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Jerome Drayton, 1976 Olympian and last Canadian man to win Boston Marathon in ’77, dies at 80

TORONTO -- Jerome Drayton, who finished sixth at the Montreal Olympics, won the 1977 Boston Marathon and held the Canadian…

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Turkey’s president arrives in Pakistan’s capital on a 2-day visit to boost trade, economic ties

Turkey’s president, accompanied by a high-level delegation, has arrived in Pakistan’s capital on a two-day visit to discuss how to…

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Protests after 2 sudden deaths force closure of hospital trauma unit in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic -- The sudden closure in the Central African Republic of the orthopedic trauma surgery unit at…

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King Charles gets QB lesson at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

LONDON -- LONDON (AP) — King Charles III learned how to throw an American football like a quarterback. Thankfully, there…

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Austrian far-right leader’s efforts to form a new government collapse

VIENNA -- Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said Wednesday that his talks on forming a coalition government with a conservative…

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Amnesty International details gruesome impact of gang violence on children in Haiti

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence, forced to carry weapons,…

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Canada appoints former Mountie as fentanyl czar to combat production of opioid

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Canada on Tuesday named a former deputy commissioner with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as the country’s…

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Who are the Americans still in Russian custody?

Russia has released an American teacher imprisoned over what his family said was prescribed medical marijuana, but several other Americans…

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Families bid farewell to victims of Guatemala bus crash

SANTO DOMINGO LOS OCOTES, Guatemala -- Hours before dawn, Julio Arrivillaga and Catalina Pérez Molina boarded a bus with other…

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Almost 800 years of pomp and circumstance ensures the quality of Britain’s currency

LONDON -- In a nation where money is counted in pounds and pence, the measure of coins is given great…

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