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Putin orders the Russian military to add 170,000 troops for a total of 1.32 million
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the country’s military to increase…
MLB, union say there was 1 positive test among record 11,783 drug scans in the last year
NEW YORK (AP) — There was just one positive test resulting in discipline from among…
Bombs are falling on Gaza again. Who are the hostages still remaining in the besieged strip?
JERUSALEM (AP) — A weeklong cease-fire that brought the exchanges of dozens of hostages held…
Can Canadian downtowns find new purpose in a post-office era?
VANCOUVER – Kay Matthews doesn’t mince words when asked about the state of businesses fighting…
The resumption of the Israel-Hamas war casts long shadow over Dubai’s COP28 climate talks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As world leaders gathered for the COP28 climate summit…
West Virginia places anti-abortion pregnancy center coalition at the helm of $1M grant program
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia coalition that helps support a network of anti-abortion…
Walmart Canada investing $1 billion in modernization, ‘store of the future’
Walmart Canada says it will invest nearly $1 billion this fiscal year on a slew…
Hezbollah and Israeli troops exchange fire along the border as 2 people are killed in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group attacked several Israeli army posts along the two…
Pakistan’s highest court hears petition on forceful deportation of Afghans born in the country
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court opened a hearing Friday on a petition by human…
Harris heads to Dubai to tackle delicate tasks of talking climate and Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will tackle two delicate tasks this weekend in…
The hidden environmental cost of your overflowing email inbox
When consumers think about ways to reduce their carbon footprint, lowering their car usage, eating…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of…
The director of Russia’s Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, is also put in charge of the Bolshoi
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian government on Friday named Valery Gergiev, the renowned director of…
Israeli survivors of the Oct. 7 music festival attack seek to cope with trauma at a Cyprus retreat
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Tomer Bassis expected his day to be filled with electronic trance…
Mediators scrambling for Israel-Hamas truce extension, as hostages-for-prisoners swaps get harder
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Mediators were scrambling to extend an Israel-Hamas truce set…
For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died. It…
For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died. It…
DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk some policy in a faceoff between two White House aspirants
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an alternate reality, the prime-time showdown between California Democratic Gov. Gavin…
Editorial Roundup: New England
Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. November 25, 2023. Editorial: Doing their part The members of Vermont’s congressional…
Myanmar’s military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes
BANGKOK (AP) — About two weeks into a major offensive against Myanmar’s military-run government by…
‘Angel’ Shane MacGowan remembered by friend Finny McConnell of The Mahones
Finny McConnell, frontman for Canadian band The Mahones, remembered many occasions spent drinking into the…
Don’t eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows
Consumers shouldn’t eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don’t know the source, U.S. health officials said…
Myanmar’s military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes
BANGKOK (AP) — A major offensive against Myanmar’s military-run government by an alliance of three…
Overdoses the leading cause of death in B.C. for those aged for 10 to 59: coroner
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s coroner says the toxic and unregulated drug supply has claimed more…