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Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:05:11 EDT
Baldwin speaks publicly for 1st time since fatally shooting cinematographer, calling her a friend
Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly for the first time on camera about the cinematographer he fatally shot on the movie set of Rust, calling her a friend and saying he is in "constant contact" with her ...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 09:59:00 EDT
Tens of thousands show up in streets to protest Sudan military coup
Thousands of Sudanese poured into the streets on Saturday, chanting "revolution, revolution" to the sound of whistles and drums, to protest a military coup earlier this week that threatened to derail ...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Increasing conflict in Afghanistan related to ongoing climate change, experts say
Afghanistan has been wracked by decades of war and occupation. But former climate negotiator Samim Hoshmand says you cannot talk about the situation in Afghanistan without talking about the role clima...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:28:52 EDT
John Deere reaches tentative labour deal with UAW union
Farm equipment manufacturer Deere & Co. reached a tentative labour agreement Saturday with the United Auto Workers union.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:15:56 EDT
G20 leaders endorse 15% minimum global corporate tax
Leaders have expressed "broad support" for a landmark deal to establish a 15 per cent global minimum corporate tax that aims to deter multinational corporations from using clever accounting to elude ...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:06:59 EDT
Court filing details documents Trump wants kept from committee probing January's Capitol attack
Former U.S. president Donald Trump is trying to block documents — including call logs, drafts of remarks and speeches and handwritten notes from his chief of staff relating to the Jan. 6 Capitol ins...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:32:20 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday
The city in northern Italy that suffered the brunt of COVID-19's first deadly wave in Europe is dedicating a grove of trees as a memorial to the pandemic dead. It's one of multiple memorials to the vi...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:41:46 EDT
Army shelling in Myanmar blamed for setting 160 homes ablaze
More than 160 buildings in a town in northwestern Myanmar, including at least two churches, have been destroyed by fires caused by shelling from government troops, local media and activists reported S...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 04:00:20 EDT
Trudeau in Rome for G20 summit as prospects for a deal on climate emissions remain uncertain
After a whirlwind one-day trip to the Netherlands to meet a long-time ally and friend, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to Rome today for a G20 summit that may prove to be a more fractious event....

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:48:42 EDT
Prince Andrew's lawyers call sexual abuse lawsuit 'baseless' in asking court to throw it out
Lawyers for Prince Andrew asked a New York judge on Friday to throw out a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing an American when she was 17, saying the prince "never sexually abused or assaulted" t...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:13:00 EDT
COVID-19 origins may never truly be known, U.S. spy agencies say in declassified report
U.S. intelligence agencies said on Friday they may never be able to identify the origins of COVID-19, as they released a new, more detailed version of their review into whether the coronavirus was tra...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:59:07 EDT
Queen Elizabeth advised to rest for at least 2 more weeks, palace says
Queen Elizabeth has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks, accepting doctors' recommendations to take on only light duties and not travel, Buckingham Palace said Friday.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:24:47 EDT
U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children 5 to 11
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children aged five to 11 to get Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:41:10 EDT
COVID-19 surge overwhelming hospitals in Bulgaria
Medical workers at Bulgaria's main emergency hospital are waging an uphill battle as a surge in coronavirus cases has overwhelmed the country's ailing health-care system.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:55:27 EDT
Sudan's military coup leader says new prime minister will be appointed within days
The Sudanese general who seized power in a coup this week said the military he heads will appoint a technocrat prime minister to rule alongside it within days.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:48:29 EDT
Contentious submarine deal with Australia was 'clumsy,' Biden admits to France's Macron
Working to patch things up with an old ally, President Joe Biden told French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday that the U.S. had been "clumsy" in its handling of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:26:10 EDT
Trudeau says Canada and Netherlands must join forces again to fight extremism, climate threat
Speaking in the Hague's Binnenhof with dozens of Dutch parliamentarians in attendance, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Friday for a new era of partnership between Canada and the Netherlands as th...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 08:43:16 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Friday
Russia on Friday reported another record of daily coronavirus deaths as authorities hoped to stem the contagion by keeping most people off work.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 12:12:35 EDT
Canada urged Biden to drop a 'Buy American' idea. Seems he's sticking to it
Canada urged U.S. President Joe Biden to drop a 'Buy American' provision on autos from his signature budget plan, but it appears he's going ahead with it. The idea is included in the newly released ve...

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
U.S. judge sentences Manitoban ex-reservist Patrik Mathews to 9 years in prison for role in neo-Nazi plot
Former Manitoba army reservist Patrik Mathews has been sentenced to nine years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for charges related to what the FBI has described as a neo-Na...



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