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"It's certainly not my record, not who I am."

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China's tech companies and government are banding together to release hi-tech propaganda tools to spread the Communist Party's message into the 21st Century. - REUTERS

Will Jason Kenney declare that it’s morning again in Alberta? The United Conservative Party leader kicked off a speech last week asking Albertans if they are better off today than they were four years ago, channelling his inner Ronald Reagan, who famously asked the question in the 1980 U.S. presidential debate. On Monday, Kenney followed […]

The frequency of ocean heat waves has surged more than 50 percent since the early 20th century in a threat to fish, corals and other marine life stoked by global warming, an international study showed on Monday. Abrupt local spikes in temperatures, far less researched than heat waves on land, add to pressures on marine life such as over-fishing and plastic pollution, they wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change. Around the world's oceans, the number of days of marine heat waves per year rose... Читать дальше...

The identity of the winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot might never be made public. But not knowing which South Carolina resident hauled in the massive lottery prize … Click to Continue »

Warner Bros. has moved “Sherlock Holmes 3” back a year, with the studio announcing a Dec. 21, 2021 release date. The studio had originally announced last May that “Sherlock Holmes 3” would open on Christmas Day of 2020 with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as the titular British detective while Jude Law portrays his […]

Bird extinctions 'driven' by global food trade  BBC News

About 100 bird species are predicted to go extinct based on current farming and forestry practices, according to a new global analysis. This number has ...

Online platforms continue to absorb more and more of our society, while the companies in charge neglect the human beings tasked with cleaning up the mess that’s left behind.

Northern California authorities say a Scottish man facing rape charges at home may have faked his death last week off the Carmel coast.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a bill that would adopt California's emission rules for vehicles in Washington. Lawmakers voted 26-22 in favor of the measure Monday, sending it to the state House. Under the bill, the state would adopt a system where car manufacturers are assigned credits based on the kind and fuel efficiency of cars they bring into the state. Those credits would then be used to set a quota for how many zero-emissions vehicles the company would be required to import into the state... Читать дальше...

This photo is so perfect and heartbreaking at the same time.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading House Democrats will offer a resolution Wednesday condemning anti-Semitism in response to Rep. Ilhan Omar's latest remarks on Israel, a senior Democratic aide said.

KILL CAESAR!: ASSASSINATION IN THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE

By Rose Mary Sheldon

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, $37, 384 pages

The truly professional service officers sworn to guard chiefs of state and other dignitaries — notably U.S. Secret Service officers — have a hard rule: Good intelligence is the key to ...

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced during an interview Monday with a conservative news outlet that he will leave his post at the end of President Trump's first term.

A Morinville woman leading a campaign to build a shelter in memory of her murdered daughter is being honoured for her volunteer efforts to make her community better.

The Australian's Global Food Forum event on March 20 will explore the critical issues facing Australia's agribusiness sector. The Australian's Victorian business editor Damon Kitney told Sky News that technology would be a key focus area in this year's forum, the seventh event of its kind. Held at the Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park, the GFF will include keynote speakers Anthony Pratt, executive chairman of Visy, and Fiona Simson, president of the National Farmer's Federation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative author and conspiracy theorist entangled in the special counsel's Russia investigation has retracted an article he wrote last year that made false allegations about a Democratic National Committee staffer who was killed in 2016. Jerome Corsi said on his website Monday that he had retracted an article falsely alleging that Seth Rich and his brother were involved in downloading and leaking DNC emails to the website WikiLeaks. The article was published last May by InfoWars. Читать дальше...

A Nebraska legislative committee that's looking for ways to reduce property taxes is considering a half-cent sales tax increase as one way to address the issue. Members of the Legislature's … Click to Continue »

A fire broke out in the pantry of a running train late at night in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district. The staff separated the pantry car, stopping the fire from spreading to the other bogies of...

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the annual meeting of China's Congress (all times local): 9:30 a.m. China's top economic official is promising all companies are to be 'treated as equals' in a bid to defuse U.S. and European trade complaints. Premier Li Keqiang made the pledge in a speech Tuesday at the opening of China's national legislative session. Li also said this year's growth target was set at 6 to 6.5 percent. That is off slightly from last year's 6.6 percent growth, a three-decade low, but would be among the world's strongest if achieved. Читать дальше...

Philpott's resignation is an absolute rarity in Canadian politics — one born of principles rather than for anything scandalous done or said

Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta was pleased for Kepa Arrizabalaga after he returned for the defeat to Fulham.