Canadian World News
Thu, 8 Sep 2022 13:36:13 EDTThe Queen's funeral represents a look back in memory and ahead in transition
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:26:48 EDTAdnan Syed, subject of Serial podcast, will be released and conviction overturned
A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial.
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Mon, 19 Sep 2022 20:32:33 EDTRussian Valery Polyakov, who holds record for longest space mission, dead at 80
Valery Polyakov, the Russian cosmonaut whose 437 days aboard the Mir space station set the record for the longest single stay in space, has died at age 80, Russia's space agency announced Monday.
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Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:46:48 EDTHurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic after leaving Puerto Rico with 'catastrophic' damage
Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday, a day after knocking out power to all of Puerto Rico and causing damage the governor described as "catastrophic." Many people were also le...
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:55:04 EDTMexico earthquake sends people hurrying into streets on anniversary of 2 deadly quakes
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific coast on Monday, killing at least one person and setting off a seismic alarm in the rattled capital on the anniversary of two earlier devastat...
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:33:44 EDTRussian missile struck close to nuclear plant, Ukraine says
A Russian missile struck close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine without damaging the three reactors but hit other industrial equipment in what Ukrainian authorities denounced Monday as an ...
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:46:23 EDTBiden says U.S. would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion
President Joe Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan if China tries to invade the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as part of its territory, adding to displays of official American support for...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:23:13 EDTDeadly earthquake in Taiwan derails trains, strands hundreds
A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-storey building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 13:05:36 EDTRussia attacks civilian targets in Ukraine following battlefield losses, U.K. says
Russia has widened its strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure in the past week following setbacks on the battlefield and is likely to expand its target range further, Britain said on Sunday, as ...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 20:16:57 EDTBiden says it was 'irresponsible' for Trump to keep classified documents at Mar-a-Lago
U.S. President Joe Biden says the discovery of top-secret documents at former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised and called it "irresponsibl...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDTIn Brazil, fears of Jan. 6-style post-election violence increase as president casts doubt on voting system
To partisans across a stark political divide, Brazil's upcoming election is nothing less than a battle for the future of democracy in South America's largest nation. The Oct. 2 vote pits leftist ex-p...
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 ESTPride celebrations happening in war-torn Kharkiv as LGBTQ community fights for rights
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDTThe Queen's death is a stark reminder of how few women leaders there are
If we elected more women to top roles, I wouldn't find myself feeling this way about someone who rose to power by fluke of birth.
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 07:08:52 EDTBiden among thousands paying respects to Queen Elizabeth on eve of her funeral
U.S. President Joe Biden paid his respects at Queen Elizabeth II's coffin on Sunday as thousands of police, hundreds of British troops and an army of officials made final preparations for the Queen's ...
Sat, 17 Sep 2022 05:54:50 EDTPrinces William and Harry lead vigil of Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren at Westminster Palace
All eight of Queen Elizabeth II's grandchildren stood in silent vigil beside her coffin Saturday, capping another huge day in which thousands came to London to pay their respects to the monarch. Many ...
Sat, 17 Sep 2022 18:46:55 EDT'Never this severe': Alaska residents flee from flooding as powerful storm slams state
A powerful storm travelling north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for h...
Sat, 17 Sep 2022 17:53:15 EDTRiot police clash with hooligans during Pride march in Serbian capital
Riot police clashed Saturday with soccer hooligans in downtown Belgrade, where a pan-European Pride march was held despite threats from anti-gay groups and an official earlier ban on the march in the ...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 15:37:27 EDTPuerto Rico hit by blackout as Hurricane Fiona makes landfall
The eye of newly formed Hurricane Fiona landed on Puerto Rico's southwestern coast on Sunday — already causing an island-wide power blackout and threatening to dump "historic" levels of rain.
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Sat, 17 Sep 2022 11:09:47 EDTSouth Korean president to visit Canada to talk trade, energy and security
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will travel to Canada next week to talk about energy, security and trade with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:38:51 EDTFuror in Iran after young woman slips into coma and dies while in custody, reportedly over headscarf rules
Iran's president has ordered a probe in the case of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who slipped into a coma while in custody in Tehran and died, state media reported on Friday. She was reportedly detained ...