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Oil tanker burning off China's coast at risk of exploding
In this photo provided by Korea Coast Guard, the Panama-registered tanker "Sanchi" is seen ablaze after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered freighter off China's eastern coast Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China's eastern coast, leaving its entire crew of 32 missing, most of them Iranians, authorities said. (Korea Coast Guard via AP)
Golden Globes red carpet transformed by black dress protest
Ngakoue says Incognito used "weak racist slurs" during game
Germany's 'In the Fade' wins Golden Globe for foreign film
Diane Kruger, left, and Fatih Akin poses in the press room with the award for best motion picture - foreign language for "In The Fade" at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
WHL Roundup: Ty Lewis scores two as Wheat Kings topple Blades 5-3
Franco turns bad into gold with Globe for 'Disaster Artist'
This image released by NBC shows James Franco, center, embracing his brother Dave Franco as he accepts the award for best actor in a motion picture comedy or musical for his role in "The Disaster Artist," as Tommy Wiseau, left, looks on at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)
Canadiens score three third-period goals to beat Canucks 5-2
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Anders Nilsson is scored on during the second period in Montreal, on Jan. 7, 2018.
At this year's Golden Globes, a tale of solidarity with #MeToo
This image released by NBC shows Oprah Winfrey accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2018.
Malaysian opposition names 92-year-old Mahathir as PM choice
FIEL - In this Aug. 13, 2017, file photo, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a forum in Shah Alam, Malaysia. Malaysia's opposition alliance has named 92-year-old former Prime Minister Mahathir as its prime minister candidate for general elections to boost its chances of wrestling power from a coalition that has ruled since independence. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan, File)
Canadiens score three third-period goals to beat Canucks 5-2
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Anders Nilsson is scored on by Montreal Canadiens' Karl Alzner (not shown) as Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher and Canucks' Michael Del Zotto look on during first period NHL hockey action in Montreal, Sunday, January 7, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Globes TV awards echo show's theme of empowerment
Restaurant fire kills 5 sleeping workers in southern India
An Indian laborer watches police secure the area outside the burnt restaurant in Kalasipalyam district, a busy and congested area in Bangalore, India, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. A fire in the restaurant early Monday killed workers who were sleeping inside the building in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, police said. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Toronto opens Moss Park armoury to homeless ahead of schedule
A homeless person in downtown Toronto on January 3, 2018.
Vietnam tries former oil executives in widened crackdown
In this Jan. 28, 2016, photo, newly elected Politburo member Dinh La Thang poses on the podium along with all others new Vietnam Communist Party's central committee members at the closing ceremony of the party's national congress in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam has begun a major corruption trial against defendants who include the former senior Communist official and a former oil executive the Vietnamese government is accused of snatching from Germany. Dinh La Thang is accused of mismanagement in a thermal power plant. (Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool Photo via AP)
Why Kathleen Wynne leapt at a fight with Tim Hortons
Adam Radwanski
Governments should fund birth control, as they do HIV prevention
British Columbia has announced it will pay for the so-called abortion pill starting Jan. 15, becoming the sixth province to provide free access to the drug.
Lithuania urges Canada to join long-term investment drive for Ukraine
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland meets with The Globe and Mail's editorial board in Toronto, on Dec. 1, 2017.
Canadian health officials bracing for peak flu season
Public Health Agency of Canada FluWatch report, which covers the final two weeks of 2017, shows influenza activity keeps rising, hitting those 65 and older the hardest and causing outbreaks primarily at long-term-care facilities.
SpaceX launches secret satellite Zuma on 1st flight of year
In this image made with a long exposure the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as seen from in Viera, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. (Tim Shortt/Florida Today via AP)
Saints survive late comeback bid, beat Panthers in NFC wild-card game
New Orleans Saints cornerback Ken Crawley breaks up a pass intended for Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen during the second quarter in the NFC wild-card playoff game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, in New Orleans, on Jan. 7, 2018.
List of winners for 75th annual Golden Globe Awards
This image released by NBC shows Nicole Kidman accepting the award for best performance by an actress in a limited series or motion picture made for TV for her role in "Big Little Lies," at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)
Assessed value of shuttered Vancouver single-room hotel drops steeply
The Balmoral Hotel on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in July 2017, shortly after it was ordered closed for safety reasons.
Brees, defensive stand, help Saints survive Panthers, 31-26
Travis Dermott’s debut suits the Maple Leafs’ long view
Travis Dermott of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates to get around Vancouver Canuck Michael Chaput at Air Canada Centre on Saturday. The Leafs won 3-2 in a shootout.
