing billions to modernize North America defense

The Associated Press
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - TRENTON, Ontario (AP) - Canada is investing $4.9 billion Canadian (US$3.8 billion) over the next six years to modernize North America's aging defensive systems. Defense ...
Reports: Paul Haggis detained in Italy in sex assault case

The Associated Press
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Film director Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy, Italian news media sa...
Brazil's Petrobras CEO resigns amid pressure over gas prices

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - The chief executive of Brazil's state-run oil giant Petrobras resigned on Monday amid political pressure from top lawmakers and President Jair Bolsonaro...

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