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How an accidental email captured what some call Pope Francis’s mixed legacy on women

As the Catholic Church mourns the death of Pope Francis and its all-male College of Cardinals prepares to elect his successor, some say an accidental email sent last month captured the contradictions at the core of Francis’s legacy on women. In January, Francis made his highest-ranking female appointment, naming Sister …

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South Korean air force pilots charged with criminal negligence in accidental bombing of village

South Korean military investigators charged two Air Force pilots on Thursday with criminal negligence over an accidental bombing of a village last week during a training exercise, which injured at least 29 people and caused extensive property damage. Defence ministry investigators have confirmed that errors by the pilots when they …

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Regina police officer injured in accidental firearm discharge leaves hospital

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Regina police officer who was injured following an accidental firearm discharge is now out of the hospital. Police said the officer, a husband and father of two young children, suffered serious and life changing injuries and has a very long road to recovery. …

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Accidental fire likely caused by plugged-in vehicle, Winnipeg firefighters say – Winnipeg

Winnipeg firefighters say a Wednesday night house fire was likely caused by a plugged-in vehicle inside an attached garage. No one was hurt in the accidental blaze at a single-storey home in the first block of Sachet Place, but fire crews are urging Winnipeggers not to plug in their cars …

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The polar bear became an ‘accidental icon’ of climate change. Is it time to rethink that?

Biologist Andrew Derocher wasn’t thinking of climate change when he first started studying polar bears in Hudson Bay in the 1980s. About a decade into his career, a picture started to emerge: as sea ice diminished due to human-caused global warming, the polar bears he was studying were venturing onto …

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