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B.C. police watchdog clears RCMP in death of a man who used the river to escape
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has determined that officers weren’t at fault for…
Bolivian schoolteacher gives virtual classes as superhero
LA PAZ, Bolivia – Sometimes, Jorge Manolo Villarroel is Spiderman. Sometimes, he’s the Flash, or…
Alaska company to pay Justice Department $1.3M in fraud case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A subsidiary of an Alaska Native corporation has agreed to pay $1.3…
Florida coronavirus cases rising as state reopens
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Cases of the coronavirus continue to rise in Florida as the…
Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens S. Korea with military action
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…
Nepal lawmakers OK map including area disputed with India
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal’s Parliament on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to change the…
Polish president calls LGBT ‘ideology’ worse than communism
WARSAW, Poland – Polish President Andrzej Duda accused the LGBT rights movement Saturday of promoting…
Man charged in Appalachian Trail attacks competent for trial
ABINGDON, Va. – A Massachusetts man accused of killing an Appalachian Trail hiker and attacking…
Fresh Swiss investigation targets ex-FIFA president Blatter
GENEVA – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is the target of a criminal investigation in…
Dear white people: Being an ally isn’t always what you think
NEW YORK – In one video clip, a black man kneels in front of a…
Protests in Trump country test his hold in rural white areas
In the lake country 200 miles (320 kilometres) northwest of Detroit, hundreds danced, prayed and…
Mississippi faces reckoning on Confederate emblem in flag
JACKSON, Miss. – The young activists who launched a protest movement after George Floyd’s death…
Ukraine: Bribe in probe of gas chief; unrelated to Bidens
MOSCOW – Ukrainian authorities said Saturday they intercepted an attempt to offer a $6 million…
COVID pandemic prompts initiative to offer free legal aid to anyone in Canada
TORONTO – The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a group of young lawyers to launch a…
Slovenia police briefly detain 7 at anti-government protest
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Police in Slovenia briefly detained seven people who they said attempted to…
Police: Man turned away from Texas bar shoots, wounds 8
SAN ANTONIO – A man who was turned away from a bar in San Antonio…
Queen Elizabeth’s birthday marked with smaller ceremony
LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday was marked Saturday with a smaller ceremony than usual,…
Asia Today: India passes 300,000 cases with single-day high
NEW DELHI – India reported more than 11,000 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, another single-day…
5 dead in latest flooding in southern China rainstorms
BEIJING – Rainstorms have killed five more people in a southern Chinese region already reeling…
Calls grow for Trudeau to end MSM blood donation ban
OTTAWA – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make people sick across Canada, health authorities…
No winning ticket sold for Friday night’s $10 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO – No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s…
Fire on French nuclear submarine extinguished after 14 hours
PARIS – After a 14-hour battle, firefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out on a…
Thousands gather for Black Lives Matter rallies in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia – Protests went ahead in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in…
18 people killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan
KABUL – Two separate attacks in Afghanistan have killed at least 18 people amid a…