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Iran warns it will increase nuclear enrichment within days
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president is warning Europe that Tehran will "take the next step" in increasing its uranium enrichment this coming Sunday. The comments Wednesday by President Hassan Rouhani furt...
Jul 03, 2019
Riot police clear away protesters from Hong Kong legislature
HONG KONG - Hundreds of protesters swarmed into Hong Kong's legislature Monday night, defacing portraits of lawmakers and spray-painting pro-democracy slogans in the chamber before vacating it as riot...
Jul 03, 2019
Canada celebrates 152nd birthday with fireworks and flybys
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a campaign-style speech focused on his Liberal government's successes over the last four years as he delivered his Canada Day remarks on Parliamen...
Jul 03, 2019
Success has Malaysian rapper Bunga dreaming of music
One of the few Malaysian female rappers, Bunga says she at first didn't consider a career in music. "My initial dream was to be a politician or a lawyer," the 19-year old rapper told The Associated Pr...
Jul 02, 2019
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Is Ginsburg using words carefully?
WASHINGTON - It's been another taxing term for reporters who try to forecast the outcome of high-profile Supreme Court cases. Many of us wrote that based on arguments in late April, the court's five c...
Jul 02, 2019
Airstrike hits migrant detention centre in Libya, 40 killed
BENGHAZI, Libya - An airstrike hit a detention centre for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, a health official in the country's U.N.-supported government said....
Jul 02, 2019
Rafael Devers goes deep twice, drives in six runs as Red Sox beat Jays 10-6
TORONTO - Rafael Devers hit two home runs and had six RBIs as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 10-6 on Tuesday. Christian Vazquez also went deep for the Red Sox (45-40)...
Jul 02, 2019
Japan resumes commercial whaling, seen as face-saving end
TOKYO - Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that's seen as a largely lost cause. Whaling boats embarked Monday on their first commerci...
Jul 02, 2019
Clarification: Trump-North Korea story
In a story June 30, The Associated Press reported that President Donald Trump was joined in his Freedom House conversation with North Korea's Kim Jong Un by his daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump a...
Jul 02, 2019
Pelican Narrows officer re-assigned as RCMP review online video, launch investigation
After a video of a police officer yelling expletives and threatening remarks surfaced on social media over the weekend, the Saskatchewan RCMP have confirmed the Mountie was re-assigned pending an inte...
Jul 02, 2019 An officer pulls his weapon and uses threatening language toward a suspect in Pelican Narrows. This is a screenshot from a video taken of the incident and posted online. Police say a machete was seized during one of three incidents involving the officer they are reviewing. (Facebook)
