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French yellow vest protesters seek momentum on 15th week
PARIS - Thousands of yellow vest protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday for a 15th straight weekend of demonstrations, trying to re-energize supporters while tamping down on the viol...
Feb 25, 2019
Senior Taliban leaders in Qatar for talks with US envoy
DOHA, Qatar - Senior Taliban leaders, including one of the group's founders, were to hold another round of talks Monday in Qatar with Washington's special peace envoy as U.S. efforts intensify to find...
Feb 25, 2019
US and Venezuela opposition to discuss ways to oust Maduro
WASHINGTON - The United States is planning new ways to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to give up power and other means to provide assistance to the people of the economically devastated ...
Feb 25, 2019
Media watchdog says Williams cartoon didn't breach standards
SYDNEY, Australia - The Australian Press Council has ruled there was no breach of its standards of practice in a cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams which attracted global condemnation after being ...
Feb 25, 2019
Officials say person with measles flew from Vancouver to Edmonton to NWT
VANCOUVER - Two new cases of measles were reported in British Columbia on Sunday, with one of them prompting officials in Alberta and the Northwest Territories to warn the person may have ex...
Feb 25, 2019
Media watchdog says Williams cartoon didn't breach standards
SYDNEY, Australia - The Australian Press Council has ruled there was no breach of its standards of practice in a cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams which attracted global condemnation after being ...
Feb 25, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 25
Five stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 25 --- SINGH'S FATE IN HANDS OF BYELECTION VOTERS Jagmeet Singh's political fatem, and the fortunes of the New Democratic P...
Feb 25, 2019
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un boards train to summit
DANDONG, China - North Korea leader Kim Jong Un was on a train Sunday to Vietnam for his second summit with President Donald Trump, state media confirmed. Kim was accompanied by Kim Yong Chol, who has...
Feb 25, 2019
Women take Catholic bishops to task at Vatican abuse summit
VATICAN CITY - A prominent Nigerian nun blasted the culture of silence that has long kept clergy sexual abuse hidden in the Catholic Church, telling Catholic leaders Saturday that they must transparen...
Feb 25, 2019
A 'warm embrace' for grieving parents at funeral of seven young fire victims
HALIFAX - One by one, seven small white caskets were carried inside a cavernous waterfront hall on Saturday, where thousands of mourners gathered for an emotional embrace of grieving parents who&...
Feb 25, 2019