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Fri, 23 Sep 2022 04:00:42 EDT
Italy may be forced to face Fascist past with voters poised to elect far-right government
As Italy heads to the polls this Sunday to elect its next government, the country looks set to take its sharpest turn to the right since Benito Mussolini. Giorgia Meloni is in position to head a righ...

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
Russians try to escape conscription as Putin launches fresh attacks on Ukraine

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
She held up a Lebanese bank for her own money. Now, she's in hiding
Some people in Lebanon are resorting to holding bank heists to get their own money out of their accounts. Nothing is Foreign speaks to a woman who did just that, and explores how the ongoing economic ...

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:18:25 EDT
As gang violence consumes Haiti, donor nations — Canada included — seem reluctant to get involved
Haiti has been lurching from crisis to crisis for a long time. But at no point in the recent past — perhaps since the immediate aftermath of the 2010 earthquake — has the country's plight seemed ...

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:40:52 EDT
Iranian authorities warn of repercussions for protests over death of Mahsa Amini
Iran's president said on Thursday that "acts of chaos" are not acceptable, in a warning to protesters who have taken to the streets across the country to vent their fury over the death of a woman in...

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:47:55 EDT
Sandy Hook parents in Connecticut finally get to see Alex Jones on the witness stand
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand Thursday at his defamation trial in Connecticut as he tried to limit the damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacr...

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:18:31 EDT
Who is 'Fat Leonard'? Fugitive at centre of U.S. navy bribery case nabbed in Venezuela
The international manhunt for Leonard Glenn Francis, 57, ended with his arrest by Venezuelan authorities Tuesday morning at the Caracas airport as he was about to board an airplane for another country...

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 04:20:03 EDT
Mexico earthquake leaves at least 2 dead
A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Mexico early Thursday, causing at least two deaths, damaging buildings and setting off landslides.

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:15:50 EDT
Zelenskyy urges UN to strip Russia of veto power, lays out 'pre-conditions for peace'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implored the world Wednesday to punish Russia for its invasion, even as he vowed his forces would win back every inch of territory despite Moscow's decision to ...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:47:33 EDT
Justice Department can resume viewing documents seized from Trump's home, court rules
The U.S. Justice Department can resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from former president Donald Trump's Florida home pending appeal, a federal court ruled on Wednesday, giving a boo...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Lies, damned lies and immigration stats: the facts of the U.S. migrant debate
There are lies, damned lies, and U.S. immigration debates. Here are some basic details on an emotional issue where the facts have a habit of getting lost.

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:29:07 EDT
Internet disruptions in Iran amid widespread protests over Mahsa Amini's death
Iran has seen nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained for allegedly wearing the mandatory Islamic headscarf too loosely.

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:11:14 EDT
U.S. central bank hikes interest rate again, up to 3.25%
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point in its latest move to get ahead of runaway inflation.

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:50:33 EDT
Donald Trump sued for fraud by New York state attorney general
New York's attorney general sued former U.S. president Donald Trump and his company for fraud on Wednesday, alleging they padded his net worth by billions of dollars by manipulating the value of prize...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:22:07 EDT
How many ants are there? The number is 'incredibly difficult to comprehend'
A new study estimates there are 20 quadrillion ants on the planet. That's 20 thousand million millions, or 20,000,000,000,000,000 with 16 zeroes. And it's likely an underestimate.

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:08:35 EDT
World Cup captains campaign to wear rainbow armbands in Qatar
FIFA came under pressure Wednesday from several European soccer federations who want their captains to wear an armband with a rainbow heart design during World Cup games in Qatar to campaign against d...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:28:23 EDT
Lebanese woman who stole own savings from bank says she's not the criminal
On the run from authorities after forcing a bank to release her family savings at gunpoint to treat her cancer-stricken sister, 28-year-old Lebanese interior designer Sali Hafiz insists she is not the...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 07:13:08 EDT
Tasmania rescue efforts see 32 whales saved out of over 230 stranded
Wildlife experts on Thursday rescued 32 of the 230 whales that were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia's island state of Tasmania a day earlier.

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:32:25 EDT
Australian rules football investigates racism allegations made by Indigenous players
The Australian Football League says it is investigating "very serious allegations" made by Indigenous players that they were racially abused by a coach at the Hawthorn Football Club in Melbourne. ...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:32:36 EDT
Review of seized Mar-a-Lago documents should go quickly, arbiter says
The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida home says he intends to push briskly through the process and appeared s...



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