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LUNENBURG, N.S. - Enthusiastic scientists aboard the research vessel MV Ocearch pumped their fists as a voice crackled over the radio announcing the expedition had hooked its 11th ...

STOCKHOLM - The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty." Banerjee ...

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey - Turkey's military said it captured a key Syrian border town under heavy bombardment Saturday in its most significant gain since an offensive against Kurdish fighters began four d...

OTTAWA - Andrew Cash thinks the Liberal promise to bring in electoral reform might have cost him his job. He also believes the fact that the Liberals abandoned the pledge, which he said is one of many...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - News reports say South Korean pop star and actress Sulli has been found dead at her home south of Seoul. A report by Yonhap news agency said the 25-year-old was found Monda...

STOCKHOLM - The Latest on the Nobel prize in economics (all times local): 11:50 a.m. The Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their exper...

TOKYO - A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan's worst in six decades made landfall and passed over the capital, w...

LONDON - Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood is the bookies' favourite to win the coveted fiction trophy again for "The Testaments," her follow-up to dystopian saga "The Handmaid's Tale." Atwood, who ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iraqi-American Huda Kattan has become one of the most recognizable names in makeup around the world. Her eponymous empire Huda Beauty, a makeup line valued at $1.2 billio...

QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador celebrated a deal President Lenn Morenoand indigenous leaders struck late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyze...