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Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 ESTNATO's defence ministers confront Ukraine challenges, desire for air defence systems
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:55:14 EDTAlex Jones ordered to pay $965M US for false claims about Sandy Hook massacre
A jury in Connecticut says conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay $965 million US to people who suffered from his lies that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 was a hoax.
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Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:11:26 EDTWHO says vaccine trial for new Ebola strain could start soon, as 1st case confirmed in Ugandan capital
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks as an outbreak of the disease in ...
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:18:07 EDTWounded Knee Massacre artifacts — once touted as 'a curiosity' — returned to Lakota Sioux
The return of artifacts from the Wounded Knee Massacre will help Lakota Sioux elders start to heal from their trauma, and give young people a chance to learn about their history, says Kevin Killer.
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Wed, 12 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDTBiden's blanket pot pardon plan is better than Canada's approach, experts say
U.S. President Joe Biden says he'll grant automatic pardons to all Americans convicted on federal charges of simple possession of marijuana. Some Canadian legal experts say that's the approach Canada ...
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:43:34 EDTCanada 'carefully considering' pleas for help from Haiti
As Haiti rapidly spirals into chaos, a high-ranking Haitian diplomat has called on Canada and the United States to form a strike force to confront gangs creating a humanitarian crisis in the C...
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:53 EDTIran sees renewed protests over Mahsa Amini death amid 'major' internet disruption
Calls for renewed protests in Iran saw demonstrators on the streets again, weeks after the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the country's morality police, an advocacy group said.
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Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:33:30 EDTNow-fired Texas police officer charged in shooting of teen who was eating in McDonald's parking lot
A former San Antonio, Texas, police officer was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated assault by a peace officer in last week's shooting of a teen who was eating a hamburger in his car in a Mc...
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:45:27 EDTIsrael says it has reached 'historic' deal with Lebanon over maritime border
Israel's prime minister said Tuesday that the country has reached a "historic agreement" with neighbouring Lebanon over their shared maritime border that could pave the way for natural gas exploration...
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:32:40 EDT'The worst is yet to come': IMF downgrades 2023 global outlook
Citing Russia’s war in Ukraine, chronic inflation pressures, punishing interest rates and the lingering consequences of the global pandemic, the 190-country lending group said economies around the w...
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 08:13:18 EDTIran intensifies crackdown on protests in Kurdish region
Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country's west as protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police rage on, activists said.
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Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:44:13 EDTSpanish baby in 'perfect condition' after pioneering intestine transplant, hospital says
A Spanish baby has become the world's first recipient of a successful intestine transplant from a donor who died of heart failure, hospital officials say.
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:55:26 EDTProsecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed, subject of Serial podcast
Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, a case that was chronicled in the first season of the hit podcast Serial.
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:16:32 EDTWhen does art transform rather than copy? U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on Warhol painting of Prince
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday will hear arguments in a copyright dispute between Andy Warhol's estate and photographer Lynn Goldsmith over his paintings of Prince, based on a photograph she...
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:15:10 EDTJapan welcomes foreign tourists after lifting pandemic border restrictions
Droves of tourists from abroad began arriving in Japan on Tuesday, with the end of pandemic-fighting border restrictions that had been in place for more than two years.
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 21:10:16 EDTPeople describe harrowing tales of escape from deadly landslide in Venezuela
Rescue workers using drones and trained dogs searched for survivors Monday following a massive landslide in central Venezuela, as the death toll rose to 34 and residents described harrowing tales of e...
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:01:22 EDTNew Zealand's plan to tax cow burps condemned by farmers
New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change.
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:29:27 EDTProtests in Iran over Mahsa Amini's death reach key oil and gas industry
Workers at the site of a major complex of refineries crucial for Iran's massive offshore natural gas field protested on Monday over the death of a 22-year-old woman, online videos appeared to show.
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Mon, 10 Oct 2022 19:00:03 EDTCalifornia governor's wife among Harvey Weinstein accusers in new L.A. trial
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and actor who is married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is among the accusers of Harvey Weinstein who will testify at his rape and sexual assault tria...
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 04:00:16 EDTU.S. elections are in a month: Here's the outlook from the campaign trail
The U.S. midterm elections are in a month. Here's the outlook from the campaign trail: Abortion narrowed the race, now Republicans are turning to 'three Cs' to seal their victory. At stake? Control of...