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CARAYACA, Venezuela - Images of a tiny red bird that barely fills the palm of one’s hand appear everywhere in Venezuela - printed on money, labels of craft beer bottles and the cover of children...

JOHANNESBURG - One by one, five to a grave, the coffins are buried in the red earth of this ill-kept corner of a South African cemetery. The scrawl on the cheap wood attests to their anonymity: “...

TORONTO - A novel effort by some survivors to challenge the court-approved settlement of the ’60s Scoop class action amid a squabble over $75 million in legal fees could delay payments to the vi...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - New details about the crashed Lion Air jet’s previous flight cast more doubt on the Indonesian airline’s claim to have fixed technical problems, as hundreds of personn...

VENICE, Italy - Wearing colorful disposable boots, tourists enjoyed outdoor cafes Thursday in St. Mark’s Square in Venice as waters receded from an exceptional high tide. With their feet in wate...

JUCHITAN, Mexico - Thousands of Central American migrants resumed their slow trek through southern Mexico on Thursday, as immigration agents and police nibbled at the edges of the two caravans current...

Red Deer RCMP and The City of Red Deer have officially launched a new downtown policing unit in hopes of addressing growing crime concerns in the city's core. The four-member unit begins its duties to...

The latest test event for the Canada Winter Games is happening now through Sunday at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre. Skate Canada is hosting the figure skating sectional event, which acts as t...

CHICAGO - Police say a baggage handler told them he was drunk when he fell asleep in a cargo hold and flew from Kansas City to Chicago. American Airlines says the Piedmont Airlines employee was workin...

OTTAWA - Well before Statistics Canada set out to scoop up private banking information from 500,000 Canadians, it had already collected reams of corporate and individual tax forms and health records -...