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Mon, 29 Nov 2021 03:33:39 EST
Japan joins Israel in banning foreign visitors as omicron coronavirus variant spreads
Japan said on Monday it would close its borders to foreigners, as the world's third-largest economy joined Israel in taking the toughest measures against the new coronavirus variant omicron, which al...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Sure, there's Oxford, but growing number of U.K. students are choosing Canadian universities
The U.K has always been a popular destination for Canadian students, but now, the tide is starting to flow both ways.

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Family that fled Afghanistan with Canada's approval is now stuck abroad in web of bureaucracy
Ottawa says it’s doing all it can to quickly process Afghan refugees, but advocates say many — including those who worked for the Canadian government in Afghanistan — find themselves languishing...

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 08:49:10 EST
WHO criticizes travel bans on southern Africa as more countries confirm omicron cases
The World Health Organization on Sunday urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new omicron variant.

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Long suppressed and forcibly assimilated, Sámi people in Sweden get an apology 30 years in the making
An apology service this week marked a major step forward for reconciliation in Sweden, where the Indigenous Sámi people continue to fight for self-determination and recognition of past wrongs committ...

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 11:45:41 EST
5 mining officials, inspectors in custody following deadly explosion at Siberian coal mine
A court in Siberia on Saturday remanded five people in custody for two months to face charges related to a coal mining accident that killed more than 50 people this week and left dozens injured. ...

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 15:32:40 EST
France mulls more autonomy for Martinique, Guadeloupe amid COVID-19 riots
France's government is offering to discuss some autonomy for the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, which have been wracked by virus-related rioting and strikes that reflect long-r...

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 17:09:44 EST
3 men killed by falling trees, as winter storm Arwen strikes U.K.
At least three people have died in the U.K. after the year's first winter storm battered parts of the nation with gusts of nearly 160 km/h.

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 13:27:05 EST
Honduran presidential election could end conservatives' 12-year rule
Hondurans headed to the polls on Sunday to pick a new president, with leftist candidate Xiomara Castro hoping to oust the right-wing National Party, whose 12-year rule has been beset by graft scandals...

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 08:51:02 EST
Israel plans to ban entry of all foreigners in effort to contain omicron variant
Israel on Saturday said it would ban the entry of all foreigners into the country and reintroduce counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology in order to contain the spread of a new and potentially mo...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:23:41 EST
How India's farmers faced down their prime minister and won
Thousands of farmers forced India's prime minister into a rare reversal on Nov. 19, when Narendra Modi announced his government would repeal three agricultural reform laws that the farmers feared woul...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:04:31 EST
Stock markets roiled anew by fears about emerging coronavirus variant
Global stock markets and oil prices tumbled Friday after South Africa identified a new potentially fast-spreading coronavirus variant and the European Union proposed suspending air travel from souther...

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Exoneration of Black men known as the Groveland Four 'hard to put into words,' says author
Gilbert King's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, unearthed previously unknown details about the case of four Black ...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:00:00 EST
As Russia builds up military near border with Ukraine, the West fears the worst
While the seven-year-long conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine continues to erupt despite multiple ceasefires, the recent movement of Russia's military f...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:52:46 EST
Afghan woman featured on iconic National Geographic cover arrives in Italy
Italy has given safe haven to Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed "Afghan Girl" whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her country's wars, Prime Minister Mario Draghi's office said on Thu...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 08:04:30 EST
Nations begin stopping air travel from southern Africa due to new coronavirus variant
Canada joined a slew of countries moving to restrict air travel from southern Africa on Friday in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant.

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 08:38:31 EST
Survivor found after Siberian coal mine explosion left dozens presumed dead
Rescue crews have found a survivor in a Siberian coal mine where dozens of miners are presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion, a senior regional official said on Friday.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 22:55:33 EST
Former Brazil Olympic boss sentenced to over 30 years in prison for corruption
Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for allegedly buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 04:26:14 EST
More countries announce COVID-19 travel restrictions after omicron variant discovery
The discovery of a new coronavirus variant triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa where the variant was first detected and stock markets on both si...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 16:38:15 EST
Extreme wildfire weather increasing around the globe, research says
New research suggests the risk of extreme wildfire events is increasing across the globe, with some of the largest increases in Western Canada.



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