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Sun, 9 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Prince William and Kate offer a fleeting glimpse of family life as they mark 10 years of marriage
As much as a short video posted for Prince William and Kate's 10th wedding anniversary offers a rare glimpse of their family enjoying time at play, there is also a sense that it was a carefully crafte...

Sun, 9 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Online campaign encourages Hong Kongers in Canada to recognize their identity in 2021 census
The #IAmHongKonger campaign calls on members of the diaspora to select Hong Kong as their ethnic origin in the long-form census and to list Cantonese as one of their spoken languages at home in the sh...

Sat, 8 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Independence movements in Scotland and Quebec are heading in different directions
As Scots contemplate becoming an independent country again — just seven years after deciding against it in a 2014 referendum — Quebec seems further away from independence than it has been for de...

Sat, 8 May 2021 18:21:41 EDT
Here's why people are protesting across Colombia
Thousands of Colombians have protested across the country against a government they feel has long ignored their needs, allowed corruption to run rampant and is so out of touch that it proposed tax inc...

Sat, 8 May 2021 11:32:23 EDT
At least 30 killed in bomb blast near girls' school in Afghan capital
A bomb exploded near a girls' school in a majority Shia district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 30 people, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old. The Taliban condemned the attac...

Sat, 8 May 2021 18:35:35 EDT
Scottish National Party wins parliamentary election, plans 2nd referendum on independence
The Scottish National Party won its fourth straight parliamentary election on Saturday and insisted it will push on with another referendum on Scotland's independence from the United Kindgom even tho...

Sat, 8 May 2021 05:38:46 EDT
More than 200 Palestinians hurt in night of clashes in Jerusalem, medics say
A night of heavy clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and elsewhere in Jerusalem left more than 200 Palestinians wounded, medics said Saturday, as the city br...

Sat, 8 May 2021 17:49:46 EDT
Barack Obama's dog Bo, once a constant presence at the White House, dies from cancer
Former U.S. president Barack Obama's dog Bo died Saturday after a battle with cancer, the Obamas said on social media, calling him a 'true friend and loyal companion.'

Fri, 7 May 2021 16:46:16 EDT
Bye, bye, birdie rule: U.S. quashes Trump environmental weakening that angered Canada
The Biden administration says it's siding with Canada in a dispute over an environmental protection for birds that migrate across the border.

Fri, 7 May 2021 14:46:19 EDT
2 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 1 wounded in country's east
The Ukrainian military said Friday two soldiers were killed and another was wounded under fire from Russia-backed separatist rebels in the country's east, where hostilities have increased sharply in r...

Fri, 7 May 2021 15:37:31 EDT
Indian PM under pressure to enact strict anti-COVID lockdown measures
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, as a startling surge in coronavirus cases that has pummelled the country's health system shows...

Fri, 7 May 2021 15:15:41 EDT
Listen to the Ingenuity helicopter humming through the Martian air
First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming above the surface of Mars.

Fri, 7 May 2021 11:51:01 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Friday
Manitoba is closing a number of business and services and limiting gatherings in order to address the third wave of COVID-19 in the province, while Nova Scotia tightened its border restrictions am...

Fri, 7 May 2021 12:15:06 EDT
Bird-like dinosaur could hunt in total darkness, pointing to thriving prehistoric 'nightlife'
Under the cover of darkness in desert habitats about 70 million years ago, in what is today Mongolia and northern China, a gangly looking dinosaur employed excellent night vision and superb hearing to...

Fri, 7 May 2021 13:10:22 EDT
Nepal's COVID-19 case surge has doctors sounding the alarm
Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen. ...

Fri, 7 May 2021 11:42:08 EDT
China says there is little threat of rocket causing harm as it returns to Earth
China says the upper stage of its Long March 5B rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up on re-entry, posing little threat to people and property on the ground. ...

Fri, 7 May 2021 11:27:26 EDT
Derek Chauvin, 3 ex-officers now face federal charges related to killing of George Floyd
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd's arrest and death, accusing them of violating the Black man's constitutional rights as he was re...

Fri, 7 May 2021 11:57:00 EDT
Dutch researchers train honeybees to detect COVID-19
Researchers in the Netherlands used the hypersensitive scent response of honeybees to teach them to react to the scent of the coronavirus. Scientists say the bees can detect the virus immediately, eli...

Fri, 7 May 2021 13:10:45 EDT
WHO panel approves emergency use of China's Sinopharm vaccine
The World Health Organization gave emergency use authorization Friday to a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China's Sinopharm, potentially paving the way for millions of the doses to reach needy count...

Fri, 7 May 2021 11:57:00 EDT
Norwegian company develops fully electric motorboats
The Evoy1 motorboat, manufactured by Norwegian company Evoy, uses the same rapid charger as an electric car, generates up to 800 horsepower, fully charges in 30 minutes and can reach speeds of up to 5...



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