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Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:00:00 EDT
Pakistan's PM urges governments to fight online hate and extremism after London, Ont. truck attack
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is calling on world leaders to crack down on online hate and extremism following the deadly truck attack in London, Ont. — now being investigated by authorities ...

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 01:50:16 EDT
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist released from jail after more than 6 months
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow has been released from jail after serving more than six months for taking part in unauthorized assemblies during massive 2019 anti-government protests that ...

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:12:08 EDT
Darnella Frazier, teen who recorded George Floyd's arrest, murder, wins Pulitzer citation
The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and began recording when she saw George Floyd being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer was given a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes o...

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:01:15 EDT
UN human rights chief warns of military buildup, escalating violence in Myanmar
Michelle Bachelet said more than 108,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Kayah state in the last three weeks, and her office cited "credible reports" that security forces have shelled civilian...

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:00:08 EDT
Lobster diver survives brief entrapment inside whale's mouth
A commercial lobster diver who got caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., on Friday morning said he thought he was going to die.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:20:12 EDT
Some climate change fixes could drive extinctions, UN warns
To save the planet, the world needs to tackle the crises of climate change and species loss together, taking measures that fix both and not just one, United Nations scientists said.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:24:05 EDT
European soccer championships get underway a year later, a test in the pandemic era
The signature European soccer championships event, postponed last year, kicked off Friday with the first of 51 matches played in 11 cities around the continent, the first tournament of its kind in the...

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:18:41 EDT
Outgoing intelligence chief signals Israel targeted Iran's nuclear assets
The outgoing chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet his country was behind recent attacks targeting Iran's nuclear program and a military scientist. ...

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 04:00:35 EDT
U.S. lawmakers planning economic battle with China have some questions — about Canada
A massive bill laying out the long-term U.S. strategy for competing with China is making its way through Congress. There is even a long section in it about Canada. As Alex Panetta explains, the bill p...

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 08:50:01 EDT
Chinese rover and lander pose for portraits on Mars
The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the Red Planet.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:42:54 EDT
Dutch princess says she won't accept royal allowance at age 18
The heir to the Dutch throne, Princess Amalia, has decided for the next few years not to accept the allowance — worth some 1.6 million euros ($2.4 million Cdn) per year — that she is entitled to r...

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:11:45 EDT
Pedro Castillo ready to lead Peru after election count, but Keiko Fujimori not yet conceding
Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election on Thursday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, who has yet to concede ...

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 07:39:53 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world Friday
Ontario stores and restaurants teemed with customers Friday as the province lifted some COVID-19 restrictions for the first time in months. Manitoba, meanwhile, will allow small outdoor gatherings of ...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:31:04 EDT
India blocks Canadian bhangra-rap star Jazzy B's Twitter account after he supports farm protests
Jaswinder Singh Bains — known internationally as bhangra-rap star Jazzy B — says he was shocked when messages began coming in over the weekend from fans who couldn't see his Twitter account in ...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:46:48 EDT
The 'ring of fire' seen in the sky around parts of the world Thursday
The top of the world got a sunrise special on Thursday — a "ring of fire" solar eclipse.

Wed, 9 Jun 2021 19:49:07 EDT
Biden says he wants to 'confront' China. Is Trudeau willing to go along?
There has been much talk lately of a new "D-10" group of nations emerging from the G7 summit in Cornwall, England. This would include the existing G7 nations, India, Australia and South Korea in an ex...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:56:44 EDT
Hoover Dam reservoir hits record low water level amid extreme drought
The reservoir created by Hoover Dam, an engineering marvel that symbolized the American ascendance of the 20th Century, has sunk to its lowest level ever, underscoring the gravity of the extreme droug...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:08:32 EDT
Inflation spike shows U.S. consumer appetite bumping up against shortages
American consumers absorbed another surge in prices in May — a 0.6 per cent increase over April and 5 per cent over the past year, the biggest 12-month inflation spike since 2008.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:41:33 EDT
U.S. pledge of 500M doses 'a small piece of the puzzle' in global vaccination race: expert
Health officials and experts around the world on Thursday welcomed a U.S. plan to donate 500 million more COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, but the celebrations came with hesitation. ...

Wed, 9 Jun 2021 22:44:51 EDT
Meat company JBS confirms it paid $11M US ransom in cyberattack
The JBS Canada beef processing facility in Alberta has resumed production after a cyberattack that impacted the company's operations in North America and Australia.



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