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Florida shooting: 9 injured, some children
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -
Nine people were injured Monday evening when gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically…
NDP MP Jenny Kwan says she is target of China
OTTAWA -
New Democrat MP Jenny Kwan said Monday that Canada's spy agency has confirmed her long-held belief she is being targeted by the Chinese government, as…
UN faces funding trouble feeding Rohingya refugees
DHAKA, Bangladesh -
Bangladesh should not bear the burden of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees alone while UN agencies are facing challenges to feed them,…
Michael Chan sues CSIS over leaked information
A former Ontario cabinet minister is suing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and unidentified employees who he alleges leaked classified information with the…
Strategic planning can make cities cooler: study
New research from Penn State University found specific urban factors can reduce the "urban heat island" (UHI) effect, which is the tendency of cities to trap heat.
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History of Chinese immigration ban to be recognized: gov’t
OTTAWA -
Parks Canada Minister Steven Guilbeault says the federal government has designated the 1923 ban on immigration by people of Chinese origin as an event…
Billie Eilish hits back at fashion critics
Billie Eilish is taking on critics who apparently have an issue with how her style has evolved over the years.
The 21-year-old Grammy-award winner posted a series…
Soccer: Sweden calls emergency meeting after crowd disorder
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -
The Swedish government called an emergency meeting of the country's soccer federation on Monday after crowd disorder during a match between…
Heat: Shanghai breaks more than century-old record
BEIJING -
Shanghai saw its hottest day in May for more than 100 years on Monday with temperatures hitting 36.1 C, continuing a brutal trend of unusually hot…
Senegal: Police fire tear gas as protesters burn vehicles
DAKAR, Senegal -
Police fired tear gas and demonstrators burned cars Monday near the home of Senegal's main opposition leader, as tensions rise in the capital…