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UK Parliament rejects alternatives to May's Brexit deal
LONDON - Britain’s Parliament has spoken - and it has said no, again. Lawmakers seeking a way out of the country’s Brexit morass on Monday rejected four alternatives to the government̵...
Apr 01, 2019
Venezuela's Maduro announces power rationing amid outages
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday announced a 30-day plan to ration electricity following nationwide power cuts that have inflicted misery on millions of people and ig...
Apr 01, 2019
Hamas tightens grip on Gaza, fails to break Israel blockade
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Over the weekend, Gaza’s Hamas rulers marked a year of bloody, weekly protests that have failed to break the Israeli blockade. Rocket attacks brought a wave of Isra...
Apr 01, 2019
Biden team blasts 'trolls' amid scrutiny over behaviour
WASHINGTON - Aides to Joe Biden struck a more aggressive tone on Monday as the former vice-president faced scrutiny over his past behaviour toward women. In a statement, Biden spokesman Bill Russo bla...
Apr 01, 2019
Harris eyes reform as candidate, was cautious as prosecutor
WASHINGTON - When Kamala Harris made her much-heralded arrival in Washington as California’s first black U.S. senator, she made a curious early decision. Within months of her swearing-in, she sp...
Apr 01, 2019
Documentary reveals plea deal offered in 'Serial' case
BALTIMORE - Prosecutors offered a plea deal to the man whose murder conviction has been chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial” and an HBO documentary series. The Baltimore Sun reports that...
Apr 01, 2019
Israeli president travels to Niagara, Ottawa, Toronto on state visit
OTTAWA - The president of Israel is in Ottawa on Monday, meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before laying a wreath at the new National Holocaust Monument. Reuven Rivlin and Trudeau held a bilateral...
Apr 01, 2019
The Largest Known T. Rex Roamed Canada
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [March 24-30th, 2019] Giant dinosaurs, mysterious cat phones, a birding league, and the rest of the week's weird news from Ripley's Believe It or...
Apr 01, 2019
Canadian Denis Shapovalov jumps into top 20 in ATP Tour rankings
Canadian teen Denis Shapovalov has cracked the top 20 of the ATP Tour rankings for the first time. The 19-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., jumped to a career-best 20th from 23rd on Monday after reac...
Apr 01, 2019
Ukrainian comedian a step closer to taking office for real
KIEV, Ukraine - Volodymyr Zelenskiy has no political experience, but that’s no problem for the people of Ukraine who have already seen him performing the role of president. In a striking example...
Apr 01, 2019