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Leading candidates cast their votes in the French election
Marine Le Pen has made it into the second round of France's presidential elections, according to the exit polls.
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Marine Le Pen has made it into the second round of France's presidential elections, according to the exit polls.Prisoners' family: Trump 'personally' engaged Egypt to save aid workers
Working closely with the Trump administration was very important for my family at this critical time.
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Working closely with the Trump administration was very important for my family at this critical time.
Canada could be called on for troops in event of war with North KoreaMisc World | 208349 hits | 12:59 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canada has not been asked to contribute to any kind of military buildup around Korea. He says the Liberal government prefers to concentrate on diplomacy and would not discuss the country's obligations under the armistic Under post-Cold War treaty, Russians surveilling Canadian military basesMisc World | 208410 hits | 8:58 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Russia is using a post-Cold War agreement to conduct an aerial surveillance mission over Canadian military facilities this week, even as relations between the two countries remain frosty. A rare look at daily life in PyongyangMisc World | 208598 hits | 7:24 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Views of public life are tightly controlled in North Korea. But during a recent six-day trip to Pyongyang, CBC News got a look at life on the streets of the capital city. Asteroid to make close pass to Earth on WednesdayMisc World | 206875 hits | 6:12 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
A large asteroid discovered three years ago will be visible to stargazers starting on Wednesday. The asteroid — named 2014 JO25 — is a big one, roughly 650 metres in diameter. Its orbit will take it about 1.8 million kilometres away from Earth. Canadian soldiers were key to Korean War but doubts Canada will intervene nowMisc World | 206981 hits | 4:26 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
As tensions escalate in the Korean Peninsula, some are asking whether Canadians could play a role like they did 66 years ago in the battle of Kapyong, when they kept the South Korean city of Seoul from falling back into North Korean hands.May to seek snap UK election for 8 June
UK PM Theresa May announces plan to call snap general election on 8 June
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UK PM Theresa May announces plan to call snap general election on 8 JuneMarine Le Pen facing wipe out in French election after COMPUTER BLUNDER
A MONUMENTAL computer blunder could cost Marine Le Pen the French general election as 500,000 citizens living outside of France have the chance to vote twice.
Misc World | 207078 hits | 12:18 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A MONUMENTAL computer blunder could cost Marine Le Pen the French general election as 500,000 citizens living outside of France have the chance to vote twice.Russia, Iran and Syria issue warning to U.S.
Russia, Syria and Iran strongly warned the United States Friday against launching new strikes on Syria and called for an international investigation of the chemical weapons attack there that killed nearly 90 people.
Misc World | 207093 hits | 4:18 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Russia, Syria and Iran strongly warned the United States Friday against launching new strikes on Syria and called for an international investigation of the chemical weapons attack there that killed nearly 90 people.N. Korean official: Ready for war if Trump wants it
U.S. President Donald Trump's tweets are adding fuel to a "vicious cycle" of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea's vice foreign minister told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Friday. The official added that if the U.S. shows any si
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U.S. President Donald Trump's tweets are adding fuel to a "vicious cycle" of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea's vice foreign minister told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Friday. The official added that if the U.S. shows any siMassive bomb drop by U.S. killed 36 militants, Afghan officials say
The biggest non-nuclear bomb ever dropped in combat by the U.S. military killed 36 militants in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Friday, and villagers in the remote, mountainous area described being terrified by the "earsplitting blast."
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The biggest non-nuclear bomb ever dropped in combat by the U.S. military killed 36 militants in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Friday, and villagers in the remote, mountainous area described being terrified by the "earsplitting blast."US Expected to Return 4,000 Somali Migrants to Their Homeland
Somali ambassador says officials are preparing lists of those who will be deported; most deportations involve those who applied for asylum but were rejected
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Somali ambassador says officials are preparing lists of those who will be deported; most deportations involve those who applied for asylum but were rejectedISIS cuts EARS off 33 fighters who fled battle in Mosul
ISIS is now cutting the ears off fighters caught fleeing battles in Iraq, a source has said, abandoning its old practice of executing deserters because they are short of men.
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ISIS is now cutting the ears off fighters caught fleeing battles in Iraq, a source has said, abandoning its old practice of executing deserters because they are short of men.Misc World | 206802 hits | 9:45 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
FRANCE will have a referendum on whether to stay in the European Union six months after the presidential election should Marine Le Pen win, the Front National leader has claimed.African migrants sold in Libya 'slave markets', IOM says
Those with skills would fetch higher prices, the International Organization of Migration says.
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Those with skills would fetch higher prices, the International Organization of Migration says.Chechnya 'opens first concentration camp for homosexuals'
Chechyna, under president Razman Kadyrov, has opened the first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler where gay men are being tortured with electric shocks.
Misc World | 207046 hits | 10:24 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Chechyna, under president Razman Kadyrov, has opened the first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler where gay men are being tortured with electric shocks.Stockholm terror attack: Truck rams into people in Sweden
At least five people are believed to have been killed when a truck crashed into shoppers in Stockholm.
