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Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:15:43 EST
How Russia's pipeline politics could split the alliance around Ukraine

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:59:20 EST
39 people missing after boat capsizes near Florida in suspected human smuggling case
The U.S. Coast Guard searched on Tuesday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida's coast on the way from the Bahamas. ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:20:12 EST
Killings of 2 Canadians in Mexico due to gang debt, prosecutor says
A prosecutor in Mexico said Tuesday the killing of two Canadians at a Caribbean coast resort last week was motivated by debts between international gangs apparently dedicated to drug and weapons traff...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:34:04 EST
Red Sox legend Ortiz elected to Hall of Fame on 1st ballot; Bonds, Clemens denied entry
David Ortiz gazed at his phone, his pursed lips revealing nerves rarely seen from one of the game's great clutch hitters.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 05:54:01 EST
London police investigating Downing Street lockdown parties
London police said Tuesday they are investigating Downing Street lockdown parties in 2020 to determine if U.K. government officials violated coronavirus restrictions, putting further pressure on Prime...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:18:45 EST
Biden caught on hot mic insulting Fox News reporter
U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic uttering a vulgarity about Fox News reporter at a White House event on Monday after the journalist shouted a question about the impact of rising infla...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 05:00:00 EST
'Stop the spudpocalypse' campaign targets shoppers in Massachusetts
A new social media campaign is targeting shoppers in Massachusetts, warning them of rising prices and empty shelves as long as potatoes from Prince Edward Island are blocked from the United States. ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 02:32:21 EST
North Korea appears to have fired cruise missiles
North Korea fired what appeared to be two cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, days after a flurry of ballistic missile tests. ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:02:47 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday
Quebec is easing more pandemic restrictions as of Jan. 31. Premier François Legault, who said last week he could see light at the end of the tunnel, said Tuesday that he believes the province is now ...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:01:17 EST
Canadian academic Hassan Diab goes to trial next year in French terrorism case
France’s case against Ottawa academic Hassan Diab in connection with a bombing outside a Paris synagogue 40 years ago will go to trial in 2023 — more than five years after he was set free due to ...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:11:09 EST
Mutinous soldiers say military junta now controls Burkina Faso
More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared Monday on state television that a military junta had seized control of Burkina Faso after the democratically elected president was detained following a day...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:13:36 EST
Auger-Aliassime joins fellow Canadian Shapovalov in Aussie Open quarter-finals
Some 24 hours after Denis Shapovalov reached his first Australian Open men's singles quarter-final, his friend and countryman Felix Auger-Aliassime joined him in the final eight.

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:11:33 EST
French fashion designer Thierry Mugler dead at 73
French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, whose dramatic designs were worn by celebrities like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Cardi B, has died. He was 73.

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:44:17 EST
Michigan high school reopens nearly 2 months after shooting that left 4 students dead
The Michigan high school where four students were killed reopened for the first time since the Nov. 30 shooting that also injured other students and a teacher.

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Royal Family's attempt to get distance from Prince Andrew is an act of self-preservation
Buckingham Palace's 42-word announcement that Prince Andrew had lost his military affiliations and royal patronages was remarkably terse, but it was also remarkably symbolic, representing how far his ...

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Proposed statue of 17th-century female prodigy raises uncomfortable questions about Italy's monuments
A movement to honour Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman in the world to graduate from university, with a statue in Padua's Prato della Valle square has sparked a national debate in Italy...

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:46:56 EST
Canada's Jacob Panetta suspended by ECHL, cut from team for apparent racist gesture
The ECHL swiftly suspended defenceman Jacob Panetta for an apparent racist gesture toward fellow Canadian Jordan Subban of South Carolina Stingrays during Saturday's game. The Jacksonville Icemen late...

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:03:52 EST
Armenia's president resigns after finding himself more figurehead than power broker
Armen Sarkissian, who was chosen in 2018, complained that his office is not granted sufficient powers to allow him to be an effective head of state.

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 01:43:12 EST
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern postpones wedding after announcing new COVID-19 restrictions
New Zealanders are set to face new COVID-19 restrictions after nine cases of the Omicron variant were detected in a single family who flew to Auckland for a wedding earlier this month, Prime Minister ...

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 18:45:04 EST
Russia rejects U.K. claim of Kremlin seeking to replace Ukraine's leader
Moscow has rejected Britain's accusation that the Kremlin is seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine. Britain said earlier that Russian intelligence officers were in contact with a number o...



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