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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago were freed Thursday in a swap for detained leaders of the Islamic extremist group, government ...

BANGKOK - In an age when most of the world’s blue bloods cut ribbons and meekly approved whatever their governments proposed, the 70-year reign of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej stood ...

LETHBRIDGE — Expect delays as the city plans to complete work Thursday, Oct. 13 on an emergency median crossover. Between 1 and 3 p.m. crews will close one lane in each direction on Whoop-Up Dri...

NEW YORK - The holidays are coming and Amazon plans to add 120,000 seasonal workers in an effort to meet an expected spike in demand as more and more people trade bricks for clicks. The seasonal posit...

LOS ANGELES - The cerebral interstellar saga “2001: A Space Odyssey” and the android drama “Blade Runner” are among President Barack Obama’s favourite sci-fi films and TV...

NEW YORK - Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate. In the book world’s equivalent of a Supreme Court ruling, the Nobel judges declared Thursday that Dylan is not just a rock star but a poet of the very highe...

STOCKHOLM - Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In making the announcement today in Stockholm, the Nobel committee cited the legendary American singer-songwriter “for havi...

Auston Matthews became the first player in NHL history to score four goals in his regular-season debut as the Toronto Maple Leafs fell 5-4 to the Ottawa Senators in overtime on Wednesday night. Matthe...

TORONTO - Royal LePage CEO Phil Soper says house prices in Greater Vancouver grew 30.6 per cent year-over-year in the third quarter of the year, marking what may have been the real estate market’...

YORBA LINDA, Calif. - Gone are the long rows of wood-framed display cases sprinkled with campaign paraphernalia and lengthy narratives about President Richard Nixon. Instead, the renovated Richard Nix...