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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A five-story building under construction in Sri Lanka’s capital collapsed Thursday, killing one and injuring at least 22 people, officials said. Those injured in the collaps...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Four Indonesian soldiers were killed when a Chinese-made anti-aircraft cannon malfunctioned during an exercise in the Natuna island chain in the South China Sea, the Indonesian mi...

TULSA, Okla. - Tulsa community leaders say the acquittal of a white Oklahoma police officer who killed an unarmed black man ripped open a long-festering wound. From the mayor’s office to schools...

VIENNA - The head of Austria’s Greens party has resigned from all party functions and says she will also give up her seat in parliament. Austria’s political landscape is in turmoil. The go...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s new liberal president vowed Thursday to reopen an investigation into the government’s role in the violent suppression of a 1980 democratic uprisin...

JERUSALEM - An Israeli university department’s decision not to play the national anthem at a graduation ceremony on Thursday has sparked outrage from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s go...

WASHINGTON - Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign Americans are benefiting from solid job security. THE NUMBERS: Applications for weekly unemployment aid fell 4,000 to 232,...

STRATHMORE- Following a hit and run collision that sent a man to hospital, RCMP have laid numerous additional charges in a series of liquor store robberies against an Airdrie resident. On May 8 at 11 ...

Jennifer Lawrence has acknowledged that a tabloid site’s video of her dancing on a stripper pole is the real thing, but the actress says she’s not sorry about it. The video posted by Radar...

EDMONTON – Alberta provincial parks will be getting a five-year makeover. The province has announced a $239-million plan to expand and revitalize the provincial park system, starting with $54.2 ...