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Dietary guidelines should focus on reducing consumption of carbs, not fat: study
Mahshid Dehghan, a nutrition epidemiologist at the McMaster University's Population Health and Research Institute, is shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Don’t bother trying to understand those on the ‘other side’
Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell
Iran rejects US demand for inspection of its military sites
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary among world’s 5 most ‘liveable’ cities
The Latest: Taliban claim Kabul bank attack that killed 5
An Afghan security guard stand in front of Kabul Bank after suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. The area where the explosion took place, in the center of the Afghan capital, is home to many businesses. The U.S. Embassy and the NATO headquarters are about 500 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Louisiana residents hope sandbags will keep Harvey water out
Rome to reduce night-time water pressure to ease drought
EU chief believes Turkey wants bloc to halt membership talks
Myanmar Buddhists seek tougher action against Rohingya
An injured Myanmar policeman who fled from Maungdaw lies on the roof of a ferry ship to Sittwe Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Buthidaung, Myanmar's western Rakhine state. Both the government, in official statements, and its critics, in posts on social medias often accompanied by video clips, said there was widespread burning of buildings and even whole neighborhoods in Maungdaw township in northern Rakhine on Sunday. (AP Photo)
Gov't report: 28.1M in US lack health coverage
FEMA chief no newcomer to gov't disaster response
Juncker: No talks on new ties before Brexit issues settled
Five stories in the news for today, Aug. 29
Photo of Harvey rescue spreads on internet, front pages
Trump promises federal aid to storm-ravaged Texas
Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey surround homes Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Lawyers make last arguments in Kenya presidential challenge
Kenyan Supreme Court judges, from left to right, Njoki Ndung'u, Jackton Ojwang, Deputy Chief Justice Philomela Mwilu, Chief Justice David Maraga, Smokin Wanjala and Isaac Lenaola preside over the second day of hearings of a petition challenging the presidential election result, at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Kenya's Supreme Court is hearing veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga's challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election earlier this month. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
Liberals target students' skills gap with roll out of educational placement cash
Men between 19 and 59 new focus of B.C.'s deadly overdose epidemic
Israel lawmakers visit Jerusalem holy site after 2-year halt
People are seen reflected on the glass at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Two Israeli lawmakers have visited a contested Jerusalem holy site for the first time in two years. Tuesday's visit, which passed peacefully, was meant to test the waters as Benjamin Netanyahu's government mulls whether to allow such visits to resume. They were banned in late 2015 for fear of sparking tensions. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Trump's Cabinet struggles with whether to defend their boss
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson leaves the set following a television interview with Chris Wallace, the anchor of FOX News Sunday, in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Inside Houston shelter, a loud and sometimes chaotic night
Displaced South Houston residents Oralia Guerra and Diamond Robinson huddle together to stay warm underneath Red Cross blankets at the George Brown Convention Center in Houston on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey. Floodwaters reached the rooflines of single-story homes Monday and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey poured rain on the Houston area for a fourth consecutive day after a chaotic weekend of rising water and rescues. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
Crippled Houston watches dams, levees; forecast offers hope
Surfer has lucky escape from Australian shark attack
In this photo taken from video, Marcel Brunder, 37, holds his board as he looks out to sea after being attacked while surfing, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in the waters near Lorne, 140 kms. (90 miles) southwest of Melbourne, Australia. Surviving the attack with a scratch, torn wetsuit and teeth marks on his board, Brundler estimated the shark was a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark. (Australia Broadcasting Corporation via AP)
Egypt: Bus, pick-up truck collide south of Cairo, killing 14
Taliban suicide bomber targets Kabul bank, kills 5 people
NFL making $40 million available for medical research
FILE - In this May 23, 2017, file photo, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media after an NFL owners meeting in Chicago. A year after the NFL launched the "Play Smart. Play Safe" initiative, pledging $100 million in support of independent medical research and engineering advancements, a huge chunk of that soon will be awarded to such research, primarily dedicated to neuroscience. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)
Freeport to cut stake in Indonesia mine after gov't pressure
FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2017, photo, Chief Executive Officer for Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Richard Adkerson addresses the APEC CEO Summit in Singapore. Indonesia is allowing Freeport-McMoRan to continue operating a giant gold and copper mine after the U.S. company agreed Tuesday to relinquish majority ownership of it to the government. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)
Man crushed to death by falling boulders in backyard
Venice Film Festival offers grit, glamour and George Clooney
Two Quebec women among the many affected by Texas flooding
Rescue boats fill a flooded street as flood victims are evacuated as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Pam Grier dishes dirt on being a female action star, Trump
Earthquake hits part of Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain
Deputies visit relative of 6 presumed dead in Harvey floods
This 2014 photo provided by Virginia Saldivar shows her grandchildren Daisy, from left, Xavier and Dominic Saldivar, three of the four children presumed dead after their van sank into Greens Bayou on Houston's eastside. Virginia Saldivar says she presumes six members of a family, including four of her grandchildren, have died after their van was carried by a strong current into the bayou and sank. (Virginia Saldivar via AP)
Renault-Nissan, China's Dongfeng announce e-car venture
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Gov't report: 28.1M in US lack health coverage
Sri Lankan ambassador, accused of war crimes, leaves Brazil
The Sri Lanka embassy stands in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. Human rights groups in South America are alleging war crimes violations in lawsuits filed against a former Sri Lankan general who is now his Asian nation’s ambassador to Brazil and five other countries in Latin America. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Denver passes immigrant protections amid White House threats
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US sanctions to pile misery on moribund Venezuelan economy
Most Harvey flood victims on hook to pay for home repairs
A home is surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Spring, Texas. Homeowners suffering from Harvey flood damage are more likely to be on the hook for losses than victims of prior storms, a potentially crushing blow to personal finances and neighborhoods along the Gulf Coast. Experts say far too few homeowners have flood insurance, just two of ten living in Harvey’s path of destruction. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Regina coalition wants John A. Macdonald statue removed by city hall
Former loyalists lose faith in Myanmar's democracy icon
Train derails in India's third rail accident in 10 days
People look at derailed coaches of the Duronto Express in Asangaon, some 70 kilometers from Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. A passenger train partly derailed Tuesday morning in western India, the third rail accident in the country in 10 days. Rescuers were working to pull out people who were trapped in the toppled train engine and seven coaches lying on their sides. No casualties or injuries have been reported, railway spokesman A.K. Jain said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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