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Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
Millions of Ukrainians fled the war, but many wound up in what they consider 'enemy territory'

Sun, 4 Sep 2022 17:54:39 EDT
Chilean voters overwhelmingly reject proposed progressive constitution in national referendum
Chileans resoundingly rejected a new constitution to replace a charter imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago, dealing a stinging setback to President Gabriel Boric who argu...

Sun, 4 Sep 2022 10:36:46 EDT
Pakistan breaches lake to reduce wider impact of historic flooding
Authorities in flood-hit Pakistan strategically breached the country's largest freshwater lake on Sunday, a minister said, a move that could displace up to 100,000 people from their homes while saving...

Sun, 4 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Diana's legacy: Why it still resonates 25 years after her death
The open way in which Diana, Princess of Wales, made emotional connections with people who watched her from afar and a resurgence of interest in her in pop culture are helping to maintain her legacy 2...

Sun, 4 Sep 2022 22:11:00 EDT
Democrats argue fate of U.S. democracy at stake in midterm elections
With the U.S. congressional midterm elections just two months away, Democrats are arguing democracy itself is now on the ballot. While President Joe Biden has called Donald Trump's supporters a threat...

Sun, 4 Sep 2022 07:14:59 EDT
Survivor of Holocaust, Munich Olympic attack heads back to Germany
They call him the ultimate survivor: Shaul Ladany lived through a Nazi concentration camp and escaped the massacre of 11 fellow Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Decades later the ...

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 08:30:22 EDT
NASA calls off 2nd launch attempt for Artemis I — and next attempt not likely until at least late September

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 05:40:46 EDT
Russians pay respects to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as Putin snubs funeral
Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, on Saturday with many saying they wanted to honour his memory as "a peacemaker" who dismantl...

Sun, 4 Sep 2022 05:56:13 EDT
Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating Netflix documentary series
Former U.S. president Barack Obama now has an Emmy Award to go with his two Grammys. He won the best narrator award on Saturday for his work on the Netflix documentary series Our Great National Parks....

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 21:04:05 EDT
French tennis player Fiona Ferro accuses former coach of sexual assault
A professional tennis player from France who reached a career-high ranking of No. 39 last year has accused her former coach of rape and sexual assault.

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 15:36:46 EDT
Northern California wildfire destroys 100 homes, prompts thousands to flee
A wind-swept wildfire in rural Northern California tore through a neighborhood and destroyed about 100 homes and other buildings, fire officials said Saturday after at least two people were injured an...

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-living crisis mounts
The votes are being tallied as British Conservatives wait to see whether it will be Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as the country's new prime minister. Whoever wins is inheriting an economic mess. ...

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 14:58:02 EDT
Canadians with ties to Pakistan call for more aid amid deadly flooding
Many of the more than 200,000 Canadians with Pakistani ancestry are worried about their families amid deadly flooding, according to a Calgary business owner who had helped people with disabilities mov...

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 10:19:37 EDT
Russia's Gazprom keeps pipeline shut as Siemens disputes maintenance challenge claims
Russia kept one of its main gas supply routes to Europe shut on Saturday, stoking fears of winter fuel shortages and spotlighting differences between Gazprom and Germany's Siemens Energy over repair w...

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 10:01:44 EDT
Airport worker charged after threat to crash stolen plane in Mississippi, police say
An airport worker with only basic flying skills allegedly stole a small airplane and flew it over north Mississippi for five hours Saturday after threatening to crash it into a Walmart, eventually lan...

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
After Afghanistan's fall, a Canadian veteran turned his grief into hope for Ukraine
After Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Canadian combat veteran John Lowe felt he had a choice between 'anger' and action. He chose action — through a charity supplying civilian hospitals in Ukraine ...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 22:08:52 EDT
9 migrants die trying to cross Rio Grande into Texas: U.S. Border Patrol
At least nine migrants were found dead in the Rio Grande after dozens of people attempted a hazardous crossing near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said.

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 22:24:38 EDT
Serena Williams falls at U.S. Open to Tomljanović in likely final match
Serena Williams lost what is expected to be the last match of her transcendent tennis career Friday night, eliminated from the U.S. Open in the third round by Ajla Tomljanović 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 befor...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 20:21:54 EDT
'Several people' injured in North California wildfire as crews battle blazes in South
The Northern California blaze destroyed multiple homes Friday and forced as many as 7,500 residents to leave immediately, jamming roadways at the start of a sweltering Labour Day weekend. ...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 17:03:17 EDT
Russia's Gazprom says it can't restart key gas pipeline to Germany
Russian energy giant Gazprom said it couldn't resume the supply of natural gas through Nord Stream 1, a major pipeline to Germany, in an announcement made just hours before it was due to resume delive...



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