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Tue, 23 Nov 2021 02:22:06 EST
Fiery Bulgaria bus crash kills at least 45 people, including children
At least 45 people, including 12 children, died as a bus carrying mostly North Macedonian tourists crashed in flames on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officials said.

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:27:40 EST
SUV driver in Wisconsin parade crash was fleeing a domestic disturbance, police say
The man suspected of plowing his SUV into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring 48, had been involved in a domestic disturbance just minutes before, Wauke...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:42:09 EST
Attorneys make closing statements in trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killing
Attorneys on Monday offered their final words to the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020, with the prosecution saying that three white men chased him solely "because he was a Black m...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 23:57:20 EST
Andrew Cuomo ordered state workers to help produce his book, investigation finds
A legislative investigation released Monday found "overwhelming evidence" that former New York governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed women and that he ordered state workers to help produce his book ...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:31:54 EST
Former South Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan dies at 90
Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who took power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds in office, died on Tuesday. He was 9...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:25:45 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world Monday
The Public Health Agency of Canada said it hopes to keep the number of wasted doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada under five per cent.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:44:38 EST
Ethiopian PM says he'll lead army 'from the battlefront' as Tigray forces approach capital
Ethiopia's prime minister said he will lead his country's army "from the battlefront" beginning Tuesday, a dramatic new step by the Nobel Peace Prize-winner in a devastating yearlong war. ...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
How Canada could retaliate if tariff-like U.S. electric car policy goes ahead
When the Trump administration attacked Canada with tariffs on aluminum and steel, Canada retaliated. Fighting Joe Biden's pro-labour green car tax break may require more finesse.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:05:15 EST
Netanyahu called a 'control freak' by former aide during corruption trial testimony
An ex-aide to Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday took the stand in the former Israeli prime minister's corruption trial in Jerusalem, describing his boss as a "control freak" who was obsessed with the way h...

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:23:50 EST
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai tells Olympic officials she's 'safe' in Beijing home
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has taken part in a 30-minute video call from Beijing with International Olympic Committee officials and told them she was safe and well, the Olympic body said on Sun...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:53:58 EST
K-pop stars BTS win big at the American Music Awards
South Korean superstars BTS were crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday, brushing aside challenges from Taylor Swift, Drake and The Weeknd as they took home a total of three...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:01:00 EST
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic for Nov. 22

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:11:00 EST
Toxic gases threaten La Palma residents as volcano keeps erupting
Spanish authorities in La Palma ordered residents of three coastal towns to stay indoors. A new gush of lava from a volcano threatened toxic gases as the lava tumbled into the sea. (Involcan/Reuters) ...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:16:03 EST
White House nominates Fed chair Jerome Powell for 2nd term, ending speculation
President Joe Biden announced Monday that he's nominating Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, endorsing Powell's stewardship of the economy through a brutal pandemic re...

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 16:47:37 EST
2 people from kidnapped missionary group freed in Haiti, U.S. organization says
Christian Aid Ministries, based in Ohio, says two of 17 abducted members of the missionary group have been freed in Haiti.

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 09:32:37 EST
Sudan's military leaders reinstate deposed PM, say political detainees will be released
Sudan's deposed prime minister signed a deal with the military on Sunday that will see him reinstated, almost a month after a military coup put him under house arrest. A key pro-democracy group that h...

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:45:52 EST
U.K. taxi driver calls it a 'miracle' he survived passenger's bomb blast
A taxi driver injured when his passenger's homemade bomb exploded in the northwest England city of Liverpool a week ago said Sunday that it's a "miracle" he is alive.

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 09:48:52 EST
U.S. admiral warns of China threat and urges allies to work and train more closely
The United States and its allies should move more urgently in the face of rapidly evolving Chinese military tactics, the new U.S. commander of the Indo-Pacific region has warned the Halifax Internati...

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Passing the royal baton: How more duties are gradually shifting from the Queen to the younger generations
Recent events involving senior members of the Royal Family offer the latest insight into a gradual transition unfolding within the House of Windsor.

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 16:41:59 EST
Tiger Woods posts video swinging wedge 9 months after car accident
One swing, two words and three seconds of a video was all it took from Tiger Woods to get everyone talking Sunday about his future on the golf course.



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