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Cambodia's top court orders opposition party dissolved
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia’s Supreme Court ordered the main opposition party to be dissolved on Thursday, dealing a crushing blow to democratic aspirations in the increasingly oppressive So...
Nov 16, 2017
CARTOON 11-16-2017
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 11-16-2017
Nov 16, 2017
Police arrest man who held hostages in Madrid bank hold-up
MADRID - Spanish police said Thursday they arrested a man who took several people hostage while trying to rob a bank in Madrid. A National Police spokesman said the man gave himself up after police ta...
Nov 16, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Nov. 16
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Nov. 16 --- CANADA OFFERS PEACEKEEPING TROOPS, EQUIPMENT TO UN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has offered the UN soldiers, equipment and $21 million to help boost ...
Nov 16, 2017
Security detainee Mohamed Harkat seeks more freedom to go online, travel
OTTAWA - The wife of terror suspect Mohamed Harkat told a court Thursday her husband wouldn’t hurt a bug - literally - as she argued for fewer federal restrictions on his everyday activities. Au...
Nov 16, 2017
Quebec felt heavy public pressure to table strict marijuana law: stakeholders
MONTREAL - Public pressure on the Quebec government was so strong it had little choice but to table a strict bill on marijuana legalization that will give the province full control over the industry, ...
Nov 16, 2017
Valerie Plante sworn in as Montreal's first female mayor
MONTREAL - Promising to be a “happy warrior” for Montrealers, Valerie Plante was sworn in on Thursday as the city’s first female mayor in its 375-year history. Plante received a stan...
Nov 16, 2017
Cyber Insecurity: the high stakes of data protection in an interconnected world
TORONTO - What is nearly imperceptible, leaks important secrets and can keep Canada's top bankers up at night? A cyberattack. It’s not a punch line but a seriously haunting prospect for those in...
Nov 16, 2017
Five things about Canada's Walk of Fame
TORONTO - Six people were inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame Wednesday - sprinter Donovan Bailey, actress Anna Paquin, environmentalist David Suzuki, civil rights leader Viola Desmond, country ...
Nov 15, 2017
Newly discovered Chandler story chastises medical industry
NEW YORK - A newly discovered Raymond Chandler story has everything from an indictment of the medical industry to some mysterious scribble. “It’s All Right: He Only Died,” the title ...
Nov 15, 2017