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Fri, 5 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
Canada's Caribbean flight ban expected to cost Jamaica up to $449M, minister says
Already suffering because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica's vital tourism industry was dealt another blow when Canada announced it was cancelling all direct flights to the region. Jamaican Minister ...

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 13:17:40 EST
Biden team sees Huawei as a threat and wants to talk to allies
The new Biden administration sees Huawei as a national-security threat and wants to discuss the issue with allies. Answers from the nominee for commerce secretary make clear the pressure on Canada to ...

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 07:56:02 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Feb. 4
The U.S. Senate, in the throes of a marathon debate over the shape of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion US coronavirus aid plan, voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to exclude upper-income Americans f...

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 19:17:17 EST
Republican stripped of U.S. House committee posts over racist, violent rhetoric
Republican U.S. House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was stripped of her House committee positions Thursday over her racist and conspiracy-laden theories in a vote that mostly played out along...

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 14:14:19 EST
Britain to test mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines
British scientists are starting a study Thursday to find out if it's OK to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines. Participants in the government-funded study will get one shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine fol...

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 14:20:20 EST
Trump rejects Democrat bid to have him testify under oath at impeachment trial
Donald Trump's lawyers say the former president will reject a request by U.S. House Democrats on Thursday to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:12:51 EST
6 months later, Beirut blast investigation has failed to deliver, says researcher
After more than 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate blew up in Beirut’s port, we’re no closer to learning what caused the blast and who is responsible, says Aya Majzoub of Human Rights Watch. ...

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 14:40:48 EST
Keystone XL turns into early club against Biden
President Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline has become an early talking point against him from domestic critics of his administration — and even some allies.

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 22:12:36 EST
Tokyo Olympics chief apologizes, but won't resign over sexist comments
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori on Thursday apologized for making sexist remarks about women, saying he retracted the comments and would not resign, despite calls for him to step down on social me...

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 21:00:00 EST
New U.S. administration brings fresh momentum to those working to free Canada's '2 Michaels'
For those who have been working for more than two years to free Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor from detention in China, the new U.S. administration brings with it the hope of some new mom...

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 11:09:34 EST
Consultancy McKinsey agrees to pay nearly $600M for role in opioid crisis
The business consultant McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $600 million US for its role in consulting businesses on how to sell more prescription opioid painkillers amid a nationwide overdose cri...

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
How Myanmar's generals kept their options open even as voters believed power was theirs
Even as civilian politicians passed laws and Myanmar was held up as an imperfect but inspiring example of peaceful transition to democracy, its military generals never gave up power.

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:56:16 EST
White Ohio police officer indicted for murder in death of Black man
A white Ohio police officer was indicted Wednesday on murder charges in the December shooting death of 47-year-old Andre Hill, a Black man.

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 07:27:04 EST
UN chief vows to rally pressure against Myanmar coup
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged on Wednesday to mobilize enough international pressure on Myanmar's military "to make sure that this coup fails" after police filed charges ag...

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 12:40:01 EST
Court rules France failed to respect its climate change goal
A Paris court has ruled that the French state failed to take sufficient action to fight climate change in a case brought by a group of non-governmental organizations.

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 11:30:41 EST
GlaxoSmithKline, CureVac to make COVID-19 vaccines aimed at new variants
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline says it will work with German biopharmaceutical company CureVac to develop new vaccines targeting emerging variants of coronavirus. The announcement comes amid concerns that ...

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 20:09:16 EST
Former conspiracy theorists need empathy, expert says
People who for years believed in the wide-ranging QAnon conspiracy theory now feel betrayed and confused, according to an expert on extremist beliefs at Cornell University. And many are seeking a way ...

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 14:39:17 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Feb. 3
CBC's vaccine tracker indicates nearly 1.1 million doses have been administered to date. Provincially, Ontario has delivered the most shots to its residents — more than 348,331 to date.  ...

Wed, 3 Feb 2021 13:37:19 EST
U.S. Justice Department drops lawsuit against Yale alleging discrimination against Asian and white applicants
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday dropped its discrimination lawsuit against Yale University that had alleged the university was illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applic...

Tue, 2 Feb 2021 22:58:56 EST
Rights groups call for boycott of Beijing Olympics over reported human rights abuses
A coalition of 180 rights group on Wednesday called for a boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics tied to reported human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in China.



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