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2 British tourists freed after being kidnapped in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo - Two British tourists have been released in eastern Congo two days after being kidnapped, according to announcements Sunday by Virunga National Park and the British foreign secretary....
May 13, 2018
Money and politics: resignation announcements hit Quebec Liberals ahead of fall vote
MONTREAL - News that several Quebec Liberals won’t seek re-election this year has fuelled speculation the governing party’s boat is sinking, but former politicians caution against assuming...
May 13, 2018
Five things to know about the Gladue decision
VANCOUVER - It’s been nearly two decades since Canada’s highest court handed down its landmark Gladue decision on sentencing Indigenous offenders. Here are five things to know about the ca...
May 13, 2018
Work still needed years after landmark ruling on Indigenous sentencing: lawyers
VANCOUVER - Nearly two decades after a landmark court decision on sentencing Indigenous offenders, lawyers say there are no national standards for implementing the ruling and too many Aboriginal peopl...
May 13, 2018
Iran sentences 8 to death over Islamic State attacks
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has sentenced eight people to death over attacks claimed by the Islamic State group last year. Mousa Ghazanfarabadi, the head of the Tehran Revolutionary Courts, told state TV Sund...
May 13, 2018
Bridge collapses into river in Kashmir; 5 dead, 11 missing
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - An old wooden bridge over a fast-moving river in Kashmir collapsed as dozens of students were taking pictures on it, leading to at least five deaths on Sunday. Javed Ayub, a s...
May 13, 2018
Israel kicks off US Embassy celebration, boosts border force
JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday kicked off festivities to celebrate the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, even as it bolstered its forces along the Gaza border and in the West Bank in anticip...
May 13, 2018
Militants attack Afghan government building, 10 dead
KABUL - Militants attacked a provincial government building in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least ten people, officials said. Attahullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the governor of Nangar...
May 13, 2018
CARTOON 05-13-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 05-13-2018
May 13, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $18 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $18 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackp...
May 13, 2018