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Special forces operating on 'borrowed time', need more troops: general
OTTAWA - Canada’s elite special forces soldiers risk being run ragged after spending three years deployed in Iraq, as well as in several other lesser-known places around the globe, their deputy ...
Jul 04, 2017
Lowrider street art merges with museum works at LA exhibit
LOS ANGELES - Lowrider cars these days are far more than tricked-out automobiles with gravity-challenged rear suspensions and ear-rattling exhaust systems that seem to cry out for local cops to ticket...
Jul 04, 2017
China rocket failure likely to set back next space missions
BEIJING - The failure of China’s Long March 5 rocket deals a rare setback to China’s highly successful space program that could delay plans to bring back moon samples and offer rival India...
Jul 04, 2017
Arizona won't give Trump extensive voter registration info
PHOENIX - Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan has done an about-face and now says the state won’t provide extensive voter registration information to the Trump administration. In a stateme...
Jul 04, 2017
Some Cubans choose dose of private medicine despite price
HAVANA - For a dollar, Cuban podiatrist Serafin Barca will spend a half hour cutting the corns off a senior citizen’s foot, or nearly an hour removing a stubborn wart. The 80-year-old is among t...
Jul 04, 2017
Man wins lawsuit in China over forced gay conversion therapy
BEIJING - A gay man in central China has successfully sued a mental hospital over forced conversion therapy, in what activists are hailing as the first such victory in a country where the LGBT rights ...
Jul 04, 2017
Qatar, isolated by neighbours, plans gas output boost
DOHA, Qatar - The energy-rich Gulf nation of Qatar, facing further isolation from its neighbours amid an ongoing diplomatic rift, said Tuesday it plans to boost production of liquefied natural gas by ...
Jul 04, 2017
Robots to aid tourists, clean floors at South Korean airport
INCHEON, Korea, Republic Of - Robots will start roaming South Korea’s largest airport this summer, helping travellers find their boarding gates and keep its floors clean as the country prepares ...
Jul 04, 2017
Pyeongchang Olympics are icy path to warmer Korean relations
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Tears and hugs after North and South Korean women won the 1991 team table tennis world championships. A standing ovation when athletes from the two Koreas marched together ...
Jul 04, 2017
Pee Wee Braves win gold in Kamloops
The Red Deer Dairy Queen Pee Wee AAA Braves won gold in tournament action in Kamloops, BC over the long weekend. The Braves went undefeated (4-0-1) including a 6-2 win over Coquitlam in the semi-final...
Jul 04, 2017