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Wed, 12 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Ukraine dusts off Cold War bunkers in case of Russian invasion many think won't happen
Beneath an administrative building in Kyiv, a concrete stairwell leads down to a thick metal door — the entrance to a bomb shelter from the Cold War era. It's just one of the hundreds of shelters ...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:13:20 EST
Trudeau, Ukrainian president talk sanctions, extending training mission to deter Russian military
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today discussed extending Canada's military training mission and the prospect of more sanctions on Moscow as Russian troops c...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:15:03 EST
Hundreds more Afghan refugees arrive in Canada, including human rights defenders
The federal government announced on Tuesday the arrival of more than 250 Afghan refugees, most of them classified by Ottawa as human rights defenders.

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:37:13 EST
Novak Djokovic says his agent made error on Australia entry form, apologizes for 'administrative mistake'
Novak Djokovic has moved to clarify how mistakes were made on the immigration document he submitted on his arrival in Melbourne last week, before his visa was revoked and then reinstated in a COVID-19...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:26:53 EST
Haitians rescued from overcrowded wooden boat trying to get to Florida
The U.S. Coast Guard pulled 176 Haitians from an overloaded, unseaworthy wooden sailing vessel as it approached the Florida Keys, officials said.

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:02:39 EST
More asymptomatic infections linked to Omicron, South African studies suggest
Preliminary findings from two studies in South Africa found a far greater number of people tested positive for the coronavirus but were not showing symptoms, compared to previous trials. ...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Why David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen and more are selling their music catalogues
David Bowie’s catalogue, which just sold for $250M US, only represents the latest in a long string of celebrity musicians cashing out of a struggling industry. But why are some of the biggest supers...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:27:51 EST
Britain's Boris Johnson faces outrage over alleged garden party during COVID-19 lockdown
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a wave of public and political outrage over allegations that he and his staff flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by holding a garden party in 2020. ...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Ukraine's alliances are not a 'bargaining chip' in talks with Russia, country's deputy PM says
Ukraine’s proposed membership in NATO should not be used as a “bargaining chip” in this week's talks between Russia and the United States over the eastern European nation's plight, says Ukraine...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:44:54 EST
Historic venue Grand Ole Opry criticized for Morgan Wallen performance
Morgan Wallen stepped on country music's most historic and storied stage over the weekend, a sign that many interpreted as the Grand Ole Opry giving the troubled star its blessing and a path to reconc...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 04:55:34 EST
North Korea fires suspected missile into sea amid stalled talks
North Korea on Tuesday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into its eastern sea, its second launch in a week, following leader Kim Jong-un's calls to expand its nuclear weapons program in de...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 07:53:27 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 11
Quebec Premier François Legault has named a successor to Dr. Horacio Arruda, who resigned as the province's public health director Monday. Legault also said the province would be demanding a signific...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:51:07 EST
Americans advised to avoid travel to Canada due to rising COVID-19 caseload
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising against travel to Canada because of rising numbers of COVID-19 cases.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:27:02 EST
U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient in medical first
In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life. Three days after the highly experimental surgery, a Maryland hospital says that the patien...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:51:20 EST
Dozens remain in hospital after New York City apartment fire, several in critical condition
As doctors raced Monday to save survivors of New York City's deadliest fire in three decades, authorities began investigating how thick smoke could billow through a high-rise, trapping many families i...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:04:40 EST
2021 was Earth's 5th-hottest year on record, according to European Union scientists
Last year was the world's fifth hottest on record, while levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit new highs in 2021, European Union scientists said.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:19:52 EST
U.S., Russia still poles apart after Ukraine talks in Geneva
Russia and the United States gave no sign that they had narrowed their differences on Ukraine and wider European security in talks in Geneva on Monday, as Moscow repeated demands that Washington says ...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 01:45:28 EST
Novak Djokovic wins court battle linked to COVID vaccine exemption, but saga not over
Novak Djokovic returned to the tennis court Monday for training, having won a legal battle to play in the Australian Open after his exemption from strict COVID-19 rules was questioned. But the governm...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:45:39 EST
Goldfish trained to drive cars on land
Goldfish are capable of navigating on land, Israeli researchers have found, after training fish to drive.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:53:05 EST
Video game giant Take Two buys Farmville creator Zynga for $12B
Take-Two Interactive, maker of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, is buying Zynga, maker of FarmVille and Words With Friends, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $12.7 billion. ...



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