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Study: Pollution kills 9 million a year, costs $4.6 trillion
NEW DELHI - Environmental pollution - from filthy air to contaminated water - is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. ...
Oct 20, 2017
Viral smartphone game lets ordinary Chinese 'clap' for Xi
BEIJING - Ordinary young Chinese may not have paid close attention to Xi Jinping’s 3 1/2-hour speech this week, but they’re happy to “applaud” the president in the newest viral...
Oct 20, 2017
Make China Great Again! Xi leads China into muscular new era
BEIJING - In this summer’s “Wolf Warrior II,” Chinese action star Wu Jing portrays a tough super-patriot who rescues both fellow countrymen and oppressed Africans with help from the ...
Oct 20, 2017
What Puerto Rico is doing to get the power back after storm
BARCELONETA, Puerto Rico - Electrical linemen descend from helicopters, balancing on steel girders 90 feet high on transmission towers in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, far from any road. At th...
Oct 20, 2017
Bangkok returns to mourning colours, but what of the future?
BANGKOK - Tucked in his cramped clothing stall in an enormous Thai mall, Pirumchai Asiram sits on a plastic chair flanked by two worlds - bright, vibrantly colored shirts and dresses to his right, nea...
Oct 20, 2017
Prominent chefs, bakers say businesses can't pick customers
WASHINGTON - Prominent chefs, bakers and restaurant owners want the Supreme Court to rule against a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding. The food makers...
Oct 20, 2017
Judge rules Quebec is within its constitutional rights to establish gun registry
MONTREAL - Quebec’s long-gun registry doesn’t infringe on federal jurisdiction, says a judge who has rejected a motion seeking to see it shelved. The National Firearms Association, in conj...
Oct 20, 2017
Halifax pitches abandoned military site for Amazon campus in declassified report
HALIFAX - A declassified Halifax regional council report reveals new details of the city’s longshot bid to woo online retail giant Amazon, including offering the site of a former military commun...
Oct 20, 2017
Caviar recalled due to risk of botulism, Canadian Food Inspection Agency says
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a brand of caviar is being recalled because it may contain a dangerous toxin. The agency says the International House of Caviar is recalling its brand...
Oct 20, 2017
Drone video shows devastation in Raqqa, Syria
RAQQA, Syria - Drone footage from the northern Syrian city of Raqqa shows the extent of devastation caused by weeks of fighting between Kurdish-led forces and the Islamic State group and thousands of ...
Oct 20, 2017