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Anti-Brexit marchers flood into London, demand new vote
LONDON - Anti-Brexit protesters flooded into central London by the hundreds of thousands on Saturday, demanding that Britain's Conservative-led government hold a new referendum on whether Britain shou...
Mar 25, 2019
French yellow vest protests in Paris avoid last week's riots
PARIS - Scattered yellow vest protesters clashed with French police firing tear gas Saturday after a peaceful march through Paris, but tougher security measures and protest bans in high-risk neighbour...
Mar 25, 2019
Democrats debate Mueller strategy as findings loom
WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats plotted strategy Saturday as they awaited the conclusions of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with senior lawmakers demanding full transparency and preparing...
Mar 25, 2019
Protests held in Pittsburgh after cop cleared in shooting
PITTSBURGH - The father of a slain black teenager pleaded for peace Saturday after the acquittal of a white police officer triggered an apparent retaliatory shooting at the defence attorney's office a...
Mar 25, 2019
Thai election results delayed, anti-junta party claims win
BANGKOK - Thailand's election commission says it will release full vote counts from the first election since a 2014 coup on Friday as an anti-junta party claimed it won the most seats and will try to ...
Mar 25, 2019
Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle to be tried on assault charges
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle is slated to be in Ontario court today to face trial on several assault charges. Boyle and his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, were take...
Mar 25, 2019
Edmonton judge to rule on whether Omar Khadr's sentence has expired
EDMONTON - An Alberta judge is expected to rule today on whether a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr should be declared expired. The eight-year sentence imposed in...
Mar 25, 2019
Long-awaited video service expected from Apple on Monday
Apple is expected to announce Monday that it's launching a video service that could compete with Netflix, Amazon and cable TV itself. It's a long-awaited attempt from the iPhone maker, several years a...
Mar 25, 2019
US-allied Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State
BAGHOUZ, Syria - U.S.-backed forces declared military victory over the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday after liberating the last pocket of territory held by the militants, marking the end of ...
Mar 25, 2019
Gaza rocket strikes home in central Israel, 7 wounded
KFAR SABA, Israel - An early morning rocket from the Gaza Strip struck a house in central Israel on Monday, wounding seven people, an Israeli rescue service said, an attack that could set off another ...
Mar 24, 2019