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Where eagles flirt: A DC tale of love, loss and raccoons
WASHINGTON - It’s a tale of star-crossed lovers, pregnancy and loss, and a hungry raccoon. Washingtonians, along with a global community of eagle-watchers, have been transfixed this winter by th...
Mar 17, 2019
Germany's Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank to hold talks on merger
BERLIN - Germany’s biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, and domestic rival Commerzbank have decided to open talks on a possible merger. Sunday’s announcement followed months of speculation about a...
Mar 17, 2019
Bottas beats Mercedes teammate Hamilton to win Australian GP
MELBOURNE, Australia - Valterri Bottas can’t really explain how he got from playing the loyal lieutenant to Lewis Hamilton and failing to win a race last season, to upstaging his Mercedes teamma...
Mar 17, 2019
New five week, use-it-or-lose-it paternity leave benefit kicks in
OTTAWA - The federal government says more families than expected are taking advantage of the new ability to extend a year’s worth of parental leave benefits over 18 months. Since the extension w...
Mar 17, 2019
B.C. Court of Appeal to hear province's oil-transport reference case Monday
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Court of Appeal will consider a key question regarding provincial powers in the political battle over the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project d...
Mar 17, 2019
U.S. college bribery scandal unlikely in Canada, but inequality persists
The college bribery scandal is spurring discussion about the ways in which money greases the wheels of the U.S. admissions process - and while most acknowledge there are fewer shortcuts to securing a ...
Mar 17, 2019
Paris cleans up riot debris as support fades for protesters
PARIS - Business owners, city employees and construction workers dug in Sunday to clean up one of the world’s most glamorous avenues, after riots by ultraviolent yellow vest protesters trashed t...
Mar 17, 2019
Flash floods, slides in eastern Indonesia kill at least 58
JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Flash floods and mudslides triggered by days of torrential downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia’s easternmost province, killing at least 58 people and ...
Mar 17, 2019
Biden's verbal slip about campaign draws Democrats' cheers
DOVER, Del. - Did Joe Biden accidentally reveal his plans to run for the White House? Or was it just another slip of the tongue by the former vice-president with a reputation for veering off script? I...
Mar 17, 2019
Taliban kill 22 Afghan forces in attack on checkpoints
KABUL - An overnight Taliban assault on checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed 22 troops, after some 100 Afghan forces fled heavy fighting in the country’s west last week and tried to cross ...
Mar 17, 2019