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Sat, 19 Nov 2022 21:55:23 EST
Climate damage fund for poor nations approved at COP27
Negotiators early Sunday approved a historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries' carbon pollution, but an overal...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:35:37 EST
Why Qatar's 'best ever' World Cup is a tough pledge to deliver

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:12:14 EST
Musk reinstates Trump's suspended Twitter account following poll
Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump's account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan....

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:26:53 EST
Ukraine war offers preview of a world of 'tyranny and turmoil,' says Pentagon chief
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin warns how Russia's invasion of Ukraine, if unchallenged, could normalize threats of nuclear blackmail and says the war offers a preview of a world where nuclear-arm...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Mexico's president channels Trump as he targets his country's electoral system
Although former president Donald Trump’s Stop the Steal campaign failed this month to undermine the U.S. electoral system from the outside, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has also s...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:20:19 EST
Buffalo, N.Y., braces for another wallop of lake-effect snow as storms continue
Residents of western New York state were digging out Saturday morning from a dangerous lake-effect snowstorm that had dropped more than 1.8 metres of snow in some areas and caused several deaths. ...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 12:55:19 EST
North Korean leader's little-known daughter attends launch site with Kim Jong-un
North Korea has unveiled the little-known daughter of its leader Kim Jong-un at a missile launch site, attracting keen attention on a fourth-generation member of the dynastic family that has ruled Nor...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:39:16 EST
U.S. midterms won't weaken Washington's support for Ukraine, conference told
A major international security conference started Friday in Halifax with repeated reassurances that the results of the U.S. midterm elections won't mean a major shift in U.S. support for Ukraine. ...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:54:34 EST
UN climate negotiators agree on potential compensation fund for poor nations, says Maldives minister
Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks: creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weat...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:08:12 EST
1 special counsel, 2 cases cast new shadow over Trump's comeback bid
It's a seismic development: A special counsel will conduct a criminal probe of Donald Trump while he runs for office. Meet Jack Smith, the prosecutor who will loom over his presidential run. ...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Theranos's Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison
A U.S. federal judge on Friday sentenced disgraced Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes to 11 years and three months in federal prison.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:32:42 EST
Is this the end of Twitter? Staff exodus has some fearing imminent collapse
Elon Musk showed up to his first day as the new owner of Twitter holding a sink. Barely three weeks later, the more apt analogy might have been a toilet, as the company has flushed away a good chunk o...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:10:38 EST
Special counsel Jack Smith to oversee Trump classified documents investigation
Attorney General Merrick Garland named Jack Smith as special counsel on Friday to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the presence of classified documents at former U.S. president Dona...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:06:30 EST
Biden administration supports immunity for Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi lawsuit
The Biden administration says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's high office should shield him from a lawsuit over his alleged role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, marking a turnaroun...

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:17:10 EST
Twitter closes offices until Monday as employees quit in droves
Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity,"...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:55:02 EST
Iranian protesters reportedly torch Ayatollah Khomeini's ancestral home
Video clips showing a fire at the ancestral home in Iran of the Islamic Republic's late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, have appeared on social media, with activists saying it was torched by pro...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:29:35 EST
Nord Stream pipelines show evidence of damage from explosives, Swedish team says
Investigators have found traces of explosives at the site of the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines, confirming sabotage had taken place, a Swedish prosecutor said on Friday.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:10:21 EST
Ronnas and quettas: Scientists expand our measurements for size
Scientists meeting in France have expanded the world's measuring unit systems to incorporate some bold new, tongue-twisting prefixes on the gigantic and even the minuscule scale.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 06:44:37 EST
North Korea test fires ballistic missile with range capable to strike U.S. mainland
Leaders of the United States, South Korea, Japan and allied countries convened an emergency meeting during an Asian summit on Friday and condemned North Korea's firing of a suspected intercontinen...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:20:41 EST
Soccer North: Underdog Canada ready to stun top-level competition in FIFA World Cup
Canada's only World Cup appearance in 1986 finished with zero goals scored and three losses in three games. But head coach John Herdman tells Soccer North that 2022 is a huge opportunity for the men's...



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