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Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:50:43 EDT
Actor Alec Baldwin fired prop gun that killed woman on movie set, U.S. sheriff says
A prop firearm discharged by veteran actor Alec Baldwin, who is producing and starring in a Western movie, killed his director of photography and injured the director Thursday at the movie set outside...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:52:59 EDT
Melbourne residents flock to bars, salons after enduring 262 days of COVID-19 restrictions
Residents of Melbourne, Australia, flocked to the city's pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world's most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of COVID-1...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:58:49 EDT
Human remains found at Florida park confirmed to be boyfriend of Gabby Petito
Dental records confirm that human remains found at a Florida wilderness park belong to Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend, Gabby Petito, was found dead after he returned home alone from their cross-coun...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:40:21 EDT
Queen Elizabeth spent Wednesday night in hospital, Buckingham Palace says
The 95-year-old monarch spent the night in hospital "for some preliminary investigations," and returned to Windsor Castle Thursday, according to Buckingham Palace.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:19:38 EDT
U.S. House finds Steve Bannon in contempt for refusing to testify about Jan. 6 siege
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former U.S. president Donald Trump, in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee inv...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:35:05 EDT
Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries if ransom not met
The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police in Haiti say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he doesn't get what he...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 08:40:13 EDT
Leaked documents show countries tried to water down UN climate report, Greenpeace says
The head of environmental group Greenpeace warns countries and corporations may try to "greenwash" their ongoing pollution of the Earth at upcoming UN climate talks. That's after leaked documents show...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:01:14 EDT
Trump, barred from Twitter and Facebook, says he's launching his own social media site
Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, former president Donald Trump says he's launching a new media company with its own soc...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How Biden's ambitious agenda is being nibbled away
Holdouts within the U.S. president's own party are pruning his plans for what's supposed to be a transformative agenda. Here's the latest on his massive budget bill.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:00:48 EDT
Fatal Tesla crash in Texas had a driver behind the wheel, probe finds
A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April near Houston, killing two men, neither of whom was found in the driver's seat. The National Transportation Safety ...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 08:10:34 EDT
U.K. police charge 25-year-old man with murder of MP David Amess
British police charged Ali Harbi Ali, 25, with the murder of lawmaker David Amess, who was stabbed to death on Friday at a meeting in his constituency, saying it was an act of terrorism. ...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:37:47 EDT
Pornhub settles California lawsuit that included Canadian women
Pornhub and several affiliated companies have settled a lawsuit brought by 50 women who alleged it profited from pornographic videos published without their full consent.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 03:31:06 EDT
India delivers 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses as health officials hope worst of pandemic has passed
India has administered one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Thursday, passing a milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fuelled its first crushing surge earlier ...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:21:36 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Thursday
Influential government advisers in the U.S. on Thursday endorsed extra doses of all three of the nation's vaccines — and said people eligible for a booster could choose a different company's brand f...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:49:01 EDT
Canada's closer to having a U.S. ambassador — 2 years later
Canada is closer to having a U.S. ambassador — finally. It's been more than two years since the U.S. had a top envoy in Ottawa. Political stalemate is one reason for the delay. Now a Senate committ...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:00:56 EDT
After years of war in Kandahar, Taliban leaders now seek aid from former enemies
Two months after the Taliban swept into Kandahar — part of its march toward the ultimate collapse of Afghanistan — CBC News went back to the southern region where Canadians had fought and died. ...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 03:23:43 EDT
Syria sees its deadliest day in months, with at least 24 killed in Idlib, Damascus incidents
A bloody day in Syria shook a relative calm that had taken hold in the war-torn country in recent months. While the conflict remains unresolved, a decade later, military activities had subsided. ...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:31:05 EDT
Potential human remains, items linked to boyfriend of Gabby Petito found in Florida park
Potential human remains have been found in a Florida wilderness area along with items believed to belong to Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend, Gabby Petito, was found slain after he returned home alone...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:17:22 EDT
Olympic flame arrives in Beijing amid boycott calls
The Olympic flame arrived in Beijing on Wednesday amid calls from overseas critics for a boycott of the upcoming Olympic Winter Games.

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:32:21 EDT
Countries must cut fossil fuel plans by more than half to reach global climate targets: UN report
The world needs to cut by more than half its production of coal, oil and gas in the coming decade to maintain a chance of keeping global warming from reaching dangerous levels, according to a UN-backe...



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