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At least five people are believed to have been killed when a truck crashed into shoppers in Stockholm.Norway to build world's first tunnel for ships
Norway plans to build the world's first tunnel for ships, a 1,700-metre passageway burrowed through a piece of rocky peninsula that will allow vessels to avoid a treacherous part of sea.
Misc World | 207117 hits | 5:23 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Norway plans to build the world's first tunnel for ships, a 1,700-metre passageway burrowed through a piece of rocky peninsula that will allow vessels to avoid a treacherous part of sea. Jupiter extra close, extra bright this weekMisc World | 207313 hits | 5:18 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Jupiter is extra close and extra bright this week, and that means some amazing, new close-ups. The planet's Great Red Spot is especially vivid. It's a storm big enough to swallow Earth, but is mysteriously shrinking. Unusually large swarm of icebergs blocking shipping lanesMisc World | 206985 hits | 10:38 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
More than 400 icebergs have drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes over the past week in an unusually large swarm for this early in the season, forcing vessels to slow to a crawl or take detours of hundreds of kilometres.Dozens killed in suspected gas attack on Syrian rebel area
Misc World | 206823 hits | 7:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Explosion in St. Petersburg metro leaves 10 dead
An explosion on a subway train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has killed 10 people and injured about 50 others, according to the Tass and Interfax news agencies.
Misc World | 206980 hits | 6:55 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
An explosion on a subway train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has killed 10 people and injured about 50 others, according to the Tass and Interfax news agencies.Bombs away! WW II explosive removed before start of Oxford-Cambridge boat race
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At least 154 dead in Colombia landslides
An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes and killing at least 154 unsuspecting residents. The incident triggered by intense rains happened around midnight in Mocoa, a p
Misc World | 206711 hits | 5:22 PM on Saturday | posted by Strutz
An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes and killing at least 154 unsuspecting residents. The incident triggered by intense rains happened around midnight in Mocoa, a pJapanese fleet returns from Antarctic hunt with 333 whales
Japan's whaling fleet returned home Friday after killing 333 whales in the Antarctic, under a revised research whaling program. Opponents of the Japanese program say it's a cover for commercial whaling because the whales are sold for food.
Misc World | 207138 hits | 3:25 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Japan's whaling fleet returned home Friday after killing 333 whales in the Antarctic, under a revised research whaling program. Opponents of the Japanese program say it's a cover for commercial whaling because the whales are sold for food.Wildflowers, dormant for years, bloom across California
Rain-fed wildflowers have been sprouting from California's desert sands after lying dormant for years -- producing a spectacular display that has drawn record crowds and traffic jams to tiny towns like Borrego Springs.
Misc World | 206927 hits | 3:21 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Rain-fed wildflowers have been sprouting from California's desert sands after lying dormant for years -- producing a spectacular display that has drawn record crowds and traffic jams to tiny towns like Borrego Springs.WikiLeaks says CIA disguised hacking as Russian activity
WikiLeaks has published hundreds more files today which it claims show the CIA went to great lengths to disguise its own hacking attacks and point the finger at Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.
Misc World | 208325 hits | 7:39 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
WikiLeaks has published hundreds more files today which it claims show the CIA went to great lengths to disguise its own hacking attacks and point the finger at Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.Trump signs order dismantling Obama-era climate policies
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era climate change regulations, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry and calling into question U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.
Misc World | 208482 hits | 10:00 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era climate change regulations, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry and calling into question U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.Missing man killed, swallowed whole by python | GRAPHIC | World | News | Calgary
A 25-year-old Indonesian man has been swallowed whole by a python on the island of Sulawesi, villagers and news reports said. A six-minute video on the website of the Tribun Timur publication shows villagers slicing open the python’s carcass to reveal the
Misc World | 208385 hits | 8:36 AM on Wednesday | posted by Alta_redneck
A 25-year-old Indonesian man has been swallowed whole by a python on the island of Sulawesi, villagers and news reports said. A six-minute video on the website of the Tribun Timur publication shows villagers slicing open the python’s carcass to reveal the94-year-old woman honoured for 44 years working at McDonald's
A 94-year-old Indiana woman is celebrating 44 years of working at McDonald's.
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A 94-year-old Indiana woman is celebrating 44 years of working at McDonald's.Woman attempted to impregnate captive Mexican surrogate with syringes | World |
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Red Bull heir enjoys jet-set life 4 years after deadly hit-and-run
"There is most certainly a culture of impunity here that big people, which means roughly people with power and money, expect to be able to get away with a certain amount of wrongdoing," said Baker. "This happens so often, so constantly, it is very clearly
Misc World | 208393 hits | 7:15 AM on Tuesday | posted by BeaverFever
"There is most certainly a culture of impunity here that big people, which means roughly people with power and money, expect to be able to get away with a certain amount of wrongdoing," said Baker. "This happens so often, so constantly, it is very clearlyCorruption protests sweep Russia; opposition leader arrested
Thousands of people crowded into Moscow's Pushkin Square on Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the Russian government, part of a wave of demonstrations taking place throughout the country.
