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Mahathir wants to rule Malaysia again, shakes up election
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s former authoritarian leader Mahathir Mohamad wasn’t invited to the forum that planned to debate whether at well past 90 years he is too old to be prime ...
May 3, 2018
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps await new danger: rain
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh - The Rohingya refugees have escaped soldiers and gunfire. They have escaped mobs that stormed through their villages, killing and raping and burning. They have fled Myanmar, th...
May 3, 2018
Man's attempt to deter pigeons nets a warning from the RCMP
Their coos may be an annoyance to many, but one man's actions to try and deter pigeons from his area resulted in a talking to from the RCMP. Drayton Valley Mounties say on May 1 just before 11:30 a.m....
May 3, 2018
George Harrison's first electric guitar up for auction
NEW YORK - George Harrison’s first electric guitar is up for auction. Julien’s Auctions says Harrison played the Hoffner Club 40 when The Beatles played around Liverpool, England, as The Q...
May 3, 2018
Paulina Porizkova, Ric Ocasek separate after 28 years
NEW YORK - Paulina Porizkova and Ric Ocasek have separated after 28 years of marriage. The model and actress announced on Instagram on Wednesday that she and the Cars rocker have not been a couple ...
May 3, 2018
Teachers flee, schools close in Kenya with al-Shabab attacks
NAIROBI, Kenya - Every school day, Abdirizack Hussein Bashir rises at dawn for an eight-kilometre (five-mile) trek through a dangerous forest where he sometimes faces harassment by Kenyan army patrols...
May 3, 2018
Vanuatu plans to permanently evacuate entire volcanic island
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Pacific nation of Vanuatu is preparing to permanently evacuate the entire population of one of its islands as thick ash spewing from a volcano kills crops, dirties water ...
May 3, 2018
US productivity grows at tepid 0.7 per cent rate in Q1
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity grew at an annual rate of 0.7 per cent in the first three months of this year, a weak reading but a slight improvement from the previous quarter. The first quarter incre...
May 3, 2018
Judge OKs taking DNA, photos of Golden State Killer suspect
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Prosecutors can collect DNA, fingerprints and body photographs of the former policeman suspected of being California’s Golden State Killer, a judge ruled Thursday. Attorneys...
May 3, 2018
Police response to Vegas shooting divides experts, survivor
LAS VEGAS - Police and hotel employees’ actions as gunfire rained from a Las Vegas resort onto an outdoor concert drew mixed reactions Thursday after newly released video showed authorities maki...
May 3, 2018