TORONTO - Rising violence in Canada has prompted calls for the federal government to tighten gun laws but tougher regulations could cause a political backlash in a country where 2 million people are licensed to own a firearm.
Belt and Road project in Belarus now a multinational business hub
WASHINGTON - A small white supremacist rally took place outside the White House on Sunday when only about 20 far-right supporters showed up, but they were massively outnumbered by counterprotesters.
MANILA - A beaming bride who defiantly marched up a flooded church aisle in the Philippines has won hearts as the country suffers a fresh bout of monsoon rains.
MARIESTAD, Sweden - It's barely 6 am and Alfred is already busy milking cows. But when his chores on the farm are done, he won't be going home - he'll be returning to his prison cell.
MATARAM, Indonesia - Hotels in Indonesia's Lombok that were damaged by the recent magnitude 7.0 earthquake plan to reopen as soon as possible to attract tourists.
LONDON - Nobel Prizewinning British author V.S. Naipaul has died at the age of 85, his family announced on Saturday.
BERKELEY, California - College student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice when a man plowed a huge truck through the crowd, killing 86 people and wounding 200.
BUCHAREST - A park became paradise for Chinese martial arts lovers on Saturday, with the eye-catching "World Wushu-Kung Fu Day" banner fluttering in the light breeze.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan - After his wheat crop failed and wells dried up, Ghulam Abbas sold his animals and joined thousands of other farmers migrating to cities as Afghanistan's worst drought in living memory ravages the country.
Deqing county in East China's Zhejiang province will host the United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress from Nov 19 to 21.
In the Internet Plus era, the use of geographic information has spread across industries and has been integrated with products and services, from unmanned aerial vehicles to map applications for mobile phones.
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