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Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:36:43 EST
U.S. offers Trudeau government help to end border blockade
U.S. officials have offered to help the Trudeau government end a protest blockade whose effects are multiplying across the border and causing increasing concern in Washington.

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:00:00 EST
How a former Trump official wound up at Ottawa's convoy protest
A former Trump administration official who clashed with colleagues in Washington over views on the pandemic fell outside the scientific consensus has found allies at the vaccine-mandate protest in Ott...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 20:23:30 EST
Ukraine crisis now 'most dangerous moment' in Europe in decades, U.K. PM says
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday the Ukraine crisis has grown into "the most dangerous moment" for Europe in decades, while his top diplomat held icy talks with her Moscow counterpar...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:02:08 EST
U.S. politician uses blockade at Canada-U.S. border to argue for Buy American
The effects of the Ambassador Bridge shutdown in Windsor, Ont., have hit car plants and a Michigan Democrat says this illustrates the need for the U.S. to rely less on Canada. The timing, for Canada, ...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:00:00 EST
Putin sat far from Macron after French leader refused Russian COVID-19 test: sources
French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, and was therefore kept at a distance from the...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:47:44 EST
Police launch tear gas at striking factory workers in Haiti's capital
Police fired tear gas for a second day Thursday in attempts to break up protests by striking workers demanding pay increases at an industrial park in Haiti's capital.

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:34:15 EST
No religious clothes until hijab row settled, India court tells students
A court in a southern Indian state told students on Thursday not to wear any religious clothing until it delivers a verdict on petitions seeking to overturn a ban on hijabs, headscarves worn by Muslim...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 04:00:00 EST
As Russia maintains the pressure, Ukraine trains citizen-soldiers for guerrilla warfare
They are medical interns, truck drivers, clerks and students. As members of Ukraine's newly reorganized territorial defence units, some of them could be called upon to do some of the toughest, most da...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:37:27 EST
House Democrats to probe handling of records in Trump White House
A House committee is investigating whether former U.S. president Donald Trump violated the Presidential Records Act, after boxes of presidential records were discovered at his Florida estate and a new...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:01:00 EST
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic for Feb. 10

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:38:58 EST
European scientists demonstrate fusion energy record
European scientists have taken a significant step closer to mastering a technology that could allow them to one day harness nuclear fusion, providing a clean and almost limitless source of energy, Bri...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 04:00:00 EST
How Canadian recycling could be fuelling pollution in India
A Radio-Canada investigation tracked down bales of paper contaminated with soft plastics to a rural region of India, where locals say the plastic is being burned.

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 07:33:45 EST
Prince Charles isolating after testing positive for COVID-19
Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said on Thursday, the second time that the heir to the throne has contracted the disease.

Wed, 9 Feb 2022 04:00:00 EST
As Russian forces keep building, Ukrainians resist the urge to panic
Amid a rush of diplomacy to head off a possible Russian invasion, many Ukrainians are trying to block out the stress and carry on with life as usual. Still, the economic consequences of Russia's menac...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 07:25:23 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Feb. 10
Ontario's top doctor says he's reviewing timelines for Ontario's reopening plan and all other COVID-19 measures now that a massive wave of Omicron variant cases is receding, joining several other prov...

Wed, 9 Feb 2022 15:19:41 EST
U.K. police to contact more than 50 people accused of being at Downing Street parties
More than 50 people believed to have attended lockdown parties at British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Downing Street will be contacted by police to explain their involvement, officers said on Wedne...

Wed, 9 Feb 2022 22:01:20 EST
New Zealand moves to end Canada-inspired convoy protest after 3 days
Police on Thursday began arresting dozens of protesters who were camped out on the grounds of New Zealand's Parliament on the third day of a convoy protest against coronavirus mandates. ...

Wed, 9 Feb 2022 11:25:52 EST
Newly launched SpaceX satellites falling out of orbit after solar storm
Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so, the company said in an online update Tuesday night. ...

Wed, 9 Feb 2022 10:44:36 EST
Lone living accused militant in Paris attacks that left 130 dead denies killing anyone
Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in a jihadist rampage that killed 130 people in co-ordinated attacks across Paris in November 2015, told a French court Wednesday he had never killed or wounded anyone...

Tue, 8 Feb 2022 15:19:47 EST
Ottawa convoy protest takes centre stage in U.S. culture wars
There are now pandemic-related truck convoys planned in all 27 European capitals, New Zealand and in the U.S., as right-wing American social media channels buzz with chatter of convoys to Washington. ...



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