OTTAWA, July 21, (APP/AFP) – Canada cut short its snow crab fishing season in the Gulf of St Lawrence Friday after a rash of deaths of Right whales caught in fishing gear. Eight Right whales have been found dead in the Gulf over the past month, the latest on Tuesday, Fisheries and Ocean Canada said. […]
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Canada halts snow crab fishing after deaths of imperiled whales
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US calls for avoiding actions that escalates tensions as Palestinians clash with Israeli troops
WASHINGTON, July 21 (APP): A US State Department spokeswoman called for avoiding actions that could escalate tensions as Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops to protest installation of metal detectors at the holy site in Jerusalem that includes the Al Aqsa mosque. Thousands of Palestinian offered Friday prayers in streets and clashed with police after Muslim […]
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S. Korea urges North to respond to military talks offer
SEOUL, July 21, (APP/AFP) – South Korea urged the North on Friday to break its silence on an offer of military talks aimed at easing simmering tensions over the hermit state’s nuclear ambitions. Seoul had proposed to hold rare inter-Korea talks this week at the border truce village of Panmunjom to ease hostilities after a […]
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Brazil sends 1,000 additional officers to combat Rio violence
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 21 (APP/AFP) – The Brazilian government has deployed a thousand additional personnel to combat insecurity in Rio de Janeiro, which has seen a spike in violence in recent months, authorities said Thursday. The country’s Secretary of Institutional Security, Sergio Etchegoyen, told journalists that the government had dispatched 620 officers of the […]
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Family of slain Australian to repatriate body
CHICAGO, July 21 (APP/AFP) – The family of the unarmed Australian woman fatally shot by police in Minnesota plans to repatriate her body. Justine Damond’s family told the Star Tribune newspaper they are still trying to understand the tragedy and are hoping for a speedy resolution to the investigation into the officer-involved shooting. “All we […]
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Roses, tears as Thai ex-PM Yingluck enters final stage of case
BANGKOK, July 21, (APP/AFP) – Toppled Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra was mobbed Friday by well-wishers, many bearing red roses, as she arrived for what could be the final hearing in a trial for criminal negligence that carries a 10-year jail term. She is accused of negligence over a rice subsidy policy that funneled cash to […]