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Tens of thousands in southern Africa need help after cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique - A second week has begun of efforts to find and help tens of thousands of people after Cyclone Idai devastated a large swath of Mozambique. Members of the Indian and South African m...
Mar 25, 2019
Anti-Brexit marchers flood into London, demand new vote
LONDON - Anti-Brexit protesters flooded into central London by the hundreds of thousands on Saturday, demanding that Britain's Conservative-led government hold a new referendum on whether Britain shou...
Mar 25, 2019
French yellow vest protests in Paris avoid last week's riots
PARIS - Scattered yellow vest protesters clashed with French police firing tear gas Saturday after a peaceful march through Paris, but tougher security measures and protest bans in high-risk neighbour...
Mar 25, 2019
Democrats debate Mueller strategy as findings loom
WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats plotted strategy Saturday as they awaited the conclusions of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with senior lawmakers demanding full transparency and preparing...
Mar 25, 2019
Protests held in Pittsburgh after cop cleared in shooting
PITTSBURGH - The father of a slain black teenager pleaded for peace Saturday after the acquittal of a white police officer triggered an apparent retaliatory shooting at the defence attorney's office a...
Mar 25, 2019
Bombers pull even in series with Stars, force Game 7
The Battlefords North Stars fell 6-4 to the Flin Flon Bombers Sunday in Game 6 of their first round playoff matchup at the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon. The Bombers' victory pushes the series the distan...
Mar 25, 2019 A chippy series throughout, Stars' forward Matthias Urbanski and Bomber's forward Vincent Nardone, pictured here jawing on their way back to their respective benches.
Thai election results delayed, anti-junta party claims win
BANGKOK - Thailand's election commission says it will release full vote counts from the first election since a 2014 coup on Friday as an anti-junta party claimed it won the most seats and will try to ...
Mar 25, 2019
Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle to be tried on assault charges
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle is slated to be in Ontario court today to face trial on several assault charges. Boyle and his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, were take...
Mar 25, 2019
Edmonton judge to rule on whether Omar Khadr's sentence has expired
EDMONTON - An Alberta judge is expected to rule today on whether a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr should be declared expired. The eight-year sentence imposed in...
Mar 25, 2019
Long-awaited video service expected from Apple on Monday
Apple is expected to announce Monday that it's launching a video service that could compete with Netflix, Amazon and cable TV itself. It's a long-awaited attempt from the iPhone maker, several years a...
Mar 25, 2019