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Okurrr: Cardi B leads with 21 Billboard Awards nominations

NEW YORK - Cardi B is the leading contender at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards with 21 nominations. NBC and dick clark productions announced Thursday the 26-year-old rapper is up for honours including...

Apr 04, 2019

Blast at Russian elite military academy wounds 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Officials in Russia say an explosion inside an elite military academy in the country's second-largest city has wounded four people. An unidentified explosive device went off e...

Apr 04, 2019

Mozambique cholera cases now above 1,400; vaccines arrive

BEIRA, Mozambique - Cholera cases in cyclone-hit Mozambique have risen above 1,400, government officials said Tuesday, as hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses arrived in an attempt to limit the rapi...

Apr 04, 2019

2020 by the numbers: Democratic candidates posting big stats

WASHINGTON - How many ways can you measure the first quarter of the year? For Democratic presidential candidates, it's 300-plus events, 26 states and hundreds of voter questions. The Iowa caucus is st...

Apr 04, 2019

Pope: Women have 'legitimate claims' for justice, equality

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said in a document released Tuesday that women have "legitimate claims" to seek more equality in the Catholic Church, but he stopped short of endorsing recent calls from hi...

Apr 04, 2019

May: UK to seek further Brexit delay, try to break logjam

LONDON - With Britain racing toward a chaotic exit from the European Union within days, Prime Minister Theresa May veered away from the cliff-edge Tuesday, saying she would seek a further delay to Bre...

Apr 04, 2019

Algerian president steps down amid protests, army pressure

ALGIERS, Algeria - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down on Tuesday after 20 years in office, and six weeks of massive nationwide protests aimed at pushing him and his much-criticized i...

Apr 04, 2019

'Pretend you have a cold': Pelosi advises Biden on women

WASHINGTON - As former Vice-President Joe Biden's camp scrambles to contain any political damage over his past behaviour with women, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has some words of advice: Keep your dist...

Apr 04, 2019

New Zealand lawmakers pass initial vote for new gun controls

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of new gun restrictions during the first stage of a bill they hope to rush into law by the end of next week. T...

Apr 04, 2019

Report: Crew of doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight followed procedures

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A preliminary report released Thursday by Ethiopia's government has found the crew of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed shortly after takeoff last month performed al...

Apr 04, 2019