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Sheila Jackson Lee, strong Democratic voice in US Congress, has died, family says
Jackson Lee of Texas announced last month she had pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment. She was active throughout her career in promoting legislation aimed at addressing social justice, economic inequality and public health concerns. Jackson Lee, who represented parts of Houston, introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to make "Juneteenth" a federal holiday commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans.
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China, Canada should work toward strategic partnership, China's Wang says
China and Canada should promote normalising relations and get back on track toward establishing a strategic partnership, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Canadian counterpart, according to his ministry. "China-Canada relations have experienced difficulties and twists and turns over the years, which is not something China would like to see," Wang told Foreign Minister Melanie Joly in Beijing, the ministry said in a statement late on Friday. Joly's three-day visit through Saturday, at Wang's in
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VideoBaby of pregnant woman killed in Gaza survives
When pregnant woman Ola al-Kurd was brought dead to a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Friday, medical staff rushed her into the delivery room and worked on rescuing her baby. Shortly afterward, a baby boy in stable health, but suffering from a shortage of oxygen, was placed in an incubator at al-Aqsa Hospital in north Gaza. Al-Kurd was among seven people killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
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VideoSte. Madeleine village lands returned to Manitoba Métis
Manitoba’s premier is making good on a promise that rights a historical wrong for Métis in that province. Wab Kinew is signing over 100 acres of land to the Manitoba Métis Federation. The village of Ste. Madeleine — three hours west of Winnipeg — was burned to the ground by government workers back in 1938. Melissa Ridgen reports on the land's return.
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VideoTrudeau swears in new labour minister before summer break
Canada’s prime minister is heading off on a summer vacation but before leaving the nation’s capital, Justin Trudeau had some business to tend to with the swearing in of a new labour minister followed by a meeting with this cabinet. Some Liberal MPs frustrated with Trudeau’s plummeting approval ratings were calling for a full caucus meeting before the break to discuss the party’s future. David Akin has more.
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VideoAP explains: Fifty years after war cleaved Cyprus along ethnic lines
sound of unseen assault rifles being cocked carries across the United Nations-controlled buffer zone in ethnically cleaved Cyprus, ratcheting up concerns that the embers of the island's stagnant conflict could again be rekindled. The rifles are just the tip of a string of recent escalations by Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots; rivals separated along the 180-kilometer (120-mile) buffer zone that snakes through the capital’s medieval centre.
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Toronto Public Health seeks person who brought bat to vet Tuesday
Toronto Public Health (TPH) is looking to get in touch with a person who brought a bat to an animal hospital this week, saying the animal was found to have rabies.In a news release on Friday, the public health agency said the bat was dropped off at the VCA Kew Beach Animal Hospital, 1737 Queen St. E., on Tuesday at about 6 p.m.Rabies is a viral infection, which affects the nervous system of mammals."The overall risk of being exposed to rabies in the city is very low, unless direct contact was ma
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