Australia has agreed to draft 30 more troops for the NATO mission in Afghanistan after the military bloc asked its non-member ally to send an additional contingent to train and assist the Afghan army.
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The American Cemetery in Manila. The family of Alexander Nininger, who was killed in World War II, says his remains are buried there.
The medium-range strategic ballistic missile Pukguksong-2, shown in this undated image, was tested recently at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The North has successfully tested solid-fueled missiles four times.
“Guns carry Mattis for protection.”
"Nothing," he replied. "I keep other people awake at night."
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Police say they're rounding up suspected members of bomber's network.
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Marijuana legalization will harm the health of youth unless major changes to the proposed law are made to protect their developing brains, a medical journal editorial says.
The CMAJ report found that the poor health of the mothers of First Nations and Inuit babies is behind the higher rates of hospitalization
This is a bonus episode featuring parts of Cardiff Garcia's interview with economist Anne Case that did not make it into the episode published on April 21.
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Some see the likely next Taoiseach as Dublin’s Macron, others see a rightwing ideologue
East Asia and US clusters score highly but Europe and UK struggle, study shows
Russia-led single market seeks deeper links with Tehran as US steps back from regime
On Memorial Day, Americans remember those who died while in service to the country. In the past five years, a large proportion of these deaths have been suicides.
“Heyneke (Meyer) said to me you are making a mistake because you know how you are if things are not a 100 percent your way, you are not going to be happy about it.”
Pasha Malla gives the bromance a satirical makeover,and in the process, raises questions about the stories that shape our understanding of the world and our place in it in his latest book "Fugue States.”
Sook-Yin Lee checks in with guests from Vancouver, Salt Spring Island, and Toronto after they’ve checked out. The big question remains: Once you return to the world post-sleepover, what happens to your problems?
The puck drops tonight in game one of the NHL final between the Nashville Predators & Pittsburgh Penguins. The Stanley Cup has been hockey's most coveted prize for more than a hundred years. That got the CBC's Blair Sanderson wondering about its past.
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Graphic novelist David Alexander Robertson on the book that best captures his part of Canada.
"Hidden Figures" was about the African-American women whose work as mathematicians helped put astronauts on the moon. Victor Dwyer reveals the Canadian book that covers similar territory, in our "If you liked this, you'll love that" column.
