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Militant siege, drug killings mark Duterte's stormy 1st year
MANILA, Philippines - It’s been a remarkably turbulent first year for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, whose war on drugs has left thousands of suspects dead and prompted critics to call hi...
Jun 30, 2017
South Africa's Zuma admits party corruption, targets critics
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday acknowledged corruption and other “negative tendencies” in the ruling party that has led since the end of apartheid in 1994, but...
Jun 30, 2017
UN chief: Progress in Cyprus talks, much more to be done
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Progress has been slow in high-level talks to reunify the ethnically divided island of Cyprus, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday, with security issues in particular...
Jun 30, 2017
Whale-watching comes under scrutiny at South Africa meeting
JOHANNESBURG - Whale-watching is a growing tourist business in many parts of the world, and delegates to an international whale conference in South Africa say guidelines to protect the animals are inc...
Jun 30, 2017
Obama makes nostalgic trip to his Indonesia childhood home
BOGOR, Indonesia - Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his family arrived Friday in his childhood home of Jakarta on the last leg of a 10-day vacation in Indonesia, where they visited ancient templ...
Jun 30, 2017
Missing young woman was likely murdered, Newfoundland police believe
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police believe Cortney Lake - the young Newfoundland mother whose disappearance generated an outpouring of concern - was murdered. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Fri...
Jun 30, 2017
Hundreds line the streets in Ontario to meet Prince Charles, Camilla
WELLINGTON, Ont. - Hundreds of royal-watchers lined the streets of a picturesque, eastern Ontario village Friday to try and get a glimpse of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on the second d...
Jun 30, 2017
Police get man to surrender after he allegedly challenges them to shoot him
HALIFAX - Police say they were able to encourage a knife-wielding man to surrender after he allegedly challenged them to shoot him. Officers say they were called at about 12:30 a.m. to Duffus Street i...
Jun 30, 2017
Order of Canada marks 50 years with quintessential Canadian additions
OTTAWA - Peter McAuslan was 21 in 1967 when he took three weeks to hitchhike from Vancouver to Montreal, stopping in local pubs to watch the Stanley Cup final along the way. The trip across the countr...
Jun 30, 2017
A quick glance at a few of the new recipients of the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Rideau Hall is adding 99 new members to the Order of Canada, which turns 50 this year. Gov.-Gen. David Johnston said the individuals on today’s list, just like those appointed half a ce...
Jun 30, 2017