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Searchers in California wildfire step up efforts; 77 dead
CHICO, Calif. - Volunteers in white coveralls, hard hats and masks poked through ash and debris Sunday, searching for the remains of victims of the devastating Northern California wildfire before rain...
Nov 18, 2018
UK leader warns ousting her won't make Brexit talks easier
LONDON - Britain’s besieged Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that a leadership change wouldn’t make Brexit negotiations easier, as opponents in her Conservative Party threaten to u...
Nov 18, 2018
Netanyahu keeps coalition intact, but Hamas emerges stronger
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday survived a political showdown that had threatened to bring down his coalition and trigger early elections. Netanyahu managed to persuade...
Nov 18, 2018
Taliban hold talks with US envoy in Qatar
ISLAMABAD - The Taliban have held three days of talks with U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Gulf state of Qatar, where the Afghan insurgent group has a political office, a Taliban official and anoth...
Nov 18, 2018
Grenade attack on northern India prayer hall kills 3
AMRITSAR, India - Three people were killed and over a dozen injured on Sunday when two men on a motorbike targeted a prayer hall with a grenade in northern India, police said. The two masked men threw...
Nov 18, 2018
'Quebec is an embarrassment': Province urged to do more on cybersecurity
MONTREAL - On Sept. 10, municipal employees in a region between Montreal and Quebec City arrived at work to discover a threatening message on their computers notifying them they were locked out of all...
Nov 18, 2018
Grassroots video rants and Braveheart spoofs engage B.C. referendum voters
VICTORIA - Homemade videos by a Vancouver filmmaker featuring scenes of his toddler’s escapades and shots of a friend’s Pomeranian named Nacho are fast becoming the indie hit of British Co...
Nov 18, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $9.3 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $9.3 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder somewhere on the Pra...
Nov 18, 2018
CARTOON 11-18-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 11-18-2018
Nov 18, 2018
Trudeau says he won't negotiate in public on future of LGBTQ rights in USMCA
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t saying what he is willing to do to keep a provision protecting labour rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer workers ins...
Nov 18, 2018