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Lam says Chinese military could step in if uprising gets bad
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned Tuesday that the Chinese military could step in if an uprising for democratic reforms…
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World Council of Churches (WCC) commemorates life of former Bossey director John Samuel Mbiti
Mbiti, a Kenyan-born Christian religious philosopher and writer, was an ordained Anglican priest, and as of 2005, a canon GENEVA,…
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Facebook Expands its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme to 10 Countries across Sub-Saharan Africa
Feedback from the Facebook community is one of many signals Facebook uses to raise potentially false stories to fact-checkers for…
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International student accused of staging his own kidnapping in Markham
A 16-year-old international student from China allegedly staged his own kidnapping in Markham last month. York Regional Police said officers…
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Discovery of 20 new moons puts Saturn ahead of Jupiter
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The solar system has a new winner in the moon department. Twenty new moons have been…
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Judge says New York prosecutors can see Trump’s tax returns
NEW YORK – With President Donald Trump under siege on Capitol Hill, a federal judge dealt him a setback on…
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A record 35 candidates vie for Sri Lanka’s presidency
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A record 35 candidates filed nominations Monday for next month’s Sri Lankan presidential election, but the…
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Michelle Obama’s next book is a companion to ‘Becoming’
NEW YORK – Michelle Obama’s first book since “Becoming” is more about her readers than about herself. “Becoming: A Guided…
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Thousands show up for free Kanye West “service” in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Thousands of people showed up to an outdoor shopping centre in Utah to see rapper Kanye…
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Three get Nobel Medicine prize for learning how cells use oxygen
STOCKHOLM — The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to scientists William G. Kaelin, Jr, Peter…
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