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Canada plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of its citizens if necessary, but officials have warned they could do little for pro-democracy activists seeking asylum from Chinese authorities. Jeff Nankivel, Canada’s Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau, told the parliamentary committee that the parliamentary government had planned to help …

As we do, Neanderthals introduced solid food to their babies between the ages of 5 and 6 months, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Proceedings the F. Sciences. Through geo-chemical and histological analysis of the three baby teeth of Neanderthal children, the researchers shed more light …

Despite efforts to make chess scenes believable, there are still some areas in which the series falls short. The most obvious is how fast the players move forward during the tournament. As one tournament director tells Ben before a competition in Cincinnati, each player has two hours to make 40 …

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona will undergo emergency surgery to treat a blood clot subdural hematoma on his brain, his personal physician told reporters on Tuesday, a day after he was admitted to hospital. Maradona was admitted to the Epensa Clinic in La Plata on Monday with anemia, dehydration and …

MOSCOW (AP) – Belarus’s first nuclear power plant began operations on Tuesday, provoking its neighbor Lithuania, which immediately cut off electricity imports from Belarus on news. According to Belarusian electricity operator Belenergo, 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, the Russian-made Astravites nuclear power plant is connected …