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KABUL - The Taliban launched a multi-pronged attack on a district headquarters in a remote area of northern Afghanistan early on Tuesday, killing at least 11 policemen and triggering an hourslong gunb...

HONG KONG - Police say criminal charges will be filed against the 18-year-old Hong Kong student who was the first victim of police gunfire in the months-long pro-democracy protests. The shooting Tuesd...

New research says job growth from clean energy will dramatically outpace that from fossil fuels over the next decade - as long as future Canadian governments maintain or increase attemp...

BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces are using tear gas against a few hundred protesters gathered in a central Baghdad square, hours after a curfew was announced in the Iraqi capital. The curfew was announ...

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers opened the 2019-20 NHL season with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. Connor McDavid broke a 2-2 de...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A towering arch bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan collapsed Tuesday, sending a burning oil tanker truck falling onto boats in the water below. An air force helicopter, fishing vesse...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Yandy Diaz slugged baseball's lowest spender into a matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the powerful Athletics on the mound, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland at i...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Yandy Diaz slugged baseball's lowest spender into a matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the powerful Athletics on the mound, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland at i...

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers insisted they might have been winless through three weeks, but they were far from hopeless. They stressed the process of finding an identity with franchise quarter...

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and his Bloc Quebecois opponent Yves-Francois Blanchet clashed sharply over Quebec's controversial secularism law during a French-language debate Wednesday night...