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Wed, 5 Oct 2022 04:00:38 EDT
A controversy-courting U.S. politician causes stir on Canadian university campus
One of America's most controversial politicians is causing a stir far north of the campaign trail: at a Canadian university that once granted him a doctorate. Far-right candidate Doug Mastriano didn't...

Wed, 5 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Canadian officials have met with Taliban more than a dozen times since Kabul fell: documents
Canadian government officials have met with representatives of the Taliban on at least thirteen occasions in Qatar since it swept to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, documents obtained by CBC N...

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
Russian ethnic minorities bearing brunt of Ukraine war mobilization

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 17:40:39 EDT
As protests spread to universities, Iran's president tries to ease unrest
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday appealed for national unity and tried to allay anger against the country's rulers, as weeks-long protests critical of the government continued to spread to ...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 16:20:52 EDT
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to step into legal battle over Mar-a-Lago classified documents
Lawyers for former U.S. president Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate. ...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 16:01:47 EDT
Florida residents wait for slow return of power in Ian's aftermath
Nearly a week after Hurricane Ian smashed into Florida and carved a path of destruction into the Carolinas, hundreds of thousands of people faced another day without electricity Tuesday, as rescuers p...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 13:33:06 EDT
Cheating scandal rocks fishing world after lead weights found in winning catch
A now-viral video posted to social media shows the tournament director for the Lake Erie Walleye Trail cutting open the winning catch of five walleye on Friday and finding lead weights inside them. ...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 18:28:25 EDT
Antarctic research stations rife with sexism and harassment, probe finds
A new report has found a widespread culture of sexism and sexual harassment at Australia’s Antarctic research bases. But scientists in the field say it's not just an Australian problem. ...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 12:36:10 EDT
Elon Musk offers to go ahead with Twitter takeover after all
Billionaire Elon Musk has decided to stop fighting Twitter in court and go ahead with his original offer to buy the company for $44 billion.

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 16:11:19 EDT
Goodwill launches online store so thrifters can shop from home
Goodwill on Tuesday launched GoodwillFinds, a newly incorporated shopping venture that is making roughly 100,000 donated items available for purchase online and expanding the 120-year-old non-profit o...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 06:06:08 EDT
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to trio of scientists for 'pioneering' work in quantum science
Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering qu...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 08:39:31 EDT
EU moves ahead with plans to standardize phone chargers by 2024
The European Parliament approved new rules on Tuesday that will introduce a single charging port for mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU by 2024 — a world first that is expected to affect i...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 11:15:13 EDT
Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter singer and country music icon, dead at 90
Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner's daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90. ...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 11:47:04 EDT
Stadium gates too small for escape in deadly soccer stampede, Indonesia police say
The gates at the Indonesian soccer stadium where police fired tear gas that set off a deadly crush were too small and could only accommodate two at a time when hundreds were trying to escape, police i...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 09:10:03 EDT
10 dead, 11 missing in Himalayan avalanche in India
At least 10 trainee mountaineers died Tuesday after being swept away by an avalanche in the Himalayas in northern India, media reports said, as rescuers searched for 11 others missing.

Mon, 3 Oct 2022 17:19:23 EDT
Trump sues CNN over 'libel and slander' claims, vows lawsuits against other outlets
Former U.S. president Donald Trump sued CNN in federal court in Florida for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million US in punitive damages, a court filing showed.

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 08:14:46 EDT
Player's Own Voice podcast: Soccer player Becky Sauerbrunn aims to export equity after historic deal
CBC Sports' Player's Own Voice podcast begins season six with one of the most influential athletes in the history of women's soccer.

Mon, 3 Oct 2022 20:09:43 EDT
North Korea launch over Japan believed to be farthest it has sent a missile
Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before on Tuesday, sending it soaring over Japan for the first time in five years, and prompting a warning for residents ther...

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 01:39:36 EDT
Indonesia police chief, others removed over deadly soccer stadium crush
An Indonesian police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts Monday and 18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas inside a soccer stadium that ...

Mon, 3 Oct 2022 15:30:04 EDT
Oath Keepers leader spoke of 'civil war' ahead of Jan. 6 Capitol attack, prosecutors say
Prosecutors on Monday urged a jury to convict Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four others for their roles in storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, alleging they plotted to do whatever it ...



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