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France’s yellow-vested protests spread to Belgium, the Netherlands

Hundreds of yellow-vested protesters calling for the resignation of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel marched on the European quarter of Brussels Saturday, as the movement that started in France made its mark in Belgium and the Netherlands. Police used pepper spray and scuffled with a small group of protesters who tried to break through their barricade blocking access to the […]

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Deadly roadside bomb in Afghanistan

Kabul: A civilian vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb on Saturday, killing three civilians in western Herat province, a provincial official said. Gelani Farhad, the provincial governor's spokesman, said the three – who were from the same family – were killed in the Guzra district. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Farhad blamed Taliban insurgents who […]

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'Grinch' principal on leave after attempt to ban Christmas items from school

A school principal caused a commotion in Nebraska by trying to ban some Christmas-related items. (iStock) Some Nebraskans are calling an elementary school principal a Grinch after she issued a memo to school staff that prohibited certain Christmas decorations and other religious symbols. Jennifer Sinclair of Manchester Elementary in Elkhorn, Neb., was placed on administrative leave Thursday following her directive, the Omaha […]

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Law firm forced to close after former N.S. Liberal Party president allegedly misappropriated clients’ money

A Nova Scotia law firm is shutting its doors as a result of the debt it has discovered in the wake of a scandal that saw a former partner, the former president of the N.S. Liberal Party, allegedly admit to misappropriating funds from clients’ accounts. Adam Rodgers confirmed that the Port Hawkesbury-based Rodgers Law Group — formerly known as Boudrot Rodgers Law Inc. — […]

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Two Young Students Stop School Bus After Driver Collapses

The eight and nine-year-old sprung into action when they noticed the driver has fallen from her seat and the bus was still moving. In a very scary moment when the driver of a school bus transporting elementary students home from Atkinson Academy collapsed and fell from her seat, eight-year-old Nolan Barry and nine-year-old Thomas MacKeen quickly reacted to the situation […]

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