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Canada says Russian hockey players with visas will still be barred from world junior championship
The federal government says Russian hockey players will not be permitted to compete at next month's world junior championship in Alberta, even if they already hold valid Canadian visas.
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1 dead, 4 critically injured after building collapse in New York City
Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least one person and trapping others beneath the wreckage.
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Mississippi's Scott Colom secures Senate seat in another midterm win for Democrats
Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom will be the state's first Black senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. Colom's victory also offers Democrats an unexpected boost in their effort to win control of the U.S. Senate.
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Millions of workers strike across Spain as citizens protest soaring housing costs
Millions of Spanish workers shut down businesses and public transportation across the eurozone's fourth largest economy on Wednesday before thousands took to the streets of major cities in a nationwide protest over soaring rents and real estate prices.
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Jim Jordan, once called a 'legislative terrorist' by a top Republican, will now lead the party in U.S. House
The Republicans may have just lost control of the House of Representatives in resounding fashion, but they signalled Tuesday they may not be in a conciliatory mood with Democrats, picking combative Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan as their leader in the chamber.
