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Pope: Women have 'legitimate claims' for justice, equality
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said in a document released Tuesday that women have "legitimate claims" to seek more equality in the Catholic Church, but he stopped short of endorsing recent calls from hi...
Apr 04, 2019
Okurrr: Cardi B leads with 21 Billboard Awards nominations
NEW YORK - Cardi B is the leading contender at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards with 21 nominations. NBC and dick clark productions announced Thursday the 26-year-old rapper is up for honours including...
Apr 04, 2019
'Pretend you have a cold': Pelosi advises Biden on women
WASHINGTON - As former Vice-President Joe Biden's camp scrambles to contain any political damage over his past behaviour with women, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has some words of advice: Keep your dist...
Apr 04, 2019
'Pretend you have a cold': Pelosi advises Biden on women
WASHINGTON - As former Vice-President Joe Biden's camp scrambles to contain any political damage over his past behaviour with women, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has some words of advice: Keep your dist...
Apr 04, 2019
New Zealand lawmakers pass initial vote for new gun controls
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of new gun restrictions during the first stage of a bill they hope to rush into law by the end of next week. T...
Apr 04, 2019

Mozambique cholera cases now above 1,400; vaccines arrive
BEIRA, Mozambique - Cholera cases in cyclone-hit Mozambique have risen above 1,400, government officials said Tuesday, as hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses arrived in an attempt to limit the rapi...
Apr 04, 2019
U.S. no longer needs 'improper' metal tariffs as negotiating tactic: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the "improper" American imposition of metals tariffs as leverage in the contentious NAFTA talks is no longer required b...
Apr 04, 2019
Blast at Russian elite military academy wounds 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Officials in Russia say an explosion inside an elite military academy in the country's second-largest city has wounded four people. An unidentified explosive device went off e...
Apr 04, 2019

New Zealand lawmakers pass initial vote for new gun controls
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of new gun restrictions during the first stage of a bill they hope to rush into law by the end of next week. T...
Apr 04, 2019

'I want to remember:' Survivors, families mark Broncos tragedy forever with ink
It's a day many want to forget. It's the people they want to remember. "I always have him with me now," former Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki says after a three-hour tatto...
Apr 04, 2019