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Nenshi's NDP leadership rivals say he's vague on policy, as front-runner tries to blend in with orange crowd
It was a random draw, organizers say, that gave Naheed Nenshi the centre lectern in the five-candidate NDP leadership debate Thursday.Nothing to do with his widely perceived front-runner status, his race-leading name recognition or his reported prowess recruiting new members to the party.If any of his rivals wanted to use this first debate to tear a strip out of him or knock him down a peg, the placement of him in the middle on stage in Lethbridge meant all of them were in relative jabbing dista
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VideoBlinken and Wang hold talks, begin with warnings about misunderstandings and miscalculations
The United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and both men warned of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations.The meeting, on the final day of Blinken's second visit to China in the past year, came as talks between the countries have expanded in recent months even as differences have grown and become more serious, raising concerns ab
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VideoIndia begins second phase of national elections with Modi's BJP as front-runner
Millions of Indians began voting Friday in the second round of multi-phase national elections as polarization grows with Prime Minister Narendra Modi whipping up an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics in his campaign. The outcome of Friday’s voting across 88 constituencies in 13 states with 160 million voters will be crucial for Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party as it includes some of its strongholds in states like Uttar Pradesh. (AP video: Shonal Ganguly)
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VideoUkrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest with a message: We're still here
Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Ukraine’s entrants in the pan-continental music competition -- the female duo of rapper Alyona Alyona and singer Jerry Heil -- set off from Ukraine's capital Kyiv for the competition on Thursday. (AP video: Anton Shtuka)
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VideoOfficials call for international investigation into what they say are crimes by Israel in Gaza
Gaza’s civil defense called on the United Nations to open an international investigation into what it said are crimes committed by Israeli forces while in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, members of the team exhumed dozens of bodies buried at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, while relatives of missing people waited, hoping to find and identify their loved ones.
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Air Canada apologizes to national chief after flight crew took her headdress away
Air Canada says it's sorry after staff tried to stow away the headdress of the Assembly of First Nations' national chief in cargo storage before the departure of a flight Wednesday.The company said in a statement Thursday it's apologizing to National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who said on social media Thursday she was forced to hand over a case containing the headdress, which was with her in the plane's cabin."I won't be letting anyone take away my headdress or case again," Woodhouse Nepinak
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VideoFamilies of hostages ask world leaders to join the US in urging Hamas to free their loved ones
Families of some of the 133 hostages still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, gathered in Tel Aviv on Thursday to thank the leaders of 18 nations for their joint statement demanding the immediate release of their loved ones. (AP video by Yotam Ronen)
