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OSLO - Raped after being forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State group, Nadia Murad did not succumb to shame or despair - the young Iraqi woman spoke out. Surgeon Denis Mukwege treated countle...

MONCTON, N.B. - Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who was hit with a cancer diagnosis late last year, says he has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for his leukemia. ...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday in a corruption case that has badly tainted his status as the country&#...

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OSLO - The Latest on the awarding of the Nobel Prizes (all times local): 6:40 p.m. Nobel Peace prize co-winner Nadia Murad of Iraq says she will share her award “with Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds, oth...

STOCKHOLM - The widely anticipated Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded this year to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist who specializes in the treatment of women who have...

MOSCOW - A Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia for plotting acts of terrorism said Friday that he has brought an end to his 144-day hunger strike as he was facing the prospect of being force-fed....

Five stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 5 ___ TRUDEAU VISITS WINDSOR, ONT., TO TOUT NEW BRIDGE Fresh off his government’s completion of a trade deal to replace NAFTA, Prime Minister Justin Tru...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians gave his government a mandate in the last election to implement a national carbon price and that is exactly what it is going to do. “Polluti...

As recreational marijuana legalization looms, some industry insiders are predicting a hot niche in the market for less potent products. At the centre of the shift is an expected influx of new consumer...