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Trump campaign created own rules on sexual harassment
WASHINGTON - “You can do anything,” Donald Trump once boasted, speaking of groping and kissing unsuspecting women. Maybe he could, but not everyone can. The candidate who openly bragged ab...
Nov 17, 2017
'Friendship' defence, lack of 'smoking gun' aided Menendez
NEWARK, N.J. - Jurors in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez didn’t think the government’s case was strong enough to convict the New Jersey Democrat and a wealthy friend, according to i...
Nov 17, 2017
US says Sudan cutting trade, military ties to North Korea
WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday that Sudan will cut all military and trade ties to North Korea, a move that would be a significant victory in the Trump administration’s efforts to i...
Nov 17, 2017
Congress debates oil drilling in largest US wildlife refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sometime next April, pregnant cows in the Porcupine Caribou Herd in Canada will take the lead in an annual migration of nearly 200,000 animals north to Alaska. From winter grounds ...
Nov 17, 2017
Senior Chinese envoy in North Korea amid chill in ties
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - The highest-level Chinese envoy to North Korea in two years held meetings in the country’s capital to try to improve relations that have...
Nov 17, 2017
Jerusalem cemetery goes deep underground with tunnel burials
JERUSALEM - A beehive-like structure built deep underground in Jerusalem is providing an innovative solution for the holy city’s chronic shortage of burial space for the dead. Tunnels stretching...
Nov 17, 2017
Lebanon Prime Minister Hariri's future on uncertain path
BEIRUT - Saad Hariri has seen a lot in his 47 years. His father, Lebanon’s charismatic leader and influential businessman Rafik Hariri, was assassinated in a 2005 bombing that rocked the country...
Nov 17, 2017
Pinera likely to win Chile elections, but runoff expected
SANTIAGO, Chile - Four years after leaving office as a deeply unpopular leader, Sebastian Pinera is a strong favourite to win Sunday’s presidential election in Chile, though he’s unlikely ...
Nov 17, 2017
Some residents unaccounted for after huge senior centre fire
Authorities struggled on Friday to account for the whereabouts of all the residents of a Pennsylvania senior living community after a massive blaze tore through their complex during the middle of the ...
Nov 17, 2017
Climate talks wrap up with progress on Paris rulebook
BONN, Germany - Global talks on curbing climate change wrapped up Friday, with delegates and observers claiming progress on several key details of the 2015 Paris accord. The two-week negotiations focu...
Nov 17, 2017