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Police, students clash in Bangladesh as protests over job quotas kill six more people
The Globe and Mail· 15 hours agoThousands of students armed with sticks and rocks clashed with armed police in Dhaka on Thursday as...
A dam fails in Illinois after heavy rains and tornadoes sweep the Midwest
Toronto Star· 3 days agoThunderstorms with heavy rains and tornadoes rattled the Chicago area and elsewhere in the Midwest,...
Wildfire near Spences Bridge sparks ‘tactical evacuations,’ new fires flare near Nelson |...
Global B.C.· 10 hours agoScores of properties near Spences Bridge, B.C., have been evacuated as an out-of-control wildfire...
New proposal expands 'planet' definition to thousands of alien worlds
The Weather Network via Yahoo Canada News· 14 hours ago(NASA/JPL-Caltech) There are problems with the current definition even in our own solar system....
Toronto cleans up after severe storms cause floods and power cuts
BBC News· 2 days agoMajor motorways in Toronto have reopened and clean-up efforts are underway after a string of storms...
FDA OKs best-selling e-cigarette Vuse Alto, but only in tobacco flavor
The Canadian Press via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Thursday authorized sales of the best-selling...
B.C. Conservatives pitch health-care changes, more private clinics
Toronto Star· 5 hours agoThe leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia says as premier his government would pay to...
Readers Have Thoughts About the ‘Best Books of the 21st Century’
New York Times· 2 days agoWhen the Book Review published a list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century last week, hundreds,...
Tiny animals use stolen genes to fight infections – and could fight antibiotic resistance too
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 17 hours agoNo other animals are known to import genes on such a scale. Earlier research found that the rotifers...
SNP tables amendment to scrap two-child benefit cap
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoThe party said the cap - which prevents most parents from claiming benefits for a third child - is "pushing thousands of Scottish children into poverty"....