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Chinese pandas stuck in Canada as fresh bamboo supplies run low
Published on 07/08/2020
» HONG KONG: A zoo in Canada is desperately trying to secure travel documents so two giant pandas can return to China after the coronavirus pandemic severely disrupted their access to fresh bamboo.
Pandemic leads to rise in Canada fatal drug overdoses
AFP, Published on 28/06/2020
» OTTAWA - A homeless Canadian with a drug addiction, Luc Laplante has lost three friends -- Dave, Emily and Pat -- to opioid overdoses in the last three months of the coronavirus pandemic.
NHL to restart with 24-team playoff in two hub cities
AFP, Published on 27/05/2020
» NEW YORK - The National Hockey League announced Tuesday it will abandon the rest of the regular season and proceed directly to a 24-team playoff staged in two hub cities.
Police thy neighbour: Virus fears fuel quarantine shaming in US
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: Some complain about joggers panting on passers-by. Others wonder what to do when they overhear drunken partygoers rejecting quarantine measures. Still more question whether people they see in the street are really on "essential" business.
Micro-pollution ravaging China and South Asia: study
AFP, Published on 25/02/2020
» PARIS - Nearly 90% of the 200 cities beset by the world's highest levels of deadly micro-pollution are in China and India, with most of the rest in Pakistan and Indonesia, researchers reported Tuesday.
Playing it cool
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 09/09/2019
» When it comes to sports, skiing and skating are the last activities anyone associates with Southeast Asia. Outside of a few indoor skating rinks in big cities, the only ice you'll find is in drinks. And as for snow, it's non-existent except at the highest reaches of remote and forbidding Hkakabo Razi in northern Myanmar.
No beauty shines brighter
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/07/2019
» When Paweensuda "Fahsai" Drouin was announced Miss Universe Thailand 2019, the hall erupted in a thunderous cheer. Fans were jumping up and down, screaming and hugging one another. Some even had tears down their faces as they finally got to witness this beauty queen's eventual moment of success after having been rooting for her for a long time.
2026 Winter Olympics will be staged in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo
AFP, Published on 25/06/2019
» LAUSANNE: Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo was named as hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday, beating off a bid from Stockholm-Are in Sweden, giving Italy the showpiece event for the third time.
The Italian job: 2026 Winter Olympics will be staged in Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo
AFP, Published on 25/06/2019
» LAUSANNE - Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo was named as hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday, beating off a bid from Stockholm/Are in Sweden and giving Italy the showpiece event for the third time.
Dangerous driver jailed for deadly Canadian bus crash
AFP, Published on 23/03/2019
» OTTAWA - A truck driver whose semi trailer slammed into a Canadian junior hockey team bus, killing 16 and injuring the remaining 13 passengers, was jailed Friday for eight years.