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YANGON, Myanmar - A court in Myanmar has found a prominent filmmaker guilty of defaming the military with his postings on Facebook and sentenced him to a year in prison. The lawyer defending Min Htin ...

OTTAWA - A survey probing how facts form beliefs suggests that even when given accurate information, many people will still answer questions incorrectly. The Digital Democracy Project told p...

SURREY, B.C. - Emma Entzminger remembers fawning over the Canadian women's softball team as a teen. She'd sit in the stands at the annual Canada Cup tournament in Surrey, B.C., slightly in a...

CAIRO - A Yemeni commander says airstrikes have hit government forces near the southern port city of Aden to fight separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 30 troops. Col. Moha...

Six stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 29 --- B.C. ANTI-GANG UNITS TARGETING KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS A senior officer in the RCMP's gang enforcement unit in Surrey, B.C., says he...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's top court on Thursday sent back jailed ex-President Park Geun-hye's corruption case to a lower court for separate trials on the charges on which she was convi...

SURREY, B.C. - Sgt. Mike Sanchez didn't expect to find himself working in elementary schools as a senior officer with the RCMP's gang enforcement unit in Surrey, B.C. But when he looks aroun...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is committing up to $1.5 million to help colleges and universities get better at dealing with sexual violence on campus. Maryam Monsef, the minister for women...

COPENHAGEN - A Swedish prosecutor said Tuesday he won't appeal a verdict against American rapper A$AP Rocky and his two bodyguards who were found guilty of assault for a June 30 street brawl in Stockh...

NEW YORK - Serena Williams was not about to let Maria Sharapova make a match of this. So facing a break point early in the second set, Williams conjured up a backhand passing shot so good, so powerful...