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  • Biden stumps for McAuliffe in early test of political clout

    July 23, 2021 - 5:39 PM

    ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden led the kind of campaign rally on Friday that was impossible last year because of the pandemic, speaking before nearly 3,000 people in support of a fellow moderate Democrat whose race for Virginia governor could serve as a test of Biden's own strength and coattails.

  • UN adopts first resolution on vision, aims to help 1 billion

    July 23, 2021 - 5:19 PM

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly approved its first-ever resolution on vision Friday, calling on its 193 member nations to ensure access to eye care for everyone in their countries which would contribute to a global effort to help at least 1.1 billion people with vision impairment who currently lack eye services by 2030.

  • To reach a peace deal, Taliban say Afghan president must go

    July 23, 2021 - 5:12 PM

    ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they don’t want to monopolize power, but they insist there won’t be peace in Afghanistan until there is a new negotiated government in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani is removed.

  • Woman convicted in kidnapping gets re-sentencing hearing

    July 23, 2021 - 4:19 PM

    KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A woman convicted in the 1987 kidnapping and death of a northern Illinois businessman has been granted a re-sentencing hearing by the state’s appellate court.

  • Woman hurt when Winston Smith was killed sues authorities

    July 23, 2021 - 4:10 PM

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman who was with a St. Paul man when he was shot and killed in Minneapolis by members of a federal task force is suing local authorities and has signaled her intent to sue the U.S. Marshals Service, saying she was emotionally traumatized and her civil rights were violated, her lawyers said Friday.

  • I-40 bridge in Tennessee likely won't reopen until August

    July 23, 2021 - 3:38 PM

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Department of Transportation now says it will likely be early August before the Interstate 40 bridge between Arkansas and Tennessee can reopen to traffic.

  • Guatemala anti-corruption prosecutor praised by US ousted

    July 23, 2021 - 3:34 PM

    GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s attorney general has removed the head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity less than two months after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris stressed the office’s importance amid a growing push against anti-corruption efforts in the country.

  • UN experts: Africa became hardest hit by terrorism this year

    July 23, 2021 - 3:32 PM

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Africa became the region hardest hit by terrorism in the first half of 2021 as the Islamic State and al-Qaida extremist groups and their affiliates spread their influence, boasting gains in supporters and territory and inflicting the greatest casualties, U.N. experts said in a new report.

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  • China, Afghanistan top Blinken agenda on India, Kuwait trip

    July 23, 2021 - 3:17 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to India and Kuwait next week for talks on China, the coronavirus and Afghanistan, the State Department said Friday.
  • Safeguard can create curtains of water up to 20 km long to fight wildfires. This company wants to make it rain on B.C. wildfires
    There are many tools used by B.C. Wildfire in battling hundreds of forest fires in B.C. Rainfall, of course, is the most effective tool but weather forecasters don’t see any significant rain the Thompson or Okanagan regions until Sept
  • 2019 Hyperdrive Wine of the Week: Rigour & Whimsy 2019 Hyperdrive
    Rigour & Whimsy is a micro winery in Okanagan Falls featuring hand crafted small lot wines. Costa and Jody Gavaris are the very cool husband and wife team behind the label that have brought a very colourful wave to our wine industry. Cr

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