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Cyclone death toll above 750; fighting disease new challenge
BEIRA, Mozambique - Cyclone Idai's death toll has risen above 750 in the three southern African countries hit 10 days ago by the storm, as workers restore electricity, water and try to prevent outbrea...
Mar 24, 2019
Police watchdog called in after Calgary officer allegedly shoots man
Alberta's police oversight unit has been called in after Calgary police say one of their officers shot a man yesterday.Police say they were responding to a report of an armed home invasion, and they s...
Mar 24, 2019
Fog slows down operations at Edmonton Airport
Thick fog forced operations to grind to a halt at Edmonton International Airport yesterday, and police reported over two dozen collisions.Airport spokeswoman Traci Bednard said no arriving or departin...
Mar 24, 2019
Thais vote in long-delayed poll pitting junta versus critics
BANGKOK - Nearly five years after a coup, Thailand was voting Sunday in a long-delayed election that sets a military-backed party against the populist political force the generals overthrew. Prime Min...
Mar 24, 2019
Driver working with NBC News killed in Syria
BAGHOUZ, Syria - A driver working with NBC News reporters in Syria was killed Saturday by an explosive device in eastern Syria, where several media outlets are covering the liberation of the last sliv...
Mar 24, 2019
Thousands attend New Zealand vigil to honour 50 mosque dead
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Thousands of people gathered in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Sunday to listen to prayers, songs and speeches at a vigil to remember the 50 people killed in a ter...
Mar 24, 2019
Barr preparing a summary of Mueller report's key conclusions
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr scoured special counsel Robert Mueller's confidential report on the Russia investigation with his advisers, deciding how much Congress and the American publi...
Mar 24, 2019
UK's Theresa May faces pressure to step down to save Brexit
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure from within her own party either to resign or to set a date for stepping down as a way to build support for her Brexit agreement with the Eur...
Mar 24, 2019
More passengers lifted off Norway cruise ship before towing
STAVANGER, Norway - Rescue workers are evacuating more passengers from a cruise ship that had engine problems in bad weather off Norway's western coast while authorities prepare to tow the vessel to a...
Mar 24, 2019
Russian arrested smuggling drugged orangutan in Indonesia
DENPASAR, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the resort island of Bali, a conservation official said Sunday. An...
Mar 24, 2019