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Rare red panda found after escape from Belfast Zoo
LONDON - Officials say a rare red panda is safe and sound, a day after it escaped from Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland. The animal went missing on Sunday, and Belfast City Council had urged members of...
Jan 28, 2019
On land acknowledgments, some Indigenous advocates are ambivalent
Canada’s growing embrace of Indigenous land acknowledgments appears to have left some First Nations advocates ambivalent about whether they are a form of reconciliation - or institutional hypocr...
Jan 28, 2019
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to 4 1/2 years
BEIJING - Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison on the charge of subversion of state power Monday, more than three years after he was detained in ...
Jan 28, 2019
Presidential standoff may worsen Venezuelans' misery
CARACAS, Venezuela - The U.S. recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president is being touted by the Trump administration as the only way to restore the countryR...
Jan 28, 2019
AP-NORC poll: Most Americans oppose Trump's foreign policy
WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling U.S. foreign policy and about half think the country’s global standing will deteriorate during the n...
Jan 28, 2019
Moms of the dead from drugs: "Where is the outrage for us?"
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - The moms meet in a parking lot overlooking the little white funeral home and watch the mourners drifting toward the chapel doors - a familiar scene, beginning again. Cheryl Juaire...
Jan 28, 2019
After the overdose: A family's journey into grief and guilt
LA QUINTA, Calif. - There is nothing left to do, no more frantic phone calls to make, no begging or fighting that can fix this because the worst thing that could happen already has, so Doug Biggers se...
Jan 28, 2019
Malaysia defiant despite being stripped of Paralympic event
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s government has remained defiant despite losing the right to host the World Para Swimming Championships after it banned Israelis from competing in the event, a...
Jan 28, 2019
Australian Open champ Osaka is Asia's 1st No. 1 in tennis
MELBOURNE, Australia - Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka is the first player from Asia to top the men’s or women’s tennis rankings while Canada’s Bianca Andreescu jumped 38 positi...
Jan 28, 2019
African Cup pushed back 6 days because of Ramadan
CAIRO - This year’s African Cup of Nations in Egypt has been pushed back by six days to cater for Ramadan and allow Muslim players time to rest and recover after a month of fasting. The Confeder...
Jan 28, 2019