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'The definition of family is evolving': collective housing creates community
VANCOUVER - In a city known for soaring real estate prices and low vacancies, some people in Vancouver are finding innovative ways of blending their housing and social needs. One option is called coll...
May 6, 2018
Israeli PM steps up calls to end the Iranian nuclear deal
JERUSALEM - Israel’s prime minister on Sunday stepped up his calls for world powers to end the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran as President Donald Trump decides whether to withdraw from the agreemen...
May 6, 2018
Giraffe kills filmmaker at wildlife facility in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - A giraffe has killed a South African filmmaker who was on assignment at a wildlife facility northwest of Johannesburg. Filming agency CallaCrew says Carlos Carvalho was filming a featur...
May 6, 2018
Low turnout worries politicians as Lebanon voting ends
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s first national elections in nine years were marked by a tepid turnout Sunday, reflecting voter frustration over endemic corruption and a stagnant economy. Politicians had urge...
May 6, 2018
Officials: 26 homes, 4 other buildings destroyed by volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii - The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 26 on Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 metres) into the air. In revised figur...
May 6, 2018
Flood waters in New Brunswick raise concerns for health and safety
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - As flood waters continue to rise in southern New Brunswick, so too do concerns for health and safety. “Lots of sewage systems have been compromised by flooding, and when they&...
May 6, 2018
CARTOON 05-06-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 05-06-2018
May 6, 2018
2 found dead in quake-hit Polish coal mine; 3 still missing
WARSAW, Poland - Polish rescue workers on Sunday found the bodies of two miners after an earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland. Three other miners remain missing some 900 metres (2,950 feet) b...
May 6, 2018
Bombing at mosque in Afghanistan kills 14, wounds 33
KABUL - A bomb blast inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan that was being used as a voter registration centre killed at least 14 people and wounded 33, officials said on Sunday. Talib Mangal, spokesm...
May 6, 2018
Suspected water contamination kills 10 Cambodians; 120 ill
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Ten Cambodian villagers have died and 120 others have been sickened after drinking water suspected to be contaminated with insecticide, a health official said Sunday. The dead a...
May 6, 2018