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Sat, 15 Jan 2022 03:00:57 EST
Tsunami warning issued for all of Tonga after undersea volcano erupts
The Pacific nation of Tonga issued a tsunami warning Saturday after an undersea volcano erupted, and video posted to social media showed large waves washing ashore in coastal areas.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 02:11:28 EST
Novak Djokovic back in detention, continues to fight deportation from Australia
Novak Djokovic was reported to be back in immigration detention Saturday after his legal challenge to avoid being deported from Australia for being unvaccinated for COVID-19 was moved to a higher cour...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:47:03 EST
British PM's office apologizes to Queen for staff parties held the night before husband's funeral
Boris Johnson's office on Friday apologized to the Royal Family for holding staff parties in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral last year — the latest in a string of allegedly lock...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:36:04 EST
U.S. judge orders 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli pay back $64M, bars him from drug industry
Martin Shkreli must return $64.6 million US in profits he and his former company reaped from raising the price of the life-saving drug Daraprim, a federal judge ruled Friday while Shkreli from partic...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 08:15:38 EST
Cyberattack hits Ukraine as U.S. warns Russia preparing 'pretext for invasion'
The United States said it feared Russia was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine if diplomacy fails to meet its objectives, after a massive cyberattack splashed Ukrainian government websites with a w...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:34:12 EST
Netflix raising prices for standard and premium plans in the U.S. and Canada
Netflix Inc. has raised its monthly subscription price in the U.S. and Canada by $1 to $2 US per month depending on the plan, the company said Friday, to help pay for new programming to compete in the...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 03:48:19 EST
North Korea fires fresh missiles in response to U.S. sanctions
North Korea on Friday fired two short-range ballistic missiles in its third weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea said, in an apparent reprisal for fresh sanctions imposed by the Biden a...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:27:33 EST
Prince Andrew loses military affiliations, royal patronages amid sex abuse lawsuit
Prince Andrew has returned his military affiliations and royal patronages to Queen Elizabeth, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, a day after his lawyers failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss a c...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:50:17 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 14
Prince Edward Island has announced that two people have died of COVID-19 on the island, the province's first fatalities related to the virus.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:15:45 EST
Russia ups ante in dispute with West over Ukraine, not ruling out deployment to Cuba, Venezuela
Russia raised the stakes Thursday in its dispute with the West over Ukraine when a top diplomat refused to rule out a military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if tensions with the United States escal...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:42:26 EST
Leader of far-right Oath Keepers militia group arrested over Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol
Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, authorities...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:56:23 EST
As talks with Russia stall, NATO chief warns of a new war in Europe
The threat of a new war in Europe is very real, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday following talks with Russia at the military alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. ...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:20:52 EST
Russia-led troops sent to quell Kazakhstan protests preparing to leave, Moscow says
Troops belonging to a Russia-led security alliance were preparing to pull out of Kazakhstan, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The withdrawal comes only a week after they were deployed to th...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:42:19 EST
Syrian ex-secret police officer convicted of crimes against humanity by German court
Anwar Raslan, a former Syrian secret police officer, was convicted by a German court Thursday of crimes against humanity for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail near Damascus a decade ago. ...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:28:50 EST
Canada's Citizen Lab says dozens of journalists, activists in El Salvador targeted by spyware
Canadian research institute Citizen lab says the cellphones of nearly three dozen journalists and activists in El Salvador, several of whom were investigating alleged state corruption, were hacked and...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:25:24 EST
Watch an endangered tiger cub take its 1st steps outdoors
A critically endangered Sumatran tiger cub took its first steps outdoors this week, a month after it was born at a London zoo.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:41:40 EST
Djokovic included in Australian Open draw despite uncertainty over visa situation
Tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was included in the Australian Open official draw on Thursday, although uncertainty remained about whether the government will cancel the top seed's visa for a second...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:19:57 EST
House panel probing Capitol riot seeks interview with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
The House of Representatives panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday.

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:16:26 EST
Families await news of thousands held by police in Kazakhstan after protests
With about 12,000 people arrested after anti-government protests in Kazakhstan last week, friends and relatives of those held by police waited outside a jail Wednesday, hoping to learn their fate ...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:04:33 EST
Prince Andrew's bid to dismiss sex abuse accuser's lawsuit rejected by U.S. judge
Britain's Prince Andrew failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was underage.



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