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FN America and Colt's Manufacturing received a $383.3 million, five-year contract to manufacture M16A4 rifles for Afghanistan, Grenada, Iraq, Lebanon and Nepal through the Pentagon's foreign military sales program. The M16A4 is the fourth generation of the M16 series of military rifles. The Marine Corps began phasing out the M16 in favor of the M4 carbine in 2015. In 2008 the Sta

Shimla, India (AFP) May 3, 2020
A rare snow leopard captured as it savaged livestock in a remote village in the Indian Himalaya will be sent to a zoo instead of being released, officials said Sunday, triggering outrage from activists. The endangered creature was found on Saturday after it became trapped inside a pen containing sheep and goats in Giu village near the Tibetan border in India's Himachal Pradesh state. "T

HE picked up a bottle of alcohol to stop it falling over on the checkout. The cashier told his mum she couldn’t sell it to her now because he’d touched it.

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Officials offer answers to numerous important questions about the coronavirus.

Certain vitamins, minerals and other supplements can support your immune system as a whole, even though they haven’t been researched for their impact on COVID-19 specifically.

Avoiding screens before bed and taking breaks to stare out the window will help mitigate the damage.

In this time of social isolation, mental health is top of mind. Here’s a guide to video chat, phone and even text therapy in Canada

The pandemic has not given us time to self-actualize. It has robbed us of time and exhausted us. And it’s OK to feel that way, experts say.

From “Animal Flow” to “Move Like an Avenger” and kids Muay Thai, the city’s many shuttered fitness clubs and studios are offering creative online options to keep you moving.

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For starters, give up the notion that the inspiration to exercise is going to sweep over you like a sweaty tsunami. “Exercise,” says one expert, “needs to be a non-negotiable if we want to stick with it.”

To mark VE Day on Friday, Good Morning Britain spoke to many heroes from the World War II,...

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The Duchess of Cambridge made an exciting announcement on Thursday as she revealed details...

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Christine Lampard faced every parents' worst nightmare last week when her one-year-old...

Holly Willoughby made an extremely generous offer on Friday afternoon – lunch with...

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Actress Charley Webb revealed how she and her sons had spent the bank holiday on Friday,...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made a sweet update to their social media accounts on...

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Matt Willis turned 37 on Friday and wife Emma paid him the sweetest of tributes to mark his...

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The Duchess of Cambridge revealed that her eldest children, Prince George and Princess...

The Duchess of Cambridge has been keeping a secret – there's another baby in her...

In an abrupt about-face, the Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry...

Billionaire and new dad Elon Musk has opened up about the alarming "privacy issues" that sparked his property-buying bonanza.The Tesla and SpaceX founder, who has just welcomed his sixth child, was interviewed by comedian Joe Rogan...

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The sharemarket opened lower as weak banking stocks failed to support a strong rally in energy shares.

The sharemarket slipped further into the red at noon, as declines in supermarkets and banks offset strength in energy stocks.

L’attaquant des Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault a découvert avec joie, vendredi, que finalement, Antoine Roussel, c’est plutôt un bon gars.

Le Québec en dehors de la grande région de Montréal s’apprête à rouvrir les écoles et les garderies, et plusieurs inquiétudes persistent.

Les services de police de Montréal et Québec précisent leur interprétation de la loi.

Notre journaliste est retournée travailler comme préposée dans une RI deux ans après avoir sonné l’alarme sur les conditions de ces établissements.

Il aurait incendié des tours de télécom avec sa blonde.

Pour répondre aux inquiétudes liées au retour en classe imminent, la fondation Jasmin Roy a créé un groupe de 20 spécialistes.

Que ce soit au Québec ou ailleurs sur la planète, la pandémie de COVID-19 a bouleversé nos vies.

En 2017, je me suis plongée dans la peau d’une préposée aux bénéficiaires. Cette fois, le travail est le même, mais le contexte est bien différent.

CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie will testify at a House of Commons standing committee on finance on Thursday. The appearance on a videoconference will come nine days after news broke that the CFL had asked the federal government for up to $150 million in financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the federal government announced today a multibillion-dollar deal with the provinces and territories to top up payments for low-wage essential workers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada needs to reflect on how it treats frontline and marginalized workers.

Canada has enlisted the help of nearly a dozen foreign airlines to bring home thousands of Canadians stranded abroad in remote mountain regions, on secluded islands and in locked-down countries that Canadian carriers can't reach as the pandemic tightens its grip.

Manitoba Sen. Patricia Bovey has left the Independent Senators Group (ISG) and will now sit as a member of the Progressive caucus, a group composed of former Liberal senators.

It took more than a dozen years to bring the Cyclone helicopter into service with the RCAF — and some of its troubled history now casts a long shadow over the recent crash that killed six members of the military.

Statistics Canada has launched an investigation after a media outlet reported its latest job-loss figures more than a half hour before the data was officially released.