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Australia says its citizen freed in Yemen with Oman's help
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Australia’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that an Australian citizen kidnapped in Yemen last year has been released following assistance by the sultanate ...
May 24, 2017
France: Macron ally faces nepotism allegations, amid cleanup
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron’s effort to clean up politics has suffered its first blow, with a newspaper report suggesting a dubious property deal by one of his ministers. Social Coh...
May 24, 2017
Elvis Week to feature concerts, auction, candlelight vigil
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Musical performances, a memorabilia auction and a candlelight vigil are among events planned this Elvis Week, the annual celebration honouring Elvis Presley. Every year around the ann...
May 24, 2017
Lethbridge woman accused of making threats against PM’s wife
LETHBRIDGE - A 49-year old Lethbridge woman is facing charges, in connection with alleged threats made against the Canadian government, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife, Sophie Grgoire T...
May 24, 2017
Woman killed in crash near Nevis
A crash east of Red Deer Tuesday afternoon between a car and a semi claimed the life of a 39-year-old woman. It was just before 4 p.m. when firefighters from Stettler and Alix, along with EMS and RCMP...
May 24, 2017
Victims of the bombing: Parents, children, police officer
LONDON - The names of the 22 victims killed by a bomber at a Manchester concert on Monday night have not been officially released, but here what’s known about them so far: Michelle Kiss was a mo...
May 24, 2017
Halifax medical student accused of murder was deeply in debt, trial told
HALIFAX - Medical student William Sandeson was deeply in debt and under pressure from his parents about his spending in the weeks before he allegedly murdered another student during a drug deal, a Hal...
May 24, 2017
Rescuers say 34 migrant bodies pulled from sea off Libya
ROME - The bodies of at least 34 migrants, many of them young children, were recovered from the sea off Libya after some 200 migrants tumbled into rough waters when their overcrowded smugglers’ ...
May 24, 2017
Quebec's construction sector falls idle with mass walkout
MONTREAL - Quebec construction sites fell idle Wednesday after a union alliance representing about 175,000 workers launched an unlimited general strike, crippling activity on major projects such as th...
May 24, 2017
Playmate tastes shame, ordered to clean up urban grit
LOS ANGELES - Dani Mathers earned fame posing as a nude model. She gained notoriety on the other side of the camera when she snapped a photo of an unwitting and unwilling subject - a naked 71-year-old...
May 24, 2017