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Cambodia's ex-opposition leader freed awaiting treason trial
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The leader of Cambodia’s now dissolved opposition party was freed on highly restrictive bail Monday after being jailed for a year on a treason charge, the latest governmen...
Sep 10, 2018
Unlikely weapon: petanque balls help disarm Paris attacker
PARIS - They only went out to play a calm game of petanque and enjoy some late summer warmth by a Parisian canal. By the end of the evening, the three friends had neutralized a knife-wielding attacker...
Sep 10, 2018
Pence confident no one on his staff wrote NY Times column
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence says he’s “100 per cent confident” that no one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticizing President Donald ...
Sep 10, 2018
Case against officer who killed neighbour to go to grand jury
DALLAS - The case against a white Dallas police officer who shot and killed a black neighbour will be presented to a grand jury, which could decide on more serious charges than manslaughter, the distr...
Sep 10, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's not-so-strong Medicare, economy myths
WASHINGTON - Eager to dismiss his critics, President Donald Trump is fabricating the circumstances regarding jobs, the economy and the social safety net. He insists that Social Security and Medicare a...
Sep 10, 2018
On front line of trade, EU ports fear overnight Brexit chaos
ZEEBRUGGE, Belgium - With arms flailing and raised voices, a shipping manager and a customs chief in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge talk through all the things that could go wrong if the Brexit talks f...
Sep 10, 2018
In Congo, a new and less isolating Ebola treatment centre
BENI, Congo - Two times a day, Kasereka Mulanda comes to a new kind of Ebola treatment centre to visit his wife, easing the isolation of a highly contagious disease. Stepping to the clear plastic shee...
Sep 10, 2018
AMA aiming for new roadside safety legislation
EDMONTON- Drivers in Alberta could be seeing some changes when it comes to passing accident scenes on highways. Alberta is currently the only province where motorists passing an accident scene must sl...
Sep 10, 2018
No growth Sunday in Waterton fire, but concerns about weather Monday
WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK - Crews battling the Boundary Wildfire had some help from the weather over the weekend. Amid cooler temperatures with moderate wind, helicopter buckets were able to help m...
Sep 10, 2018
Halifax sex assault trial delayed again as U.K. sailor remains hospitalized
HALIFAX - One of two British sailors accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Halifax-area military base is still in hospital, delaying their trial yet again. Simon Radford’s lawyer told Nova...
Sep 10, 2018