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Mon, 31 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Benjamin Netanyahu's days leading Israel could be numbered as new coalition forms
On Sunday, right-wing nationalist party leader Naftali Bennett announced a deal with centrist Yair Lapid to form a new 'unity government' to end the political upheaval in Israel. If successful, it wou...

Sun, 30 May 2021 11:00:00 EDT
U.K. PM Boris Johnson says he wants a deal with G7 on vaccine passports
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is looking to the G7 to come to an agreement on implementing vaccine passports and to start discussions on a global pandemic preparedness treaty at next mo...

Sun, 30 May 2021 14:39:30 EDT
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu in danger of losing PM role as rivals propose new coalition
The head of a small hard-line party on Sunday said he would try to form a unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents, taking a major step toward ending the 12-year rule of the...

Sun, 30 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
'Too much British cheese'? U.K. PM Boris Johnson on trade, climate co-operation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he's hopeful his country can reach a permanent agreement with Canada on dairy trade. He also highlighted the importance of an agreement on climate financing f...

Sun, 30 May 2021 09:09:12 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on May 30
Saskatchewan begins the first of its three-step plan to reopen on Sunday, easing some measures enacted to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

Sun, 30 May 2021 10:02:13 EDT
Naomi Osaka wins, fined $15K for skipping French Open news conference
Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 at the French Open for skipping a post-match news conference after her first-round victory Sunday — and threatened by all four Grand Slam tournaments with stiffer penal...

Sun, 30 May 2021 06:27:09 EDT
U.K. PM Boris Johnson marries fiancée in private ceremony
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds are newlyweds. His Downing Street office says they were married Saturday in a small private ceremony in London.

Sun, 30 May 2021 06:59:08 EDT
Blind Chinese mountaineer reaches top of Mount Everest
A 46-year old man from China has scaled the tallest peak in the world from the Nepal side, becoming the first blind man from Asia to climb Mount Everest.

Sat, 29 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
It's time to bleed Belarus's economy, says former Lukashenko adviser
Alexander Lukashenko has survived as Belarus's authoritarian ruler for 27 years by knowing how to play Russia off against the West. But did his gambit to "hijack" an Irish airliner to arrest a governm...

Sat, 29 May 2021 13:22:30 EDT
State Republican lawmakers try to limit teaching about race, racism
Governors and legislatures in Republican-controlled states across the U.S. are moving to define what race-related ideas can be taught in public schools and colleges, a reaction to the country's racial...

Sat, 29 May 2021 20:14:46 EDT
B.J. Thomas, Grammy-winning singer who topped charts across genres, dies at 78
B.J. Thomas, who announced in March that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, died from complications of the disease Saturday at his home in Arlington, Texas, a statement released by his representa...

Sat, 29 May 2021 16:58:26 EDT
Chelsea upset Manchester City to capture 2nd Champions League crown
Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time Saturday, beating Manchester City 1-0 thanks to Kai Havertz's first-half goal as Pep Guardiola's overthinking proved costly again in the all-Englis...

Sat, 29 May 2021 11:29:28 EDT
China cargo spacecraft docks at new space station
An automated spacecraft docked with China's new space station Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Chinese space agency announced.

Sat, 29 May 2021 09:24:57 EDT
Arnold Chacon to serve as U.S. charge d'affaires to Canada
The U.S. State Department says Arnold Chacon has been named to serve as charge d'affaires to Canada at the American embassy.

Sat, 29 May 2021 17:04:19 EDT
Gavin MacLeod, actor known for Love Boat and Mary Tyler Moore Show, dies at 90
Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved stardom as Murray Slaughter, the sardonic TV news writer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, before going on to even bigger fame as the cheerful Cap...

Sat, 29 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Violence in Gaza has left behind a changed political landscape in Canada
Federal parties have shifted their positions on the Israel-Palestine issue after a long period of stasis. The Gaza conflict is also causing tensions within the Liberal Party, the NDP and Green Party. ...

Fri, 28 May 2021 17:00:54 EDT
British PM Boris Johnson says he doesn't believe COVID-19 escaped from a lab
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he does not believe the COVID-19 virus escaped from a Chinese lab in Wuhan province but is keeping an eye on new evidence as it emerges.

Fri, 28 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Why the Wuhan lab-leak origin theory of the COVID-19 virus is being taken more seriously
The Wuhan lab-leak theory of COVID-19 isn't new, and no major evidence has suddenly appeared. What has changed is calls from scientists in the field, the Biden administration, and others to investigat...

Fri, 28 May 2021 19:50:21 EDT
At least 60 killed in Nigeria boat accident, dozens more feared dead
Nigerian authorities confirmed that at least 60 people have died in a boat accident on the Niger River and that 83 missing passengers are also feared dead.

Fri, 28 May 2021 13:46:26 EDT
U.S. Senate Republicans block commission into Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Republicans in the U.S. Senate have blocked the creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.



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