The Latest: JFK Airport water pipe break weather-related
The Latest: At CES, a smart fridge that can call you an Uber
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, file photo, Lu Sun looks at his phone in an exhibit of LG OLED 4K TVs at the LG booth during CES International, in Las Vegas. Artificial intelligence and internet connectivity in everyday products will be among the topics in discussion and on display as the annual CES gadget show kicks off in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Stars wear black to Golden Globes in statement against sexual harassment, gender inequality
Reese Witherspoon, Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek and Ashley Judd attend The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2018.
Syrian army breaks rebel lines, reaches troops trapped at base outside Damascus
Smoke billows from a residential area following Syrian and Russian airstrikes in the Eastern Ghouta, on Jan. 6, 2018.
10 Things to Know for Monday
The NFL has a quarterbacking issue, and there’s little hope for change
Cathal Kelly
The many ways of counting the cost of a minimum wage
David Parkinson
Oprah, 'Three Billboards' triumph at black-draped Globes
Gordon Pape: The key stocks I’ll be watching in 2018
Stocks to watch in 2018 include Amazon and Torstar.
GM Bergevin confident Habs can still make playoffs; not yet ready to make moves
QMJHL Roundup: Zadina, Mooseheads halt comeback attempt to beat Titan 6-5
Canada must do better to protect freezing animals in transport
Jessica Scott-Reid
Ray Thomas of British rockers The Moody Blues dies at 76
Popular French singer France Gall dies at 70
Winnipeg Jets down San Jose Sharks 4-1 for fifth straight home victory
Winnipeg Jets' Blake Wheeler (26), Bryan Little (18) and Mathieu Perreault (85) celebrate after Perreault scored on San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones (31) during second period NHL hockey action in Winnipeg, Sunday, January 7, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor Hagan
Majority of Canadians oppose parliamentarians accepting free trips: poll
Canada’s ambassador to China, John McCallum, was one of the biggest users of China-sponsored travel between 2008 and 2015 when he was a backbench MP.
New law ends threat of jailing census resisters
The 2016 census form
OHL Roundup: Robertson hat trick leads Frontenacs over IceDogs 8-3
Perreault scores twice, Jets down Sharks for fifth straight home victory
Winnipeg Jets' Matt Hendricks celebrates after scoring against the San Jose Sharks during the first period in Winnipeg, on Jan. 7, 2018.
Oilers continue slide with 4-1 loss to Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks goalie Anton Forsberg blocks a shot by Edmonton Oilers defenceman Yohann Auvitu during the third period in Chicago, on Jan. 7, 2018.
Forsberg makes 32 saves as Blackhawks beat Oilers 4-1
Britain to be first in line to shake up financial services with open banking
A man holds his mobile phone outside the Bank of England in London in 2017.
The TV executive: A tough job, getting tougher
John Doyle
Nebraska National Guard documents hurricane recovery
Missing snowmobilers found alive on mountain near Revelstoke, B.C.
Judge Peter Coulson didn’t just practise the law, he practised morality
Peter Coulson
Freezing rain could slicken roads before football title game
A pedestrian is bundled up walking down the street in Atlanta, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. Forecasters warned a mix of low temperatures and precipitation could create icy road conditions in Atlanta, where the College Football Playoff National Championship will be held Monday night. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Jaguars beat Bills 10-3 in ugly, sometimes unwatchable game
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles (5) rushes for yardage past Buffalo Bills outside linebacker Lorenzo Alexander (57) and free safety Jordan Poyer (21) in the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Armed clashes kill 11 in Mexico's troubled Guerrero state
'Genetic astrology': Companies marketing tests to predict how a person will react to cannabis
People participate in a cannabis rally in Toronto in 2016. Facing the advent of cannabis legalization in Canada, some companies such as AnantLife are coming to market with genetic tests to evaluate risk of cannabis dependence or cognitive side effects.
Bathroom behaviour got this Florida man kicked off his flight
A few dozen protesters in cold rain outside the big game
FILE - In this April 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in Atlanta. Trump disparaged the city as "crime infested" and falling apart" after the city's Democratic congressman, Rep. John Lewis, announced he would not attend Trump’s inauguration. Atlanta residents didn't forget those comments, and some think he is being hypocritical by attending the college football championship at the city's new stadium on Monday, Jan. 8. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Globe editorial: Airline safety and the benefits of failure
A Southwest Airlines airplane navigates a snowy and icy Logan International Airport following a heavy snow storm the previous day on January 5, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Are universities’ economics departments getting left behind?
Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont.
Nearly 400 cold-stunned turtles in Texas released into Gulf
Padre Island National Seashore's Tom Backof holds a rehabilitated sea turtle before releasing it in to the Gulf of Mexico during a turtle release at Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi, Texas, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. (Courtney Sacco/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
Kaitlyn Lawes, John Morris win Canadian mixed doubles curling trials
Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris hold their medals after an 8-6 victory over Val Sweeting and Brad Gushue in the Olympic Trials final at Stride Place in Portage La Prairie, Man., on Jan. 7, 2018.
