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Ukraine's ultra-right increasingly visible as election nears
KIEV, Ukraine - As Ukraine's presidential election draws near, its ultranationalist groups are becoming increasingly visible, posing a dilemma for the West. Thousands of far-right activists marched to...
Mar 27, 2019

Trump assembling an army of operatives for re-election fight
WASHINGTON - In 2016, President Donald Trump compared Hillary Clinton's campaign to the lumbering federal bureaucracy. Now he's building one of his own. From an office tower across the Potomac River f...
Mar 27, 2019

Major revamp planned for FAA's oversight process
America's standing as the model for aviation-safety regulation will be on trial as congressional hearings begin into the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of Boeing before and after two dead...
Mar 27, 2019

UK lawmakers prepare to vote on alternatives to Brexit deal
LONDON - British lawmakers were preparing to vote Wednesday on multiple options for leaving the European Union as they sought to bring some clarity to the country's tortured Brexit process. In the wak...
Mar 27, 2019

Norway opens probe into why cruise ship ventured into storm
COPENHAGEN - Norwegian officials have opened an investigation into why a cruise ship carrying more than 1,370 people set sail along the country's often wild western coast despite storm warnings, forci...
Mar 27, 2019

'It will get worse': Perilous times for kids hit by cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique - Her name is Chuva, which in Portuguese means rain. For four days that was all she saw as she clung to her rooftop in the cyclone's aftermath and prayed to be saved. Maria Chuva cla...
Mar 27, 2019

UN makes urgent appeal to help victims of Mozambique cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique - The United Nations is making an emergency appeal for $282 million for the next three months to help Mozambique start recovering from the devastation of Cyclone Idai. The U.N. fundi...
Mar 27, 2019

Shakira defends her song against plagiarism in Spanish court
MADRID - Colombian singers Shakira and Carlos Vives have appeared in a Madrid court to answer allegations by a Cuban-born singer and producer that they plagiarized his work in their award-winning hit ...
Mar 27, 2019

4 Peace region products have season end in Game 7
It was a heart-breaking end to the season for 4 Peace region hockey players Tuesday night.Falher product Walker Cote, Beaverlodge native Logan Moon, and Jarrod Isley and Eric Sorenson of Grande Prairi...
Mar 27, 2019 (photo credit to Clark Stork)

Toronto Blue Jays prepared to be underestimated for upcoming 2019 season
MONTREAL - Randal Grichuk is OK with the experts and pundits who've counted out the Toronto Blue Jays this season. "It's one of those (teams) where people are underestimating the talent that we have a...
Mar 27, 2019