Florida surfer hospitalized after shark bites foot

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Officials say a Florida man was bitten on the foot by a shark while surfing. Treasure Coast Newspapers reports that 42-year-old Chris Bryan was taken to a Jupiter hospital Friday afternoon. Bryan says he was catching his last wave of the day when he felt the shark quickly grab and […]

Canada takes refugee who sheltered Snowden

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A Filipino woman who helped shelter former NSA contractor Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong has been granted refugee status in Canada. Vanessa Rodel and her daughter Keana arrived in Toronto Monday evening. “I feel so great and I feel like I’m free,” she said. Lawyer Robert Tibbo […]

UK lawmakers seize Brexit agenda in bid to break deadlock

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British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May’s foundering government Monday, setting up a series of votes that could dramatically alter the course of the U.K.’s departure from the European Union. The move came after May conceded that Parliament would defeat […]

Large new blackout strikes Venezuelan capital, provinces

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A widespread new power outage spread across Venezuela on Monday, knocking offline much of the country’s communications and stirring fears of a repeat of the chaos almost two weeks ago during the nation’s largest-ever blackout. The outage began shortly after 1 p.m. (1700 GMT) and appeared to have affected as […]