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Aboriginal leaders deliver PM became ‘deceitful’ over recognition dialogue

Updated February 14, 2018 23:57:16 Aboriginal leaders have accused the Prime Minister of being « deceitful » and duplicitous for privately encouraging them to consult the Australian public on enshrining an Indigenous voice in the constitution before publicly rejecting the proposal. Key points: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull slammed for comments on Indigenous constitutional recognition Indigenous Dialogues were…

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Who is benefiting from Canada’s marijuana ‘Green Rush’?

Smith Falls, Ontario – The cannabis growing operation in Smith Falls, a small town southwest of the Canadian capital, Ottawa, is unlike most others in the world. Occupying 15,600sq metres in a facility that was previously Canada’s first Hershey’s chocolate factory, thousands of cannabis plants sit across the street from a police station. But as Canopy…

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Rabada fined for Dhawan ship-off

0:59 South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has picked up a fine and a demerit point for giving India opener Shikhar Dhawan a send-off in Port Elizabeth. He lost 15% of his match fee over the incident, and gained one demerit point, taking his overall tally to five. Each demerit point stays on a player’s…

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Boris Johnson admits nettle at Brexit is ‘hardening’

Boris Johnson today denied Brexit was a ‘great V-sign from the cliffs of Dover’ but instead was about Britain reclaiming its own global identity. In a rallying call for Leavers and Remainers to unite behind the Brexit mission, the Foreign Secretary insisted quitting the EU was a cause for ‘hope not fear’. Mr Johnson denied…

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Shaun White wins third Olympic gold in contest for the ages

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Snowboarding at the Olympics turned 20 this year, and there’s a good chance that in another two decades, people will still be talking about the contest that went down in the mountains of South Korea on Wednesday. They will definitely still be talking about Shaun White. It wasn’t so much…

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Why is community radio in Guatemala essential?

Sumpango, Guatemala – Sitting in a courtyard, wearing an indigenous huipil dress, Amanda Chiquito glows as she talks about the challenges and successes of working with the community radio station in Sumpango Sacatepequez, Guatemala. « There is no media that represents our community, » the 25-year-old says. « There wasn’t a media outlet that could inform us and…

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Billions pledged for Iraq’s post-ISIL reconstruction

Several countries in the Middle East have pledged billions of dollars in aid to help war-torn Iraq in its mission to rebuild the country following a four-year war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group. A three-day summit on Iraq’s reconstruction concluded in Kuwait City on…

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A dad carved Hogwarts out of ice for his daughters

Most dads have a « world’s best dad » mug, but this guy probably has the actual trophy. Kelly Davies of Alberta, Canada is an ice sculptor. So a heavy snowfall meant lots and lots of material to work with. What better thing to do with it than build a huge Hogwarts replica? The sculpture features a…

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Market on its toes for an inflation memoir that would possibly alternate everything

For his part, Arone is skeptical about all the attention paid to inflation, particularly about the scare from the latest nonfarm payrolls report that showed average hourly earnings up 2.9 percent year over year. « Historically, when wages are growing at about 4 percent year over year, it’s often a guidepost that we’re nearing the end…

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Police: North Carolina Toddler Killed Driving in Ambulance Hit by Illegal Alien

A North Carolina toddler was killed while riding in an ambulance after an illegal alien allegedly smashed his car into the emergency vehicle on February 11. Jose Martin Duran Romero, 27, allegedly crashed his car into the side of an ambulance in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early on Sunday. Inside was a three-year-old boy and his mother,…