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Sat, 2 Jan 2021 20:06:34 EST
Former CNN talk show host Larry King hospitalized with COVID-19, network says
Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday.

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 19:13:12 EST
More bodies recovered in wake of Norway landslide, search still on for 7 others
Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life Saturday amid the ruined buildings and debris.

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 16:27:41 EST
11 Republican senators to challenge Joe Biden's win, vow to vote against state electors
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining U.S. President Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count ...

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 10:54:32 EST
Why Israel is leading the world with COVID-19 vaccinations
The reasons Israel been able to vaccinate its populations so quickly are multifaceted, and there may be lessons that Canada can learn, some experts say. 

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 10:36:25 EST
Iran plans 20% uranium enrichment 'as soon as possible'
Iran says it plans to enrich uranium up to 20 per cent at its underground Fordo nuclear facility "as soon as possible," pushing its program a technical step away from weapons-grade levels. ...

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 07:15:29 EST
French police shut down rave party defying COVID-19 restrictions
Several hundred French police on Saturday shut down an illegal rave party in northwestern France that had been underway since New Year's Eve in defiance of a curfew and coronavirus restrictions on...

Fri, 1 Jan 2021 21:34:00 EST
U.K. fishermen disappointed in Brexit deal with EU
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims the Brexit deal with the European Union will make the United Kingdom an independent coastal state with full control of its own waters, but some fishermen sa...

Fri, 1 Jan 2021 15:31:26 EST
U.S. Congress overrides Trump veto of $740B defence bill — a first by legislators
Congress on Friday overrode U.S. President Donald Trump's veto of a defence policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago, ensuring that the measure becomes law despite ...

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:49:24 EST
Goodbye, 2020: How New Year's celebrations looked different this year
As midnight rolled from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Americas, the New Year's experience mirrored national responses to the coronavirus itself. Some countries and cities cancelled o...

Fri, 1 Jan 2021 15:07:11 EST
Australia changes word in national anthem to reflect Indigenous history
Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called "the spirit of unity" and the country's Indigenous population.

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:26:37 EST
Brexit now a reality as U.K. completes economic separation from European Union
Britain has completed its economic break from the European Union after the Brexit transition period expired, ending its 48-year partnership with the trading bloc and starting a new and more distant re...

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:31:53 EST
Hundreds of migrants back at fire-gutted camp in Bosnia after relocation pushback
Uncertainty persists for hundreds of migrants whose relocation from a fire-damaged tent camp in Bosnia was cancelled amid protests by residents, reflecting confusion in the Balkan country's handling o...

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:06:56 EST
China gives conditional approval to homegrown Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine
Chinese health regulators said Thursday that they have given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm.

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 04:37:34 EST
Hong Kong court orders media publisher Jimmy Lai back into custody
Hong Kong's top court has remanded media and publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under Hong Kong's new national security law, in custody until another bail hearin...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 22:02:09 EST
Yemeni officials say blast at Aden airport kills 25, wounds 110
A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 25 people...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 10:14:00 EST
U.K. lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade deal with European Union
Britain's House of Commons has voted resoundingly to approve a trade deal with the European Union, paving the way for an orderly break with the bloc that will finally complete the U.K.'s years-long Br...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 22:25:22 EST
Spurs' Becky Hammon becomes 1st woman in history to coach an NBA team
Becky Hammon became the first woman to coach a team in NBA history, taking over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers following Gregg Popovich's ejection in the first...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 20:26:30 EST
Iran allocates $150K US payments to families of Ukraine crash victims
Iran has created a compensation fund to pay families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesd...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:09:42 EST
Eastern Caribbean on alert due to rare volcanic activity
Volcanoes that have been quiet for decades are rumbling to life in the eastern Caribbean, prompting officials to issue alerts in Martinique and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as scientists rush in to ...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:04:07 EST
Nashville man's girlfriend warned police he was building bombs a year before Christmas explosion
More than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas, officers visited his home after his girlfriend told police that he was building bombs in an RV trailer at hi...



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