Far right groups in France are targeting mayors
By Elaine Ganley | Associated Press SAINT-BREVIN-LES-PINS, France — The mayor of a small resort town on the Atlantic coast of France resigned, closed his medical practice and moved away …
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Police say 1 dead and 9 children among 22 shot near Kansas City’s Super Bowl parade
Warning: This story contains graphic images of wounded victims. Nine children were among 22 people injured by gunfire in a shooting at the end of Wednesday’s parade to celebrate Kansas City’s Super Bowl …
SF mayor’s race heats up as Breed gets another challenger
By Janie Har | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A former interim mayor of San Francisco announced Tuesday he’s running for his previous job, joining a competitive field of candidates …
Search for hundreds of missing people underway in Chile after wildfires ravage neighbourhoods
Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighbourhoods devastated by wildfires over the past several days, as officials raised the death …
Rejoining EU customs union should be on the table, says London mayor, with UK-Brexit deal due for review
“I’m not saying today we should rejoin the European Union. What I’m saying is that (shadow foreign secretary) David Lammy is onto something when he’s saying we should have a …
‘First fight of INDIA alliance’ — AAP & Congress come together to fight Chandigarh mayor polls
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has entered into an alliance with the Congress in the Chandigarh mayoral polls set to take place Thursday, signalling their initial readiness to break …
White House, Texas exchange accusations, blame after drowning deaths of 3 migrants
After Texas fenced off a park along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott explained why at a campaign stop near Houston. “We …
Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te, denounced as a separatist by Beijing, wins presidential vote
Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te into power on Saturday in an explicit rejection of China’s warnings not to vote for him in …
Beach visit by Indian PM Modi sparks diplomatic tiff with Maldives
It started with a photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lounging on a white-sand beach while gazing into the sea and quickly descended into a full-blown diplomatic spat between India and …
Virtual ERs are controversial, but in rural Newfoundland, one has saved a life
The 12-bed hospital in New-Wes-Valley, N.L. — population 2,000 — found itself at the centre of a heated debateabout staff shortages in rural health care when the province signed a contract to …