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No to Quebec’s Bill 21 campaign — Toronto City Council
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No to Quebec’s Bill 21 campaign — Toronto City Council

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Toronto council backs fight against Quebec’s Bill 21, calling it ‘contrary to the values of Torontonians and Canadians’ A group of more than 100 Torontonians led by the Progressive Conservative (PC) council has voted...

Yellowstone National Park is reopening its iconic landscape
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Yellowstone National Park is reopening its iconic landscape

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Yellowstone Reopens a Key Gateway After Devastating June Flooding Yellowstone National Park is reopening a significant piece of its iconic landscape to visitors next week. Floods in June 2015 devastated the park, turning much...

Channel 4 pulls film from London screening due to violence on screen
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Channel 4 pulls film from London screening due to violence on screen

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MRC pulls Kanye West doc: 'We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform' - news and facts The movie was pulled from a planned screening in London for health and safety reasons. The...

The Fyre Festival Was Not a Festival, But a Reality TV Disaster
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The Fyre Festival Was Not a Festival, But a Reality TV Disaster

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‘It was an absolute Fyre Festival.’ Before Miami contestants were enlisted to save the world, another group signed up in Montreal. But where were the cameras? The documentary crew for Netflix’s Fyre Festival was...

Kenyan journalist killed in car attack in Mombasa
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Kenyan journalist killed in car attack in Mombasa

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Killing of Pakistani journalist in Kenya was 'targeted' attack, minister says Kenyan security guard and British citizen Ahmed Hassan Darwish was targeted in a 'well-planned' attack on a vehicle in Mombasa's central business district....

The Democrat Candidate Who Supports Abortion
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The Democrat Candidate Who Supports Abortion

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Column: 'Women, doctors, local political leaders': How Dr. Oz handed Democrats a path to victory in Tuesday’s House primaries The Democrat challengers to Republican Rep. Kevin Brady in the Pennsylvania 1st Congressional District primary,...

Alaska Republican Party Supports Sullivan, a Republican Candidate
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Alaska Republican Party Supports Sullivan, a Republican Candidate

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Murkowski withstands another conservative GOP challenger, advances to November Washington, D.C. (UPI) — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski continues to lead Alaska’s Republican primary, winning her party’s nomination to take on Sen. Mark Begich in...

The anti-incumbent movement is alive and well in Los Angeles
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The anti-incumbent movement is alive and well in Los Angeles

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Column: Kenneth Mejia rode the wave of the new left and swamped L.A.'s political establishment in 1994; he successfully challenged Assemblyman Art Torres, who had served two terms as mayor of Pasadena, and was...

The Story of a Woman Who Found herself in a Place of Unwelcome Violence
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The Story of a Woman Who Found herself in a Place of Unwelcome Violence

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Editorial: Court cases following #MeToo movement show victims' bravery in describing abuse This is the fifth in a series of columns on sexual assault and harassment. The first three are here (1,2,3) and the...

Bolsonaro to make a triumphant comeback as Congress convenes
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Bolsonaro to make a triumphant comeback as Congress convenes

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Brazil's Bolsonaro loses bid for second term in fiercely contested presidential vote Published duration 1 December 2019 Related Topics Brazil election 2019 image copyright Reuters image caption Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro (L) won with...