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Thousands of people crowded into Moscow's Pushkin Square on Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the Russian government, part of a wave of demonstrations taking place throughout the country. Canada may yet have peacekeeping boots on the ground in 2017Misc World | 208231 hits | 12:58 AM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
The Liberal government has yet to formally serve notice to the United Nations that it's ready to join international peacekeeping operations. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Canada might still have boots on the ground in 2017, which would head oIsraelis hold teen over US bomb threats
Israeli police arrest Israeli-US teenager on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centres in US
Misc World | 208182 hits | 6:47 AM on Thursday | posted by martin14
Israeli police arrest Israeli-US teenager on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centres in USExiled former Russian lawmaker shot dead in Kyiv
Former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov was shot and killed in Kyiv Thursday in what the Ukrainian president described as an "act of state terrorism" by Russia.
Misc World | 208185 hits | 6:22 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov was shot and killed in Kyiv Thursday in what the Ukrainian president described as an "act of state terrorism" by Russia.Police officer 'stabbed at UK Parliament'
Alleged assailant was shot by armed police following the incident, Commons Leader says.
Misc World | 208780 hits | 8:35 AM on Wednesday | posted by martin14
Alleged assailant was shot by armed police following the incident, Commons Leader says.North Korea conducts another missile test, reportedly unsuccessful
North Korea's latest missile launch appeared to have ended in a failure on Wednesday, South Korean defence officials said, three days after the North claimed a major breakthrough in its rocket development program.
Misc World | 208064 hits | 10:35 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
North Korea's latest missile launch appeared to have ended in a failure on Wednesday, South Korean defence officials said, three days after the North claimed a major breakthrough in its rocket development program.Martin McGuinness dead aged 66
McGuinness was once Britain's number one terrorist and a feared commander accused of ordering some of the IRA's most spectacular attacks across Ulster and on mainland UK.
Misc World | 208427 hits | 3:50 AM on Tuesday | posted by martin14
McGuinness was once Britain's number one terrorist and a feared commander accused of ordering some of the IRA's most spectacular attacks across Ulster and on mainland UK.Paris Orly airport is evacuated after 'a shooting'
A man has been shot at Paris airport after trying to take a soldier's gun, it has been reported.
Misc World | 206979 hits | 2:27 AM on Saturday | posted by martin14
A man has been shot at Paris airport after trying to take a soldier's gun, it has been reported. As gangs fight in the street, violence-plagued Acapulco battles to lure back touristsMisc World | 206999 hits | 12:33 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Once known as a jet-set party town, Acapulco's reputation has taken a hit in recent years due to a high rate of violent crime. Now the oceanside Mexican city is trying to make a comeback — and getting Canadians to return is part of that strategy.Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets following airstrikes
Syria said it launched anti-aircraft missiles against Israeli warplanes in Israeli-controlled territory early on Friday, following a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Syria — a rare military exchange between the two hostile Mideast neighbours that was c
Misc World | 206980 hits | 12:24 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Syria said it launched anti-aircraft missiles against Israeli warplanes in Israeli-controlled territory early on Friday, following a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Syria — a rare military exchange between the two hostile Mideast neighbours that was cMcDonald's employee leaps out of drive-thru window to save off-duty cop
When an employee at a Miami-area McDonald’s saw a customer struggling to breathe Tuesday morning, he literally leapt into action -- right out the drive-thru window.
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When an employee at a Miami-area McDonald’s saw a customer struggling to breathe Tuesday morning, he literally leapt into action -- right out the drive-thru window.Police: 3-year-old girl lived alone with dead mom for days
Authorities in Connecticut say a 3-year-old girl was found living alone with her dead mother and with nothing to eat but cereal for several days in an apartment.
Misc World | 206763 hits | 4:23 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Authorities in Connecticut say a 3-year-old girl was found living alone with her dead mother and with nothing to eat but cereal for several days in an apartment.Misc World | 207128 hits | 9:33 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Mark Rutte’s liberal VVD may have come out on top, but it was a limping victory. One which saw the party lose around a quarter of its seats and radically shift its position over immigration.Indonesia to take action after cruise ship destroys coral reefs
Indonesia's government says it will take strong action after a cruise ship destroyed coral reefs in a popular tourist area known for its extensive marine biodiversity.
Misc World | 206912 hits | 5:22 PM on Tuesday | posted by Strutz
Indonesia's government says it will take strong action after a cruise ship destroyed coral reefs in a popular tourist area known for its extensive marine biodiversity. Canadian defence spending among lowest in NATO despite small increase last yearMisc World | 207027 hits | 9:23 AM on Monday | posted by Hyack
The head of NATO threw down the gauntlet Monday, saying he expects all members to increase what they spend on their militaries even as a new report showed Canada lagging behind most of its allies. Families who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong ask Canada for asylumMisc World | 206949 hits | 5:54 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Lawyers for three families who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong say they have formally asked the Canadian government to grant them asylum.Back to Canada News
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