TSX slides to lowest point of the year as tech stocks tumble

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TSX slides to lowest point of the year as tech stocks tumble

TORONTO — Fears about a U.S.-China trade war and a stronger dollar weighed on financial stocks and stock markets worldwide Friday, sending the S&P/TSX composite index to its lowest point of the year. At…

Leaders set the democratic agenda in Myanmar

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Leaders set the democratic agenda in Myanmar

Media playback is not supported on this device Did Aung San Suu Kyi crush hope? (Satellite TV interruption) Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader who now holds the post of…

Three hospitalized after a hospital crash in Delaware

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Three hospitalized after a hospital crash in Delaware

Three people in the Delaware River and Bay Authority Medical Unit at RWJH St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewes are being treated after a three-car crash on a stretch of Colonial Road in the Highlands…

Britain's poorest people should not need food banks

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Britain’s poorest people should not need food banks

Social workers and charities often see the level of hunger among adults and children is rising fast. For example, £1.1bn was put aside for food banks last year as half a million people applied…

The Syria conflict: six years of protests and war – in maps

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The Syria conflict: six years of protests and war – in maps

The Syrian Crisis The uprising began with popular protests in March 2011 against the dictator Bashar al-Assad. The protests spread after security forces fired on protesters. Hostilities escalated, and more than 100,000 people have…