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Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:00:00 ESTRepublicans ride the Trump train, down to the democracy-rattling end
Only five per cent of Republicans voted to impeach Donald Trump in the most serious charge against a president ever. Yet there are still trouble spots ahead for Trump, in an eventual Senate trial that...
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:00:00 ESTIs it time for Western intelligence agencies to treat pandemics as security threats?
Learning the lessons of early-warning intelligence and information-sharing before the next pandemic strikes should be a priority for Canada and its allies, say experts and former government officials....
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:21:47 ESTWHO team arrives in Wuhan, China to investigate coronavirus origins
An international team of scientists led by the World Health Organization arrived on Thursday in China's central city of Wuhan to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus that sparked the pan...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 17:37:11 EST5-time U.S. Olympian Klete Keller charged for taking part in Capitol riots
Five-time Olympic swimming medallist Klete Keller was charged Wednesday with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after video emerged that appeared to show him among those storming the b...
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 01:48:09 ESTHong Kong authorities arrest lawyer, 10 others under national security law
Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested a lawyer and 10 others on suspicion of helping 12 Hong Kong activists try to flee the city, media reported.
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:38:11 ESTDonald Trump becomes 1st U.S. president to be impeached for a 2nd time
U.S. President Donald Trump has been impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for a second time.
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:45:25 ESTFormer Michigan governor charged in 2014 Flint water crisis
Former Michigan governor Rick Snyder was charged Wednesday with willful neglect of duty after an investigation of ruinous decisions that left the city of Flint with lead-contaminated water and a regio...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:34:24 ESTInvestigators poring through tips, threats and leads ahead of inauguration
Potential threats and leads are poring in to law enforcement agencies across the U.S. after the insurrection at the Capitol last week.
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:23:26 ESTIrish PM issues state apology following report about 'traumatic' mother and baby homes
Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin has offered a state apology to the survivors of mother and baby homes, where unwed women were forcefully separated from their children. We discussed the trauma...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:33:22 ESTThese are the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump a 2nd time
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump a second time on Wednesday. The House voted 232-197 in favour, just one week after the violence on Capitol Hill. Those 232 vot...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:16:00 ESTPursuing clean energy will be at the core of Biden's jobs agenda
Solving the climate crisis by boosting investments in new technologies will be at the centre of the Biden administration's job creation agenda, the incoming top economic White House adviser said on ...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:33:10 ESTJudges seek recusal as major Italian mafia trial kicks off
One of Italy's largest-ever Mafia trials kicked off on Wednesday, with more than 320 suspected mobsters and their associates facing an array of charges, including extortion, drug trafficking and theft...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:40:12 ESTCheers! French wine, vines headed home after year in space
Twelve bottles of French Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of grapevines that spent a year orbiting the world in the name of science are expected to return to Earth on Wednesday — and some luck...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 02:17:05 ESTYouTube suspends Trump's channel for 7 days
Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump's channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol by the president's support...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:16:08 ESTUganda's Bobi Wine looks to unseat long-serving autocrat Museveni in fiery election
Ugandans vote on Thursday in a presidential election pitting long-time leader Yoweri Museveni against 10 candidates, including opposition front-runner Bobi Wine, a singer-turned-lawmaker whose star po...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:23:26 ESTIrish PM issues state apology following report about 'traumatic' mother and baby homes
Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin has offered a state apology to the survivors of mother and baby homes, where unwed women were forcefully separated from their children. We discussed the trauma...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 01:41:06 ESTU.S. executes 1st woman on federal death row in nearly 7 decades
The U.S. government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, early on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle for her execution by overtur...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:24:12 ESTKremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he will return to Russia on Sunday
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he would fly back to Russia on Jan. 17 from Germany, where he has been convalescing after being poisoned.
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:03:06 ESTOlympic gold medallist Klete Keller identified as part of U.S. Capitol siege
American Klete Keller, who won two Olympic gold medals as a relay teammate of Michael Phelps, was identified as being among the Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, accordin...
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:51:07 ESTIndia's top court suspends implementation of new farm laws that led to mass protests
India's top court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the implementation of agricultural reform laws and ordered the creation of an independent committee of experts to negotiate with farmers who have b...