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Danish queen's husband Henrik is suffering from dementia
COPENHAGEN - The husband of Queen Margrethe is suffering from dementia, the Danish royal household said Wednesday. The palace said the 83-year-old French-born Prince Henrik had undergone a medical exa...
Sep 06, 2017
Fowl play: Dutch man imprisoned for stealing plastic duck
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch judge has called fowl play on a man who abducted and damaged a giant rubber duck. Prosecutors say in a statement that the 45-year-old was sentenced Wednesday to eight ...
Sep 06, 2017
Universities stocking up on naloxone kits, training staff to deal with opioids
HALIFAX - Some Canadian universities are gearing up for the new academic year by training staff on how to deal with opioid overdoses and equipping them with naloxone kits. The University of King’...
Sep 06, 2017
Police officer delivers son in hotel parking lot
ROCKFORD, Ill. - An Illinois police officer has delivered his son in a hotel parking lot. The Rockford Register Star reports (http://bit.ly/2j16aTg ) Rockford officer James Nachampassack was on duty e...
Sep 06, 2017
Bank of Canada hikes interest rate to 1% as country's powerful growth broadens
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has raised its interest rate for the second time in less than two months in an effort to adjust to the unexpected force of the country’s economic momentum. Wednesday&...
Sep 06, 2017
Aid groups struggle as more Rohingya flood into Bangladesh
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Aid agencies were struggling to cope with a nonstop flood of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, where some 146,000 have arrived hungry and terrified after fleeing renew...
Sep 06, 2017
CARTOON 09-06-2017
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 09-06-2017
Sep 06, 2017
US adds launchers to THAAD as dozens hurt in SKorea protests
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Dozens of people were injured in clashes between South Korean protesters and police Thursday as the U.S. military added more launchers to the high-tech missile-defence syst...
Sep 06, 2017
NAFTA: The view from a mind-bogglingly massive Mexican market
MEXICO CITY - In the middle of Mexico City, there’s an outdoor market so massive you’d need a helicopter to witness its entirety: 90,000 employees, 62,000 daily truck deliveries, supplying...
Sep 06, 2017
Nova Scotia teens charged in naked photo ring case handed conditional discharges
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - Six young Nova Scotia men who admitted to exchanging intimate images of at least 20 girls without their consent treated the victims as “objects for the accused’s own se...
Sep 06, 2017