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The Latest: Australian medic, last to leave cave, loses dad
MAE SAI, Thailand – The Latest on the rescue of a youth soccer team from…
Medical experts worry about testing DNA to reunite families
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration’s use of DNA testing to match migrant children separated from…
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked…
In Alabama, a onetime Trump critic fights GOP challenger
ENTERPRISE, Ala. – As U.S. Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama chatted with a farmer after…
Coffee and conservation: Mozambique tries both on a mountain
MOUNT GORONGOSA, Mozambique – At Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa — where farmers are being encouraged to…
Daily dose of national anthem in hospitals stuns Egyptians
CAIRO – A decision by Egypt’s new health minister to have intercoms in state hospitals…
Chinese find suggests human relatives left Africa earlier
NEW YORK – Stone tools recovered from an excavation in China suggest that our evolutionary…
Develop funding plan to help Greyhound, NDP leader Singh urges Trudeau
OTTAWA – Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Liberal government to come…
Late-life high blood pressure may harm the brain, study says
Decades ago, hundreds of nuns and priests made an extraordinary decision: They agreed to donate…
As NATO summit proceeds in Brussels, five things to know about Canada’s role
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is among the world leaders in attendance at this…
Report: NASA needs backup plan as US crew launches slip
NASA needs a backup plan for getting astronauts to space, given additional delays on the…
The Latest: Well-wishers line up to meet San Francisco mayor
SAN FRANCISCO – The Latest on the inauguration of San Francisco’s first black female mayor…
B.C. signs agreements with licensed producers to supply legal marijuana
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has announced the companies that will supply recreational marijuana after legalization…
California meets greenhouse gas reduction goal years early
LOS ANGELES – California greenhouse gas emissions fell below 1990 levels, meeting an early target…
Alaska plane survivor: ‘For those wondering I’m alive’
JUNEAU, Alaska – Ginny Hacker Eiseman spent the weekend reeling in a bounty of colorful…
Egypt ups prices of cigarettes as part of economic reforms
CAIRO – Egypt hiked the prices of cigarettes on Thursday, the latest measure amid reforms…
2 Supreme Court nominations made, Trump may have none to go
WASHINGTON – What would it take for President Donald Trump to get yet another Supreme…
Ancient ‘Iceman’ shows signs of a well-balanced last meal
NEW YORK – Talk about a paleo diet. Scientists have uncovered the last meal of…
Lyme disease study finds reported cases involving kids mostly in Ontario, Nova Scotia
TORONTO – Research for the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program found 81 per cent of Lyme…
UN official says N. Korea needs food, medicine, clean water
TOKYO – About 20 per cent of North Korean children are stunted because of malnutrition,…
Italy forces new standoff, refuses to let migrants disembark
ROME – Italy’s hard-line interior minister refused Thursday to let 67 migrants disembark from an…
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 9 The Washington…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
Stocks rebound; technology rally leads Nasdaq to record high
NEW YORK – Technology companies soared Thursday as major U.S. stock indexes recovered the ground…