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On July 10, Canada suffered one of its worst tragedies in its history. A nursing home resident who was ill and dehydrated began suffering from a respiratory and cardiac condition. Days later, 95-year-old Edna…
Written by By Ayesha Tarafdar, CNN To get Lindsay Lohan into the limelight, she had to get in trouble. But after more than a decade of media antics (many of which were documented on…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fewer than 2,000 people were exposed to the virus The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says there have been no cases of the smallpox-like virus…
The public remains in lockdown for several hours in the Swiss Alps, as they have been since Friday, as water levels continue to rise, impeding access to mountain trails and man-made lifts in the…
Written by CNN Staff The number of women victims of violence around the world has risen 17% in the past two years, according to findings from the U.N.’s global Violence Against Women report. The…
Prince Norodom Ranariddh has died, Cambodia’s government announced Monday night. He was 77. Mr. Ranariddh, considered one of Cambodia’s foremost modern politicians, ran the country from 1993 until 1998. After leaving government, he returned…
This article is over 5 months old Activists release nests of river turtles onto volcanic slopes to raise their chances of survival in wild after owners are wiped out ‘Go be happy’: Thousands of…
Myanmar, the country still controlled by its former military junta, this week arrested 18 local medical workers in Sittwe, the state capital of Rakhine, the Human Rights Watch advocacy group reported Wednesday. The workers…
On the heels of a disastrous midterm election in which the United States came within one seat of losing its House majority, a speech this week from the Premier of Quebec grabbed the attention…
The Afghan prime minister, Ahmad Zia Massoud, has said the Taliban’s form of rule is the only true form of freedom. He made the comments amid a growing crisis between the Taliban and the…