The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he raised concerns about human rights and extrajudicial killings in the Philippines when he met Tuesday with President Rodrigo Duterte, whose war on drugs has earned widespread condemnation for leaving thousands of suspects dead. Trudeau told a news […]
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By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman’s chest might be one reason. Only 39 per cent of women suffering […]
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults. High pressure, which for decades has been a top reading of at least 140 […]
By Jocelyn Noveck The Associated Press NEW YORK — There were movie stars and supermodels, TV hosts and pop stars. But perhaps the most rapturous ovation at Glamour magazine’s annual Women of the Year awards went to 79-year-old Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters of California, who delighted the crowd including […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press With the exception of ooey-gooey potato concoctions, side dishes rarely get any respect. Most of us devote our love and attention to the protein in the centre of the plate and then throw together some kind of vegetable and/or starch as an afterthought. Here, […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — All Australian senators have three weeks to prove they were not foreign nationals when elected under an agreement the major political parties reached Monday to resolve a deepening citizenship crisis that could upend the government. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s conservative coalition […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Scientists say global carbon pollution went up this year after three straight years when it didn’t go up at all. Preliminary figures project that worldwide carbon dioxide emissions rose about 2 per cent. The heat-trapping gas is a key cause of global […]
By Nasser Karimi And Amir Vahdat The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the Iraq-Iran border region killed over 330 people in both countries, sent people fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far west as the Mediterranean coast, authorities reported […]
By Javier Cordoba The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 shook Costa Rica on Sunday night, knocking items from shelves and sending people rushing outside in panic. The country’s Public Safety Ministry said it had reports of two serious injuries […]
By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean soldiers shot at and wounded a fellow soldier who was crossing a jointly controlled area at the heavily guarded border to defect to South Korea on Monday, the South’s military said. North Korean soldiers have occasionally defected […]
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman’s chest might be one reason. Only 39 per cent of women suffering […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press For a holiday so widely celebrated, the traditions surrounding Christmas are as unique as the ornaments that decorate your tree. From decor, songs, stories and gifts, Christmas looks a little bit different in every home across the world, but of course, […]
