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Inuit women in Canada's north encountering 'racialized policing,' report says
OTTAWA - A new report on how police respond to violence against women in Canada's four northern Inuit regions says researchers have uncovered "systemic racialized policing" there. Inter...
Jan 16, 2020

Philippine volcano's quakes, cracks send more people fleeing
LEMERY, Philippines - A Philippine volcano belched smaller plumes of ash but shuddered continuously with earthquakes and opened cracks in roads Thursday as police blockaded at-risk towns due to fears ...
Jan 16, 2020

Experts say Med Sea altered by Suez Canal's invasive species
TEL AVIV, Israel - As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway's lesser known legacies - the invasion of hundreds o...
Jan 16, 2020

3 African countries trying out 1st malaria vaccine in babies
TOMALI, Malawi - A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history's deadliest and most stubbo...
Jan 16, 2020

Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees
CANBERRA, Australia - Specialist firefighters have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday. Firefigh...
Jan 16, 2020

US officials cite deterrence to defend lethal drone strike
WASHINGTON - For all of the Trump administration's insistence that the threat of an "imminent" attack led to the American drone strike on Iran's top general, U.S. officials behind the scenes say the s...
Jan 16, 2020

Trump uses rally to defend Iran policy as Democrats decry it
MILWAUKEE - As President Donald Trump rallied supporters Tuesday night by defending his decision to kill a top Iranian general, the Democrats vying to replace him used their final debate before primar...
Jan 16, 2020

Warren makes debate case: Democratic woman can beat Trump
DES MOINES, Iowa - Elizabeth Warren made a forceful case for a female president and stood behind her accusation suggesting sexism by progressive rival Bernie Sanders in a Democratic debate that raised...
Jan 16, 2020

Senate expected to give Trump back-to-back trade victories
WASHINGTON - One day after signing a new trade deal with China, President Donald Trump is expected to get more good news on his trade agenda as the Senate considers a new North American pact. The Hous...
Jan 16, 2020

Senate takes over Trump’s impeachment after House handoff
WASHINGTON - In a dramatic procession across the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats carried the formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, setting the stage for only the t...
Jan 16, 2020