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Thu, 12 Aug 2021 03:30:01 EDT
Taliban could overrun Kabul within 90 days: U.S. intelligence
The Taliban captured a police headquarters Thursday in a provincial capital in southern Afghanistan teetering toward being lost to the insurgents as suspected U.S. airstrikes pounded the area, an offi...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 20:52:46 EDT
Odds of asteroid Bennu hitting slamming Earth are low, but higher than previously thought
The good news is that scientists have a better handle on asteroid Bennu's whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth than...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Why some climate change impacts are 'irreversible' — and how to deal with them
The latest UN climate report this week raised the alarm over “irreversible,” long-term impacts of climate change that will continue for centuries even if we stop emitting CO2 now. The good news is...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 18:03:50 EDT
Pregnant people in the U.S. urged to get vaccinated as serious COVID-19 illness rises
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging all pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine as infections rise in hotspots.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:59:18 EDT
Garneau denounces China's 'sham trial' of Michael Spavor
Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said today that the 11-year sentence a Chinese court gave Michael Spavor — one of two Canadians detained in China in what are widely seen as acts of retali...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:31:23 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday
The U.S. government said Wednesday it will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations as the region with limited resources struggles with a spike in COVID-19 cases amid violent anti-v...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:22:30 EDT
Emmy Awards to be held outdoors due to COVID-19 concerns
The Emmy Awards ceremony for achievement in television was moved outdoors on Tuesday in the latest setback to live events because of rising concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 04:37:53 EDT
Taliban now control more than 60% of Afghanistan as more cities in northeast fall
The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan and a local army headquarters, completing a blitz across the country's northeast and giving them control of two-thirds of the nation a...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:54:42 EDT
At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires as Greece, Turkey also battle blazes
Wildfires tearing through forested areas of northern Algeria have killed at least 65 people, state television reported on Wednesday, as some of the most destructive blazes in the country's history con...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:05:37 EDT
New 'walk-through' Anne Frank museum to open in South Carolina
An Anne Frank Center is opening at the University of South Carolina, which will be the first museum in North America and the fourth in the world where visitors can walk through the famed story of the ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:58:56 EDT
Mike Richards, Mayim Bialik to split hosting duties on Jeopardy!
Executive producer Mike Richards will replace Alex Trebek this fall, while actor Mayim Bialik gets a spinoff show.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:15:14 EDT
U.S. Senate Democrats pass sweeping $3.5T US spending plan
The U.S. Senate approved a $3.5-trillion US spending blueprint for President Joe Biden's top priorities early on Wednesday morning in a 50-49 vote along party lines after lawmakers sparred over the ne...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:24:24 EDT
Ethiopia's government calls all able citizens to war in Tigray region
Ethiopia's government on Tuesday summoned all capable citizens to war, urging them to join the country's military to stop resurgent forces from the embattled Tigray region "once and for all." ...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:51:37 EDT
Voting machine company Dominion sues conservative U.S. media outlets for defamation
Vote-counting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems filed defamation lawsuits Tuesday against right-wing broadcasters and a prominent Donald Trump ally over their baseless claims that the 2020 U.S. el...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:10:47 EDT
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces resignation
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he didn't want the state government consumed by investigations into his personal behaviour, announced his resignation on Tuesday.

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:41:25 EDT
Chinese, Russian militaries hold joint drills in northwest China
Chinese and Russian military forces are engaged in joint exercises in northwestern China as ties grow between the two autocratic states amid uncertainty over the instability in Afghanistan ...

Mon, 9 Aug 2021 21:00:08 EDT
Chinese court upholds death penalty for Canadian prisoner Robert Schellenberg
A Chinese court upheld on Tuesday the death sentence of Canadian prisoner Robert Schellenberg for drug smuggling — a day before another court is due to rule on the case of another Canadian accused o...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:37:01 EDT
Work from home tax? Google employees who don't come back to office may get paid less
Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see their pay change if they work from home in another city and choose to not come back to the office, according to a company pay ca...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:37:54 EDT
Giant California wildfire has destroyed hundreds of homes, and still threatens many more
California's largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flames that have destroyed hundreds of homes. ...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:49:08 EDT
Taliban tighten control of Afghan north as UN fears erasure of human rights
Taliban fighters tightened their grip on captured territory in Afghanistan on Tuesday as civilians hid in their homes and a pro-government commander vowed to fight to the death to defend Mazar-i-Shari...



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