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Relative: Chibok girl snatched by Boko Haram found, pregnant
LAGOS, Nigeria — One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited Wednesday with her mother — the first of the Chibok girls to be freed since the mass abduction. Nigerian hunters found the young woman…
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Relative: Chibok girl snatched by Boko Haram found, pregnant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LAGOS, Nigeria — One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited Wednesday with her mother…
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Philippines elects first transgender politician to Congress
The first transgender politician elected in the Philippines said Wednesday she hopes her win in a congressional race shows that people like her can contribute to nation-building in a country where LGBT people are still sometimes publicly ridiculed. The Commission on Elections on Wednesday proclaimed Geraldine Roman winner of Monday’s election in the first district…
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Officials fear massive Alberta wildfire could double in size
LAC LA BICHE, Alberta — Canadian officials feared a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta’s oil sands city. Thousands more displaced residents were getting a sobering drive-by view of their burned-out city as convoys…
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Officials fear massive Alberta wildfire could double in size
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LAC LA BICHE, Alberta — Canadian officials feared a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of…
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London voters elect first Muslim mayor of major Western capital
Sadiq Khan became London’s first Muslim mayor Saturday, as voters rejected attempts to taint him with links to extremism and handed a decisive victory to the bus driver’s son from south London. Khan hailed his victory as the triumph of “hope over fear and unity over division.” His win was the most dramatic result in…
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Man arrested with guns and Quran at Disneyland Paris hotel
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PARIS — A man found to be carrying two handguns was arrested Thursday at a hotel at Disneyland Paris, Europe’s most-visited tourist attraction, police said. No one was injured during the arrest, a police official…
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Man arrested with guns and Quran at Disneyland Paris hotel
PARIS — A man found to be carrying two handguns was arrested Thursday at a hotel at Disneyland Paris, Europe’s most-visited tourist attraction, police said. No one was injured during the arrest, a police official said. The official, who wasn’t authorized to be publicly named according to police policy, couldn’t provide further details on the…
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Study: Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since 1997
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a study released Monday showed. Scientists have long known that more than 90 percent of the heat energy from…
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Study: Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since 1997
WASHINGTON — The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a study released Monday showed. Scientists have long known that more than 90 percent of the heat energy from man-made global warming goes into the world’s oceans instead of the ground. And they’ve seen ocean heat content rise in…