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Leftist Party in Alberta Ends Long Dominance of Conservatives

Leftist Party in Alberta Ends Long Dominance of Conservatives


Leftist Party in Alberta Ends Long Dominance of Conservatives

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:49 PM PDT

Rachel Notley will be Alberta's premier after the New Democratic Party ended the Progressive Conservatives' 43-year reign in the Canadian province.






Van Gogh Painting Is Star During Sotheby’s Auction

Posted: 05 May 2015 09:16 PM PDT

The auction took in a total of $368 million, the second-highest sale of Impressionist and modern art in Sotheby's history.






After Protests, Charlie Hebdo Members Receive Standing Ovation at PEN Gala

Posted: 05 May 2015 09:05 PM PDT

Members of the French satirical magazine accepted the award for "freedom of expression courage," capping a debate over free speech and blasphemy that started in New York literary circles and spread.






Barpak Journal: High in the Himalayas, a Search After the Nepal Quake Yields Grim Results

Posted: 05 May 2015 08:07 PM PDT

In locations that are hard to reach in the best of times, many are still missing, and tallying the damage from an earthquake has proved difficult.






Texas Attacker Left Trail of Extremist Ideas on Twitter

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:57 PM PDT

An attack in which both gunmen were killed shows the difficulty of pinpointing true threats among a group's social media chatter.






Grass-Roots Push in the Plains to Block the Keystone Pipeline’s Path

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:48 PM PDT

A new round of hearings on a state construction permit for the Keystone XL project is expected to pit South Dakota activists against pipeline supporters eager for construction to begin.

Palestinians’ Unpaid Electric Bills in the West Bank Thicken Tension With Israel

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:39 PM PDT

The convoluted system of receiving power from Israel and calculating the costs has helped generate a debt of $430 million.

U.S. Licenses Ferry Service to Operate Cuba Route

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:20 PM PDT

Two ferry companies said they had received licenses from the Treasury Department authorizing them to start service between Florida and Cuba in a few months.

Charmed Leaders of Tech, and Poker Buddies, Gather to Mourn Dave Goldberg

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:07 PM PDT

The worlds of technology, entertainment and politics converged to remember the chief of SurveyMonkey, who was the husband of Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook.






Hillary Clinton’s Appeal Survives Scrutiny, Poll Says

Posted: 05 May 2015 03:32 PM PDT

The New York Times/CBS News survey also found that Republican voters were most open to considering Senator Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee and Jeb Bush for president.






Senate Passes Cost-Cutting Budget Plan

Posted: 05 May 2015 03:31 PM PDT

Committee leaders in both parties were already calling for new negotiations on a more bipartisan approach.






Critic’s Notebook: ‘Labor Games’ Is a Brilliantly Absurd TV Game Show

Posted: 05 May 2015 02:33 PM PDT

In TLC's new quiz show, expectant parents try to win prizes by answering trivia questions while the woman is in labor.






Germany, Too, Is Accused of Spying on Friends

Posted: 05 May 2015 02:22 PM PDT

Germany is being accused of monitoring European companies, and perhaps individuals, at the behest of the National Security Agency.

Juventus 2, Real Madrid 1: Juventus Serves Notice That It Belongs in Mix for the Title

Posted: 05 May 2015 02:15 PM PDT

In the first leg against Real Madrid, Carlos Tevez created the first goal and scored the second for Juventus, an unlikely underdog in a Champions League semifinal round full of juggernauts.






Lens Blog: On Mount Everest, Surviving an Earthquake and an Avalanche

Posted: 05 May 2015 02:03 PM PDT

Roberto Schmidt had gone to Mount Everest to work on stories a year after Sherpa guides died in an avalanche. Then a massive earthquake hit, triggering an avalanche that buried the base camp.






Lawmakers in France Move to Vastly Expand Surveillance

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:25 AM PDT

A measure would give the intelligence services the right to gather potentially unlimited electronic data from Internet communications, and to tap cellphones and capture text messages.






John Kerry Makes Unannounced Visit to Somali Capital

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:28 AM PDT

Mr. Kerry visited Mogadishu to show solidarity with the fight against militants. He is the first U.S. secretary of state to visit the nation.






For Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers, a Difficult 2014 Still Paid Well

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:13 AM PDT

Most hedge funds were poor performers in 2014; only half of the top 10 earners beat the S.&P. 500 — yet the top 25 earned $11.62 billion.

John Kerry Makes Unannounced Visit to Somalia

Posted: 05 May 2015 09:44 AM PDT

It was the first time that an American secretary of state had visited Somalia and came against a backdrop of recurrent attacks by Shabab militants.

Northern Ireland Unionists Hope for Power Gain in British Election

Posted: 05 May 2015 09:36 AM PDT

The Democratic Unionist Party's leverage may increase if neither the governing Conservatives nor the opposition Labour Party win an outright majority .

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