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OTTAWA - Many international students have postponed or cancelled their plans to study in Canada since Ottawa decided last month to limit entry options to the country to just four airports and require ...

PARIS - French society is at a "turning point" for women's rights within the male-dominated sports world, the country's sports minister said this week amid a wave of protests from female journalists d...

A new tool that measures the environmental quality of any urban street in Canada - and maps it out in colour - illustrates vividly the many neighbourhoods in the country that have poor environment sco...

SUEZ, Egypt - A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-w...

WARSAW, Poland - They locate survivors in collapsed buildings, track down fugitives, foil drugs and explosives smugglers and help control rowdy crowds. All in exchange for food and lodging - and an oc...

CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N.'s premiere global body fighting for gender equality called for a sharp increase of women in global decision-making in a hotly debated final document adopted Friday night ...

Democrats have seized on new voting restrictions in Georgia to focus attention on the fight to overhaul federal election laws, setting up a slow-building standoff that carries echoes of the civil righ...

NEW DELHI - Two Indian states with sizeable Muslim populations began voting in local elections Saturday in a test of strength for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Hindu nationalist agenda is being ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Results are expected today in the pandemic-delayed Newfoundland and Labrador election - more than 10 weeks after the vote was called. The province's elections authority says the res...

CALGARY - Paul Stastny scored the eventual game-winner for the Winnipeg Jets in a 3-2 victory Friday over the host Calgary Flames. Stastny, Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist ...