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Play Audio Clip Listen to audio clip. Britain’s reaction to the royal wedding was the hottest topic on the BBC’s hot topics of the week… “Well I think a lot of people are talking…
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The first-ever commercial flight from Taiwan, a domestic flight, started this week from Taipei to Lujan Lu, on the island’s northwest coast, having already left China just 24 hours before. The plane, with 76…
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Violence against black and Asian people is sadly not new in the United States and Canada. African Americans, Native Americans, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Indian people have all been victims of high-profile racism in…
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In recent elections around the world, the “uneducated person who couldn’t manage himself” narrative has been a staple of “values” policies. Despite its clear appeal, the narrative is harmful. The truth is that many…
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The groundbreaking novel of the same name inspired by the U.S. military’s setting in an 18th-century exploration of outer space has seen numerous attempts in the film and TV industry to bring it to…
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By Sierra Churchill, with Reporting by Hannah Isaac Over the last several months, Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson’s busy schedule on the court has been occupied with finding love off of it. The…
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If you wondered whether the era of mass shootings was over, this past week brought just one more reminder. Kathleen Burleigh had just gotten off work when her 15-year-old son Declan called to tell…
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From the start of the 1990s, Halloween was a big franchise. The original film came out in 1978 and spawned sequels almost immediately, with a fifth installment entering production last year, slated for 2019….
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Global lawmakers are gearing up for a war against China’s trade policies that could affect millions of U.S. jobs. America’s 20 largest trade partners issued a united declaration against Chinese trade practices they say…
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While Canada sent hundreds of millions in aid to Jordan to help with the Syrian refugee crisis, its king grew his collection of luxury homes, according to new reports. King Abdullah II of Jordan,…
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