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Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:32:59 EDT
Earthquake on Indonesia resort island Bali kills at least 3
Three people were killed and another seven were injured when a moderately strong earthquake and an aftershock hit Indonesia's resort island of Bali early Saturday.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:00:25 EDT
Fatal stabbing of U.K. lawmaker declared terrorist incident by police
Police say the fatal stabbing of long-serving British MP David Amess during a meeting with constituents Friday was a terrorist incident. A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with the attack. ...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:46:21 EDT
U.S. offers to compensate families of Afghans killed in botched drone strike
The Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed in a botched U.S. drone attack in Afghanistan in August in the final days before American troops ...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:18:23 EDT
Colleagues, royals and PMs remember David Amess
Condolences and grief-filled messages poured in Friday after British MP David Amess, 69, was stabbed to death during a meeting with constituents at a church in England.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:24:08 EDT
Bill Clinton's health 'trending in the right direction' but will remain in hospital
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton's health is improving but he will remain in a California hospital for at least another night to receive antibiotics intravenously for a urological infection that spr...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:45:41 EDT
China pulls Qur'an, Bible apps in crackdown on Apple store
Amazon's audiobook service Audible and phone apps for reading the holy books of Islam and Christianity have disappeared from the Apple store in mainland China, the latest examples of the impact of the...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
A new 'Buy American' plan is alarming the auto sector — and the federal government
For months now, a legislative proposal inching its way through the U.S. Congress has been stoking consternation across the border. Canadian policy-makers and businesses have been warily eyeing Buy Ame...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:28:52 EDT
U.S. Justice Department to ask top court to halt Texas abortion law
The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:25:16 EDT
Florida high-school shooter to plead guilty to 17 counts of murder
Nikolas Cruz, 23, will plead guilty to the 2018 massacre of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., a lawyer acting on his behalf said Friday.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:12:06 EDT
'A true lava tsunami' from La Palma volcano following quakes
A second 4.5-magnitude earthquake in two days has rattled the Spanish island of La Palma. The two quakes were the strongest to hit the Canary Island off northwest Africa since the Cumbre Vieja volcano...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:25:09 EDT
U.S. to open border to fully vaccinated travellers starting Nov. 8
The United States is set to reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers by air, land or passenger ferry starting Nov. 8.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:11:13 EDT
Action, not talk, needed on climate, Queen Elizabeth signals to world leaders
Queen Elizabeth said she was irritated by world leaders who talk about climate change but do nothing to address global warming, and said it was still unclear who would turn up at the COP26 climate sum...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:40:03 EDT
Suicide attack on Afghan mosque kills at least 47, injures dozens
Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 47 people and wounding 70, according to a Taliban official. ...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:03:14 EDT
Protests erupt across Italy as strict COVID-19 workplace pass takes effect
In Europe, protests erupted in Italy on Friday as one of the most stringent anti-coronavirus measures in Europe went into effect, requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pas...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Separated from her fiancé by Afghanistan's collapse, a Canadian begs Ottawa for help
The last few weeks should have been among the happiest of Safia's life. Instead, the collapse of Afghanistan and the internment in Tajikistan of her fiancé, a former Afghan Air Force pilot, have tu...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
What would make the COP26 climate conference a success?
What exactly are world leaders hoping to achieve at the COP26 climate conference in Scotland next month? CBC News takes a closer look.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:12:41 EDT
Boeing pilot indicted for fraud over inspections of 737 jet model which later crashed
A Boeing pilot involved in testing the 737 Max jetliner was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of deceiving safety regulators who were evaluating the plane, which was later involved ...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:22:18 EDT
Texas can continue to ban most abortions after U.S. appeals court sides with state
Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Biden administration's latest attempt to undo a new law that has become the nation's biggest curb to ab...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:49:03 EDT
Bill Clinton hospitalized for non-COVID-19 infection
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was admitted to a Southern California hospital Tuesday with an infection but is "on the mend," his spokesman said Thursday.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:57:34 EDT
6 in 7 coronavirus cases in Africa are not being detected, WHO study suggests
Only one in seven COVID-19 infections in Africa are being detected, meaning the continent's estimated infection level may be 59 million people, according to a new study by the World Health Organizatio...



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