Jaguars eke out 10-3 win over Bills in ugly AFC wild-card game
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles rushes for yardage in the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff game, in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 7, 2018.
Cat jumps into car and attacks driver, who is then run over
Morris and Lawes beat Gushue and Sweeting 8-6 in mixed doubles final
Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris hold their medals after an 8-6 victory over Val Sweeting and Brad Gushue in the Olympic Trials final at Stride Place in Portage La Prairie, Man., Sunday Jan.7, 2018. Lawes and Morris will represent Canada when mixed doubles curling makes its Olympic debut at the Pyeongchang Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Michael Burns MANDATORY CREDIT
Historian finds what appears to be Lincoln casket flower
U.S. senators join chorus opposing proposed duties on Canadian newsprint
A worker walks past rolls of paper at the Catalyst Paper distribution centre in Surrey, B.C., in this 2014 file photo. Catalyst is one of three mandatory respondents in the U.S. countervailing investigation into possible unfair subsidies in Canada for newsprint exports to the U.S.
Nigerian army says gang leader known as Don Wani killed
Officials: Water pipe break at JFK Airport weather-related
Sunday's Games
Prepare for higher interest rates as early as next week
Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins and governor Stephen Poloz
At least two children among four dead in Nova Scotia house fire
The remains of a house destroyed in an early morning fire are seen in Pubnico Head, N.S., on Jan. 7, 2018.
Dave Huntley, 61, was an ambassador for lacrosse in two countries
Dave Huntley helped revive the sport of lacrosse in Canada and was a member of a Canadian world championship team.
Oil rally ends as U.S. production expected to keep prices in check
West Texas intermediate hit $62.21 per barrel on Thursday, its highest since May 2015.
It takes only one good teacher to change a student’s life
Battle looms for rebel-held Syrian province after Islamic State defeat
Displaced Syrians who fled the fighting in Idlib province's southeastern town of Sinjar drive on a road in a rebel-held area near the city of Saraqib, on Jan. 7, 2018.
Magnitude 3.1 earthquake rattles part of Oklahoma
No fatigue with Trump humour, says Stephen Colbert
John Doyle
Gosling scores twice as Canada blanks Sweden 4-0 at U18 women's worlds
The Dow's best performer so far this year was the biggest dog of 2017
Postal carriers say aggressive turkeys stopping mail service
FBI: Drones spotted in sky before title game despite ban
Pedestrian seriously injured in crash with Vancouver police vehicle
Man charged with killing ex-girlfriend extradited to Canada to face murder charge
Amazon’s next mountain: B2B procurement
Amazon employees process purchased items for delivery as the company’s Peterborough, England, facility on Nov. 15.
Woman who took 'OK To Be White' notes may plead not guilty
Ex-teacher has certificates suspended over anti-gay comments
'Genius,' 'Not crazy': Trump allies line up to declare president mentally sound
President Donald Trump waves to members of the media as he walks across the South Lawn as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, after traveling from Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Weeks before deputy shot, charges considered against suspect
Tiger-Cats buy more time to negotiate with quarterback Johnny Manziel
In this Nov. 10, 2012 file photo, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) celebrates after a review proves an Aggie touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
South Carolina utility won't pay former executives severance
Trump is no genius, but he’s smart at playing dumb
Sarah Kendzior is a St. Louis-based commentator who writes about race, politics, and the economy.
Israel to restore power to Gaza after Palestinian dispute
Hamilton Tiger-Cats buy more time to negotiate with quarterback Manziel
Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel looks on before an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh on Nov. 15, 2015. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have bought themselves more time to negotiate with former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel.The CFL team issued a one-paragraph statement on Sunday afternoon to confirm an offer was made to the former Heisman Trophy winner. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Gene J. Puskar
The Latest: Syrian TV says army reaches trapped troops
NDP’s Nathan Cullen says male MPs must work to combat sexual misconduct
NDP MP Nathan Cullen rises during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Oct. 25, 2017.
6 dead after wrong-way crash on Northern California highway
Average US gas price jumps 3 cents to $2.54 for regular
U.S. decision on Salvadorans’ protected status could test Canada’s asylum contingency plans
Asylum seekers line up to enter Olympic Stadium near Montreal, Que., on Aug. 4, 2017.
Court date for immigrant restaurant manager not until 2021
The Latest: New Globes winners get their trophies engraved
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2015 file photo, The Beverly Hilton is pictured during the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards Preview Day at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 75th Golden Globe Awards will be handed out on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, at a ceremony that is being held under the cloud of the sexual misconduct scandal that started with several high-profile actresses accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment or abuse. Many actresses say they are planning to wear black Sunday to show solidarity with victims of harassment and abuse. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Foreign meddling in 2018 elections a concern, CIA chief says
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