Canadian stock market closes lower for first time in nine sessions

Xinhua | 2017-02-18

TORONTO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock market in Toronto ended a run of eight consecutive days of increases, as losses in Materials and Energy stocks outpaced gains in Telecommunications and Consumer Discretionary sectors. The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX...

Stocks inch to new records; S&P; 500 up 4 straight weeks

The Roanoke Times | 2017-02-17

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes inched ahead to record highs Friday, barely, after a late-afternoon push erased losses from earlier in the day. It caps the fourth straight week of gains for the Standard & Poor's 500 index, its longest such streak since July. Reports through the week showed that...

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Why UK Abortion Clinics Are Rejecting Irish Women

Huffington Post | 2017-02-17

In Ireland, a country grown on the grounds of Catholicism, it should come as no surprise that abortion is heavily restricted. With the Eighth Amendment, a law stating that a pregnant woman cannot have an abortion unless it is to save her life or she has medical complications, many women flock to...

Parents still lose sleep worrying about grown children

CBS News | 2017-02-17

New research finds that what keeps parents up at night may be different for men and women ......

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FA Cup wrap: Millwall shock Leicester, Huddersfield hold City

RTE | 2017-02-18

Shaun Cummings struck another blow to Premier League champions Leicester after his last-minute strike sealed a 1-0 victory for 10-man Millwall at the Den. Claudio Ranieri's side have yet to score a league goal in 2017 and were tamed once...

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NBC News | 2017-02-18

The Mysterious Case of Nigeria's Missing President

Muhammadu Buhari has been the subject of swirling rumors, conspiracy theories and downright fabrications since he flew to London last month. ......

WorldNews.com | 2017-02-17

Ecuador's Paraplegic Presidential Candidate Offers Hope To The Disabled

Ecuador’s presidential candidate Lenin Moreno, who lost the use of his legs two decades ago, is a leading spokesman for the rights of the disabled, Reuters...

The Charlotte Observer | 2017-02-17

Ecuador election could decide Assange's continued asylum

Whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can stay at the Ecuadorean embassy in London could depend on the winner of Sunday's presidential election in the South...

Daily Star Lebanon | 2017-02-17

Cyclone Dineo batters southern Mozambique, killing 7

Cyclone Dineo killed seven people, injured 55 and displaced more than 100,000 as it battered southern Mozambique, natural disasters agencies said Friday. ......

The Associated Press | 2017-02-17

Food is harder to find in west Mosul, say fleeing Iraqis

KHAZER CAMP, Iraq (AP) -- Umm Mohammed decided to flee western Mosul after her husband told her the alternative was that they starve. Their family - six boys...

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Alternet | 2017-02-18

Donald Trump Has Finished Off the Conservative Movement Once and for All

It once had a coherent philosophy. After the neocons, bigots and neo-fascists, there's nothing left....

Alternet | 2017-02-18

Anti-Semites Are Gushing Over Donald Trump's Berating of a Jewish Reporter

David Duke believes the president's "brain is working bigly." Anti-Semitic writers are thrilled that...

Alternet | 2017-02-18

Poll: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Slides to Historic New Low

Republicans are still behind him, but the rest of the country is growing weary of its new president....

Alternet | 2017-02-18

5 Scary Ways Trump Mirrors Some of the Worst Leaders in History

Five faces of dystopia to remember in the era of Trump. Based on reliable news sources, his...