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10 pedestrians killed in Toronto van attack

Police in Canada’s biggest city were piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video on Tuesday to determine why a 25-year-old man plowed a van into a busy stretch of sidewalk on a sunny afternoon in one of the deadliest incidents of violence in the country’s history. But despite initial reports,… Read More

Prince charming! First royal baby pics are here

Prince Charles says it is a “great joy” to be a grandfather once again, issuing a statement to express his pleasure with the arrival of a boy to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The 8-pound, 7-ounce (3.8 kilogram) boy was born Monday morning. The new prince is fifth in… Read More

Royal baby! Kate Middleton’s new son to be named…

For Kate, the wait is over. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth Monday to a healthy baby boy — a third child for Kate and Prince William and fifth in line to the British throne. The couple’s Kensington Palace office announced news of the birth around lunchtime, about five hours… Read More

Trump administration warns Turkey of consequences

The Trump administration warned Turkey on Wednesday that it is considering punitive “consequences” if the NATO ally does not throw out the charges or acquit an American pastor accused of espionage and aiding terrorist groups. Wess Mitchell, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe, said the charges against Andrew Brunson, 50,… Read More

Communist Cuba selecting new dictator

Cuba on Wednesday launched the daylong process of selecting Raul Castro’s successor as president of Cuba, the centerpiece of an effort to ensure that the country’s single-party system outlasts the aging revolutionaries who created it. State media said the government would announce Castro’s replacement on Thursday, installing someone from outside… Read More

Zookeepers use puppet to raise this endangered bird (pic!)

Zookeepers in Prague have turned into puppeteers in an effort to save the critically endangered Javan green magpie. Zoo officials saved one precious egg after the parents threw a second egg out of their nest. The magpie chick that hatched a month ago is being kept in a box and… Read More

Victory! China loosens foreign auto rules

China announced plans Tuesday to allow full foreign ownership of automakers in five years, ending restrictions that helped to fuel its escalating dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump and strained relations with other trading partners. The change would scrap rules that require global automakers to work through local state-owned partners,… Read More

White House considering new sanctions against Russia for…

The White House says a decision on new economic sanctions against Russia will be made soon — not committing to an announcement Monday that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley had said to expect. In a statement, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: “We are considering additional sanctions on Russia… Read More

U.S. pastor headed to trial in Turkey on terror charges

An American pastor imprisoned in Turkey is going on trial for alleged terror ties and spying in a case that has increased tensions between Washington and Ankara. Andrew Craig Brunson, a 50-year-old evangelical pastor from North Carolina, is facing up to 35 years in prison on charges of “committing crimes… Read More