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The country’s first municipal vote to be held under a ranked-ballot system was finally decided on Tuesday, with a mayor declared after 14 rounds of counting. Under the system, in which voters picked their top three candidates in order of preference, Ed Holder was declared winner over his closest challenger about 18 hours after polls […]

Russian diplomats say the non-stop outbursts of violence in Donbass confirm that Ukraine has no intention of honoring the Minsk Accords, and accuse the US and their allies of supporting Kiev’s course towards war. “As far as the UN presence in Donbass is concerned, it is well known that in September 2017 Russia submitted a […]

An Ontario cabinet minister toted his take on a favourite phrase of gun-rights activists during question period at the legislature on Thursday. “It’s not guns that kill people,” Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services Michael Tibollo said. “It’s the people who have guns illegally that kill people.” Gun rights organizations often say, “Guns don’t […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Humboldt State continued its hold on the No. 1 ranking in the NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll for games played Feb. 27 through March 5. As the majority of the poll continues to see significant shuffling, the top five program held steady to their respective rankings. Despite suffering their first […]

Russia’s Investigative Committee has started a criminal investigation into Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov on charges of barring Russian citizens from voting in Ukraine during the presidential elections on March 18. “According to data possessed by investigators, Avakov ordered his subordinates in the Ukrainian Interior Ministry – which provided security in Russian diplomatic institutions in […]

Microsoft has announced ID@Xbox Game Pass; a new series of livestreams to showcase indie games coming to Xbox Game Pass. The first broadcast will be on Tuesday, March 26. Announced on the Xbox Wire blog, the first episode will premiere at 9:00am PT (12:00 ET, 04:00pm UK, 02:00am AEST), and offer new dives into After […]

WOODSTOCK, N.B. — RCMP say two young men from Nova Scotia were arrested Friday afternoon at a border crossing in western New Brunswick. Police say the incident began around 10:15 a.m. local time, when officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle at the crossing between Woodstock, N.B., and Houlton, Maine. Cpl. Jullie Rogers-Marsh […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Senior Coley Ries of Minnesota State has been voted the 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year. She was presented the award on Wednesday evening at the NCAA Division II Championship banquet in Roanoke, Va. Ries is putting forth one of the more dominating pitching performances in NCAA Division […]

Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the US, reportedly said he was put in a disciplinary cell for 30 days despite serious health problems that could be due to deliberate poisoning. Yaroshenko’s wife Viktoria told Izvestia daily that she talked to her husband by phone a few days back. She […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fifty outstanding softball players have been chosen for the 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player of the Year watch list, which will be paired down in the coming weeks until just one player remains at the conclusion of the season. Twenty-two returning NFCA All-Americans top the list, including six first-team honorees, […]