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BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territory - Pilgrims from around the world flocked to Bethlehem on Monday for what was believed to be the biblical West Bank city’s largest Christmas celebrations in years...

ISLAMABAD - An anti-graft tribunal sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison for corruption on Monday, drawing criticism from his party, which said the decision was a ̶...

Five stories in the news for Monday, Dec. 24 --- THOUSANDS STILL WITHOUT POWER IN B.C. Crews continue to repair broken transformers and retstring hydro lines after last Thursday’s fearsome winds...

COPENHAGEN - A car thief had to call the police to ask for help after he was trapped inside the car he was trying to steal. Police in Trondheim said the young man, who wasn’t identified, called ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump met Monday with his Homeland Security secretary and other officials to discuss border security issues as a partial government shutdown over his U.S.-Mexico border w...

SATURNA ISLAND, B.C. - Lorna Archer-Quinn will be joining other residents of Saturna Island in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia for a warm community dinner on Christmas. A 12-year resident of th...

VANCOUVER - For two decades experts have been carefully nursing a community of endangered northern leopard frogs in B.C.’s Kootenay region but invasive bullfrogs and fish threaten to muscle in, ...

WASHINGTON - The departure of Defence Secretary Jim Mattis in a week will thrust President Donald Trump’s largely unknown choice for acting Pentagon chief into the military hot seat and shift at...

SHANGHAI - It took less than 24 hours for all the Christmas trees, lights and bells to disappear from a 27-story shopping and office complex in the Chinese city of Nanyang. Even the giant teddy bear a...

SYDNEY, Australia - More than 3,000 people living in or near a 36-story apartment high-rise at Sydney’s Olympic Park were evacuated Monday after residents reported hearing cracking noises. Firef...